Washington (APP) President has surfaced a familiar pattern Donald Trump Less than three weeks ago, he returned to the White House: he makes a broth proposal, his opponents file a lawsuit and a federal judge stops the plan.
This has happened with Trump’s efforts Freeze some federal fundsWeak Birthright Citizenship And Pushout Government worker.
Now the question is whether the court’s decisions are merely a speed collision or are the unmanageable road blocks for the Republican president, which is determined. Extend the limits of its strength – Sometimes just by ignoring the laws.
Although Democrats can be encouraged from the early stages of judicial resistance, legal battles are just starting. The origin of cases that arise in more liberal sphere, such as Boston, Seattle and Washington, DC, could find its way to the US Supreme Court, where the conservative majority have agreed to abolish Nazir.
“Whether or not is a constitutional decision, the latest judicial decision,” said Philip Joyce, a professor at the University of Maryland Public Policy.
About three dozen cases have already been filed, including by FBI’s agent Who fears that they are being cleansed for political reasons and families who are worried about new health care limits. Transgender Youth.
The judiciary has been highlighted because the Republican Control Congress Must have abandoned her character To serve as a check on the presidency. Trump’s party lawmakers unilaterally follow their demands Cut the costs And Fire Government Watch Dogs Without proper notification.
This leaves only the courts as a potential protector on the president’s ambitions.
“We are on two branches of the government,” said Justin Levit, a professor at Liola Law School.
The latest shock for Trump came Thursday.
In Seattle, US District Judge John Cofinore withheld Trump’s executive order on Birthright Citizenship, which aimed to prevent parents’ children from being automatically considered American in the country.
Cocanor described the citizenship of the birthright, which was established by the 14th Amendment, as a “basic constitutional right” and attacked Trump on strict terms.
The president said, “The rule of law, according to him, has something to go around or ignore, whether it is for political or personal gain.” Ronald Reagan In 1981.
“There are moments in the history of the world where people look back,” Where were the lawyers? “Where were the judges?” I refuse to go into the dark.
The judge had declared the order “clearly unconstitutional” while issuing it earlier A temporary order.
“I’ve been on the bench for more than four decades,” said Cocinor at that time. “I don’t remember another matter where the question presented was as clear as it is.”
In Boston on Thursday, US District Judge George and Toll Junior stopped Trump’s plan that federal workers were offered a payment leave and encouraged them to resign.
The O tool, which was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1995, did not show any opinion about the resignation program, which is commonly described as a purchase. He decided on Monday afternoon to consider the arguments.
US Federation of Government Employees National President Avert Kelly He said in a statement.
The White House said at least 40,000 federal workers have already agreed to leave in exchange for payment by September 30.
“We are grateful to the judge that he has extended the deadline so that more federal workers who refuse to show in the office, administration, said the administration,” said White House press secretary Karin Levit. Can take. ” In a statement
It is unclear which legal battles will reach the US Supreme Court, where judges can be selected to consider what matters should be considered. But Trump has nominated three of the nine members, and the court has adopted a broad view of presidential power.
In a case related to criminal charges against Trump, the judges ruled that the presidents were Protected from prosecutors. His term for any government action during his job.
Sonia SotomyorOne of the few liberal judges on the bench, said that the decision would make the US president “beyond the law”.
Steve Vladik, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, said the courts are withdrawing Trump in his second term. But he warned that judicial decisions need to be enforced.
Vladik said, “It is an unpleasant sign for what will happen if this administration starts to deny the orders of the court orders,” said Vladik, “said Vladik.
Historically, it will be a political non -star and will leave the president suffering. But Trump was acquitted by the US Senate for his first term despite the two House of Representatives, and then by US voters selected it, and frightened it with fear of punishment.
A close -eyed legal issue is in the president’s ability to withhold the funds adopted by the Congress, a process called the Impound. However, after the former president’s scandals, it is banned by legislation passed in 1974. Richard NixonSome Trump’s allies have described the law as an unconstitutional limit on the White House authority.
The concept was tested by Trump when the Office of Management and Budget decided to freeze federal grants and loans, while the administration reviewed the spending ideological.
The directive was blocked by US District Judge Loren al -Khan, who was nominated by President Joe Biden in 2023.
“The defendants’ actions in this matter are likely to interfere with the customs of the federal funds of the Congress, and are likely to run to some extent on the ‘Blurk of the Constitution’.
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Associated Press Author Nicholas Records supported Washington in reporting.
