President Trump’s attacks on “so-called” judges have been described as “disheartening” and “demoralizing” by his own Supreme Court pick, 10th Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch. But more liberal judges are being less guarded with their words, creating an escalation that isn’t going to come out well for anyone.

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, a Clinton appointee based in Cleveland, gave a speech Wednesday night in which he didn’t mention Trump’s name, yet stepped right up to the line of calling his presidency illegitimate.