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The Administration Has Defied Courts 31 Times. Nobody Has Stopped It.
A new review finds the Trump administration has violated federal court orders at least 31 times. The question is no longer whether the rule of law is being broken. It is whether anyone with the power to enforce it will.
The Second Time a Court Killed Trump's Tariffs
The Court of International Trade struck down Trump's replacement 10% global tariffs. He appealed within 24 hours. The question is no longer whether courts will stop him, but whether it matters.
SCOTUS Ended the Nationwide Injunction. Kavanaugh Told You Why.
The Court didn't strip power from the judiciary. It moved that power upstairs, to itself.
Trump Has Defied 31 Court Orders. The Courts Have Not Stopped Him.
An AP review found an extraordinary pattern of non-compliance with lower court rulings. The more interesting question is why the enforcement mechanism has not worked.
The Administration That Doesn't Follow Court Orders
An AP review documents an unprecedented pattern: Trump officials defying lower court rulings not as exceptions but as policy.
Trump Declared the Iran War 'Terminated.' US Forces Are Still There.
The administration invoked a legal fiction to bypass a 53-year-old law, and Congress let it happen. The precedent is more dangerous than the war itself.
Appeals Court Kills Trump's Asylum Ban. The Supreme Court Is Next.
A 2-1 ruling says the president cannot rewrite immigration law by proclamation. Trump's path to SCOTUS is now the point.
The 60-Day Clock Runs Out May 1. Trump Has No Intention of Stopping.
The War Powers Resolution says the Iran war needs congressional authorization by Thursday. The White House says the law does not apply. Congress has not decided whether to find out who is right.
Justice Jackson Says the Supreme Court Is Rubber-Stamping Illegal Policies. She Is Probably Right.
A sitting justice went to Yale Law School to accuse her colleagues of issuing 'scratch-paper musings' that let Trump implement policies courts already found unlawful.
Shutdown Theater
DHS ordered furloughed workers back to their desks during a shutdown, which is either a constitutional violation or proof that 'shutdown' no longer means what it used to.
Sotomayor Says the Supreme Court Did This to Itself
The Trump administration has filed 30 emergency SCOTUS applications. The court has ruled in its favor more than 80% of the time. Sotomayor's diagnosis: the conservative majority created the incentive by treating temporary orders as permanent wins.
The DOJ Just Said Trump Doesn't Have to Hand Over His Records. Ever.
A 52-page OLC opinion declares a post-Nixon law unconstitutional, giving Trump the legal cover to keep his presidency's documents permanently.
The Court Took Away the President's Tariff Gun. He's Already Looking for Another One.
SCOTUS killed $166 billion in tariffs in February. By April, Trump was threatening new 50% levies with no named legal authority.