The Justice Department is asking to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges, Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz and Judge John Tunheim, from immigration-related cases, after filing ethics complaints against them and five other judges over interviews with The New York Times. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward argues that neither can be impartial because the story was a partisan critique of the administration. Schiltz says he acted well within the ethical rules for federal judges, and the two will rule on the motions themselves. A St. Thomas law professor told MPR the department may be sending a message to other judges.

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