The Trump adminās agenda is facing legal pushback
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The Trump administration has issued 75+ executive orders and made other moves to overhaul the federal government over the past month and a half.
These sweeping changes have prompted 100+ lawsuits seeking to limit the Trump adminās actions, which are currently working their way through US courts.
A three-section breakdown
Shrinking government: The Trump admin is facing several lawsuits relating to a wide range of executive actions, including its cuts to the federal workforce, increased oversight of independent agencies, and DOGEās access to sensitive government data.
- Several of Trumpās orders have been paused due to ongoing legal challenges, including the firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel and cuts to the CFPB.
Diversity and gender: The administration has also faced legal pushback for its executive orders seeking to end programs that promote DEI, along with its orders limiting certain medical treatments for transgender youth and banning transgender servicemembers from the US military.
- The Trump adminās DEI policies have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge pending appeal, while its order limiting transgender youth treatments is also temporarily on hold.
Immigration: The Trump administration is facing several ongoing lawsuits over its efforts to combat illegal immigration, including an order seeking to end birthright citizenship, and an order suspending Americaās asylum program.
- In particular, the Presidentās push to eliminate automatic citizenship for all children born in the US has lost several recent court rulings, and is currently on hold pending appeals from the Trump admin.
Looking aheadā¦Many of the legal challenges to the Trump adminās agenda are expected to end up at the Supreme Court in the coming months.
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Sprinkles from the Left
- Some commentators argue that allowing the executive branch to ignore judicial orders could set a dangerous precedent and shouldnāt be seen as normalized behavior tolerated by government officials going forward.
- Others contend that the administrationās resistance to judicial rulings is an intentional move to test and shackle the public image of the courts and eventually reach a point at which the courtās authority is null and void if they resist the presidentās actions.
- āIgnoring judicial orders cannot be allowed.ā āOrlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards
- āThe day may be coming when Trump says to the courts, 'Make me.' What then?āāSt. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board
- āTrump Dares the Courts to Stop Him.ā āNew York Times Editorial Board
Sprinkles from the Right
- Some commentators argue that Democrats and opponents of Trumpās executive orders are overblowing how serious the administrationās resistance to judicial rulings is, and that thereās no āconstitutional crisisā since all of the presidentās actions have been within the legitimate power of the executive branch.
- Others contend that the executive branch is responsible for ensuring the federal government's efficiency and functionality, and that the presidentās actions have reflected that while Democrats are looking out for bureaucratic institutions.
- āOverblown talk about Trump, constitutional crisis.āāLas Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board
- āTrump hasnāt created a āconstitutional crisisā ā heās teaching Dems a lesson.ā āNew York Post Editorial Board
- āElon Musk's Real Motive for Dismantling the Government.ā āThomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek
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