2026年9月4日 美国东部时间8:00 / 福克斯新闻
民主捍卫者基金与捍卫美国民主律师团就其司法批评提交24页投诉
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国土安全部法律顾问詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔表示，针对他“最差劲法官”榜单的投诉，是一项更广泛战略的一部分，该战略旨在利用机构声望为政治主张增加分量。
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独家报道：国土安全部总法律顾问詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔将128名前法官对他的投诉反戈一击，在佛罗里达律师协会拒绝调查他之后，他呼吁该协会审查其中身为律师协会会员的投诉者。
该协会表示，不会调查或起诉根据美国宪法任命的现任公职人员在职期间的行为，珀西瓦尔认为，投诉者在质疑他的“最差劲法官”系列文章之前就应该知道这一立场。
珀西瓦尔指责参与投诉的佛罗里达律师协会会员可能出于政治目的滥用纪律程序，称他们的提交文件是 frivolous（无正当理由的），并将这种手段称为“律师协会之战（Bar-fare）”。
“这128名前法官就是左派长期使用的策略的一个典型例子，”珀西瓦尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，将他们诉诸专业权威的做法与2020年51名前情报官员联名为亨特·拜登的笔记本电脑事件发声的争议相提并论。
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国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马利恩于2026年7月1日周三在纽约的新闻发布会上发言。（美联社照片/大卫·“迪”·德尔加多）
珀西瓦尔援引佛罗里达律师协会此前处理前司法部长帕姆·邦迪投诉的案例，辩称该协会已经明确表示不会调查现任总统任命的官员。
“[这]128名前法官的行为就是无正当理由的，他们早就应该知道这一点，因为佛罗里达律师协会在这方面的规定非常明确。所以，这就是‘律师协会之战’，”他说，这是在“法律战（lawfare）”一词基础上创造的新说法。
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珀西瓦尔表示，同样的策略也被用在其他场合，包括亨特·拜登笔记本电脑争议，以及对新冠疫情期间限制措施的异议遭到“相信专家”论调的压制。
“左派常常就躲在这种专业声望的外衣背后，他们找来有影响力的人为他们背书。我真的觉得这场骗局已经败露，但我们必须揭穿它、曝光它。”
他说，当政治左派不想就其主张的优点进行公开辩论时，他们就会找来看起来有权威的人物来压制异见。
这番言论发表之前，法治组织民主捍卫者基金、捍卫美国民主律师团以及128名前联邦和州法官提交了一份24页的投诉，指控珀西瓦尔违反了佛罗里达州关于评价法官的规定。投诉称，作为佛罗里达州注册律师的珀西瓦尔通过“公开攻击在职法官”违反了职业道德准则。
“他的陈述歪曲了法官的裁决，攻击了他们的品格和正直。职业道德准则的存在是有原因的：律师和公职人员毫无根据的攻击法官会削弱公众对法院的信心，增加针对法官的人身威胁风险，”民主捍卫者基金在律师协会驳回投诉后发表声明称。
前佛罗里达州最高法院首席大法官佩吉·昆斯——民主党前州长劳顿·蔡尔斯任命的官员——领导了这个法官团体。
投诉聚焦于珀西瓦尔“最差劲法官”推文中提到的四名法官，他指控这些法官的行为包括“公然对抗最高法院”、“司法破坏”和“司法微观管理”。
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国土安全部总法律顾问詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔的最差劲法官榜单近期涵盖了拜登任命的布莱恩·墨菲和埃尔南·维拉，以及奥巴马任命的葆拉·克西尼斯（如图）。（参议院司法委员会）
这些案件涉及临时保护身份纠纷、政府对基尔马尔·阿布雷戈·加西亚的处理方式，以及国土安全部的使用武力政策。
投诉还提及珀西瓦尔撰写的一篇文章，该文章谴责前总统乔·拜登以及他任命的一名罗德岛州法官，此前一名被国土安全部称有国际杀人通缉令的非法移民被该法官下令释放。
珀西瓦尔表示，激进法官本身才是“对司法系统造成损害”的一方。
他辩称，法官们都清楚，当他们的地区法院裁决无法立即上诉时，会延迟行政行动的推进。
至于投诉者，珀西瓦尔表示，那些本身是佛罗里达律师协会会员的人，应该接受审查，看他们是否出于政治目的滥用了投诉程序。
律师协会向福克斯新闻数字频道提供了发给集体投诉者所列马萨诸塞州弗雷明汉地址的回复副本。
律师协会法律顾问克里斯托弗·瓦克斯写道，该协会不会调查或起诉“根据美国宪法任命的现任公职人员在职期间的行为”。瓦克斯表示，任何此类行动都可能“侵犯联邦政府的权力”。
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法槌敲击画面，左图；国土安全部法律顾问詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔，右图。（亚历克斯·科曼/盖蒂图片社；国土安全部照片）
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他打趣道，这类律师协会投诉表明他确实成了众矢之的：
“[如果]人们对我的所作所为如此愤怒，那说明我的行动一定产生了他们不喜欢的效果，这反而更鼓励我继续下去，”他说，并敦促保守派尽管知道左派会“试图毁掉你的生活”，也要为自己的事业而战。
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Top DHS lawyer turns tables on 128 ex-judges after Bar declines ‘Worst of the Worst’ complaint
September 4, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News
Democracy Defenders Fund and Lawyers Defending American Democracy filed a 24-page complaint over his judicial criticism
By Charles Creitz
DHS counsel James Percival says the effort against his “Worst of the Worst” list is part of a broader strategy to use institutional prestige to give political claims added weight.
