Comments by presidential candidate Donald Trump accusing a federal judge of Mexican descent of bias—which he extended to a Hispanic lawyers association in San Diego that has the judge as a member—have raised concerns among some lawyers and judges that they may be targeted because of membership in a specialty bar group or organization.
For some observers, Trump’s attack on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing the civil action in the Trump University case, and the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association has parallels to the case of a Georgia judge whose nomination to the federal bench was scuttled because of his involvement in a Hispanic-oriented organization.
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