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William G. Young, a Reagan-Appointed Judge, Is Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial

18 juin 2025 à 05:02
Judge William G. Young’s long career has been punctuated by high-profile cases and outspoken advocacy for the judiciary’s value and fact-finding power.

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Judge William G. Young in the courtroom in Boston in November 1980.
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Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules

16 juin 2025 à 18:25
The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against racial minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much of the funding.

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A researcher at the National Institutes of Health last year in Bethesda, Md.

John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online

10 juin 2025 à 23:09
His site, Cryptome, was a precursor to WikiLeaks, and in some ways bolder in its no-holds-barred approach to exposing government secrets.

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John L. Young in 2013. “I’m a fierce opponent of government secrets of all kinds,” he said. “The scale is tipped so far the other way that I’m willing to stick my neck out and say there should be none.”
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