Supreme Court, Trump
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Lower-court judges have already blocked several Trump's policies including an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border.
While Trump's victories have ranged from universal injunctions to deportations, he's faced setbacks on both of those matters in addition to other policy areas.
The Supreme Court’s ruling last month that all but blocked lower courts’ ability to temporarily halt obviously illegal or unconstitutional presidential policies has set our nation back centuries. Literally.
The case marks the Supreme Court’s first major ruling of Trump’s second term—though more are likely to follow.
President Trump argued judges don't have the power to entirely block his executive orders as they're being challenged in court.
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The New Republic on MSNJustice Department Lawyers Flee in Droves Rather Than Defend TrumpThere’s been a mass exodus at the DOJ’s Federal Programs Branch—a unit specifically tasked with defending Trump’s most aggressive policies in court. Of the 110 lawyers at the Federal Programs Branch,