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You are confusing the state and federal judges. The new MA law doesn't apply to federal agencies and this was a federal judge not a state judge and the ATF is a

• dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  >You are confusing the state and federal judges. Districts and states more or less align. You're not going to get a judge who's worked their career in Arkansas appointed to a federal position in MA unless there's some edge case political shenanigans going on. For all practical purposes this guy is an MA, or at least New England judge. >The new MA law doesn't apply to federal agencies and this was a federal judge not a state judge There is no new MA law relevant here. I'm simply contrasting this with the ruling discussed yesterday.