Mentions of the federal judiciary since 2009 were elevated in 2010, but relatively constant from 2011 to 2015, but have surged since Trump's 2016 election, though mentions are down this year on CNN and Fox News, but have continued to their highest levels in the past decade on MSNBC.
The timeline below shows the percentage of airtime mentioning "("federal judge" OR "federal judiciary")" on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News July 2009 to present by month.
The make the longitudinal trend clearer, the timeline below shows the same data, but aggregated from monthly to yearly level, making the sharp post-Trump increase much more readily apparent.