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EXCLUSIVE:DHS General Counsel James Percival is turning a complaint from 128 former judges back on its signers, calling on the Florida Bar to scrutinize those among them who are Bar members after it declined to investigate him.
The Bar said it does not investigate or prosecute sitting officers appointed under the U.S. Constitution while they are in office, a position Percival argued the complainants should have known before challenging his “Worst of the Worst Judges” series.
Percival accused the Florida Bar members who joined the complaint of potentially abusing the disciplinary process for political purposes, arguing their filing was frivolous and dubbing the tactic “Bar-fare.”
“The 128 former judges are sort of an example of a tactic the left has used for a long time,” Percival told Fox News Digital, comparing their appeal to professional authority to the 2020 controversy involving 51 former intelligence officials and Hunter Biden’s laptop.
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in New York.(AP Photo/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)
Percival pointed to the Florida Bar’s previous handling of a complaint involving former Attorney General Pam Bondi, arguing that they already signaled refusal to probe sitting presidential appointees.
“[W]hat these 128 former judges did was frivolous, and they were on notice that it was frivolous because the Florida Bar is very clear about this. So, it’s ‘Bar-fare’,” he said, playing on the term “lawfare.”
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Percival said the same tactic has been used elsewhere, including the Hunter Biden laptop controversy and the way dissent over COVID-era restrictions was met with echoes of “trust the experts.”
“The left has just like often hid behind this veneer, this prestige [of expertise] and they’ve gotten people who carry weight to carry their water for them. And I really think the emperor has no clothes on this, but we have to call it out and expose it.”
When the political left does not want to publicly debate the merits of their assertion, they get figures who appear authoritative to shut down dissent, he said.
The comments came after rule-of-law groups Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers Defending American Democracy and 128 former federal and state judges filed a 24-page complaint accusing Percival of violating Florida’s rules governing statements about judges. The complaint alleged that Percival, a licensed Florida attorney, violated ethics rules through “public attacks on sitting judges.”
“His statements mischaracterized the judges’ rulings and assailed their character and integrity. The ethics rules exist for a reason: Baseless attacks on judges by lawyers and public officials can undermine confidence in the courts and heighten the risk of physical threats against judges,” Democracy Defenders Fund said in a statement after the Bar declined to investigate the complaint.
Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince, an appointee of Democratic ex-Gov. Lawton Chiles, led the judges’ consortium.
The complaint focuses on four judges featured in Percival’s “Worst of the Worst” posts, whom he accused of actions including “open defiance of the Supreme Court,” “judicial sabotage” and “judicial micromanagement.”
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DHS General Counsel James Percival’s worst-of-the-worst judges list recently featured Biden appointees Brian Murphy and Hernan Vera, and Obama appointee Paula Xinis, pictured.(Senate Judiciary Committee)
The cases involved disputes over Temporary Protected Status, the government’s handling of Kilmar Ábrego García and DHS use-of-force policies.
The complaint also referenced an article written by Percival condemning former President Joe Biden and a Rhode Island judge he appointed after an illegal immigrant whom DHS said had an international warrant for homicide was ordered released.
Percival said the activist judges themselves are the ones who are being a “disservice to the judiciary.”
He argued that judges know their district court rulings can delay executive action when they cannot be immediately appealed.
As for the complainants, Percival said those who are themselves members of the Florida Bar should face scrutiny over whether they abused the complaint process for political purposes.
The Bar provided Fox News Digital a copy of its response sent to the Framingham, Massachusetts, address listed for the collective complainants.
Bar Counsel Christopher Wackes wrote his group does not investigate or prosecute “sitting officers appointed under the U.S. Constitution while they are in office.” Wackes said any action could “encroach on the authority of the federal government.”
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A gavel strikes, left; DHS counsel James Percival, right.(Alex Kormann/Getty Images; DHS Photo)
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He quipped situations like the bar complaint show he is over the proverbial target:
“[I]f people are this upset about what I’m doing, it must be having an effect that they don’t like, which really just encourages me to keep going,” he said, pressing conservatives to fight for their causes despite the knowledge the left will “try to ruin your life.”
Fox News Digital’s Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.
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