Alina Habba is not backing down. Days after a federal judge ruled that her appointment as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey was unlawful, she appeared on television to declare that she “won’t be intimidated” by Senate leaders or the long-standing tradition they are defending.

President Donald Trump's acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, flew into a rage on social media at Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), after he reaffirmed his commitment to respect the "blue slip" tradition of requiring a nominee's home state senators' consent to advance —