Trump Sanctions Punished These Judges. Now They’re Hitting Back.

Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, and two colleagues are suing the administration, saying the sanctions were a form of retaliation.

The Trump administration imposed sanctions last year against Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court. Now, she and two other judges are suing President Trump and his administration, claiming the penalties exceeded his authority.
The case, filed in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, is the latest effort to challenge what many experts have described as the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine international law.

If successful, the lawsuit could curb the American government’s ability to use sanctions to punish judges for making rulings it disagrees with.

Ms. Prost is joined in the suit by Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou from Benin and Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa from Uganda. A copy of the newly filed complaint was provided to The New York Times by one of the judge's lawyers. ...

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