Mark L. Wolf, 78, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, resigned Friday from federal judicial service.

Wolf’s resignation is in protest against President Donald Trump, which he elaborated on in his op-ed published in The Atlantic on Sunday, “Why I am Resigning.”

“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Wolf wrote. “President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment.”

Wolf went on to say that “the White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out.”

Wolf was appointed to the Federal District Court for Mas

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