And we have our answer to the question of 'who will be the first judge who was eligible to retire the last time Trump was in office to announce their retirement this time around?' The answer is an unsurprising one, in the form of Nathaniel Gorton of the District of Massachusetts, a GHW Bush appointee. At 86, he's the oldest active district judge in the nation, and in one of many legal atrocities that have crossed his desk, he was the judge that greenlit the Muslim travel ban. He's an heir of the Gorton's Seafood family and his older brother was the late, equally disgraceful Slade Gorton. The Massachusetts senators didn't allow Trump to appoint anybody last time around; we'll see if blue slips survive this administration.