Districts and states more or less align. You're not going to get a judge who's worked their career in Arkansas appointed to a federal position in MA unless there's some edge case political shenanigans going on. For all practical purposes this guy is an MA, or at least New England judge.
>The new MA law doesn't apply to federal agencies and this was a federal judge not a state judge
There is no new MA law relevant here. I'm simply contrasting this with the ruling discussed yesterday.
Districts and states more or less align. You're not going to get a judge who's worked their career in Arkansas appointed to a federal position in MA unless there's some edge case political shenanigans going on. For all practical purposes this guy is an MA, or at least New England judge.
>The new MA law doesn't apply to federal agencies and this was a federal judge not a state judge
There is no new MA law relevant here. I'm simply contrasting this with the ruling discussed yesterday.