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The Judiciary’s Role
We cover President Trump and his latest adversary: the courts.The New York Times - Mar. 19 -
The Memo: Trump ratchets up confrontation with judiciary
President Trump and his administration ramped up their confrontation with the judiciary to extraordinary heights Monday, demanding that a judge whose ruling had incurred their disfavor should be ...The Hill - Mar. 17 -
GOP lawmakers conflicted over Trump’s clash with judiciary
Republican lawmakers are conflicted over how to respond to President Trump’s confrontational standoff with the federal judiciary, which drew a rare public rebuke Tuesday from Chief Justice John ...The Hill - Mar. 19 -
Trump could reshape judiciary with 300 judge appointments, analysis shows
Advocacy group Demand Justice warns of opportunities for president to shift balance of courts in his favour. Donald Trump is poised to reshape the US judiciary over the next four years through ...The Guardian - Mar. 18 -
The Memo: Roberts rebukes Trump in latest twist of White House battle with judiciary
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a clear, if implicit, rebuke of President Trump on Tuesday, intensifying a clash between the White House and the judiciary. The Trump administration, ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Trump revisits playbook for taking down the judiciary
A hallmark of President Trump’s criminal trials were his unsparing attacks on the judges who oversaw them. Now, he’s going to that playbook again – this time from the Oval Office. Trump on ...The Hill - Mar. 19 -
White House locks horns with judiciary over deportations
The Trump administration is on a collision course with the courts after a week spent taunting a federal judge and escalating a battle over whether his orders have been defied. ...The Hill - 5d -
‘Buckle Up’: In Montana, Republican Lawmakers Target the Judiciary
Republicans in Montana and other states complain that liberal judges are tossing out the laws they pass. Now, conservative legislators are trying to change the rules, and the judges.The New York Times - 3d -
Judges stand firm as Trump ramps up attacks on judiciary
Several federal judges expressed frustration this week with how President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing forward his sweeping agenda, as Trump and his allies got even more aggressive in ...NBC News - 6d -
Trump insists he has final say on deportation cases amid judiciary battle
President Donald Trump claims he has the final say in all deportation matters as he continues to battle the courts over his use of the Alien Enemies Act. NBC News Correspondents Yamiche Alcindor ...NBC News - 6d -
Jordan vows hearings on judicial rulings after Trump calls for impeachments
The Judiciary Committee chair has not endorsed the president’s push to impeach judges.Politico - Mar. 19 -
Jordan vows hearings on judicial rulings after Trump calls for impeachments
The Judiciary Committee chair has not endorsed the president’s push to impeach judges.Politico - Mar. 19 -
Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts
The judiciary will never surrender to the president its constitutional role to interpret the Constitution.The New York Times - 4d -
'We're not stopping': Trump officials raise the stakes in showdowns with judges
President Donald Trump and his allies have launched a multi-pronged attack on the judiciary.NBC News - Mar. 17 -
Is Trump above the law?
Legal experts say the president’s willingness to defy America’s judiciary threatens a constitutional crisisFinancial Times - Mar. 19 -
Judge Maintains Block on Trump Administration’s Deportations Under Wartime Law
The extraordinary move by the Justice Department was an escalation of its conflict with the judge in the case and, by extension, the federal judiciary.The New York Times - 2d -
How Congress could — but probably won't — impeach a federal judge
The attacks on the judiciary by Donald Trump and his allies have increased in recent days, with calls to impeach a judge who ruled against the president on deportations.NBC News - Mar. 18 -
Breyer defends Roberts, federal judges in Trump feud
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer defended Chief Justice John Roberts and the federal judiciary, stating that judges should not be influenced by public opinion and that impeachment is ...The Hill - Mar. 19 -
Chuck Schumer says a 'lawless' Trump has caused a constitutional crisis
Schumer said during an interview with "Meet the Press" that "democracy is at risk" following Trump’s attacks on the judiciary and calls to impeach a judge who ruled against him.NBC News - Mar. 20 -
Nationwide injunctions are central to Trump's feud with judges. Here's what to know
In his escalating battle with the judiciary, Trump and his allies have zeroed in on a similar message: No single judge should be able to block an administration action.ABC News - 6d -
Trump, Roberts on collision course as lawsuits creep toward Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the president increasingly tests the limits of the judiciary’s role as the most prominent backstop to his administration’s ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump’s defiance of court orders is ‘testing the fences’ of the rule of law
Administration’s ‘unprecedented degree of resistance’ to judiciary undercuts its authority and weakens democracy. Donald Trump ’s second administration has shown an “unprecedented degree of ...The Guardian - 4d -
House Republicans eye hearings on Judge Boasberg, bill to rein in federal judges
As President Donald Trump's battle with the judiciary escalates, House Republicans are eyeing ways to rein in judges from blocking parts of his agenda.ABC News - 2d -
Republicans escalate their efforts to rein in judges: From the Politics Desk
Republican lawmakers are ramping up their attacks on the judiciary — and rushing to demonstrate they are in lockstep with President Donald Trump — amid court rulings that have blocked his agenda.NBC News - 2d -
Federal judges raise alarm about security threats and impeachment calls
Two senior federal judges on Tuesday raised the alarm about the increase in violent threats against members of the judiciary and expressed concerns about calls to impeach judges over the rulings ...NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Raskin asks for DOJ probe into acting US Attorney Ed Martin
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is asking the Justice Department’s (DOJ) inspector general to launch an investigation into Ed Martin, the interim U.S. ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Top House Democrats seek DOGE details under Freedom of Information Act
The House Judiciary and Oversight committees sent a sweeping information request to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Tuesday, seeking to root out Elon Musk's role and the extent ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Jordan sidesteps Jack Smith amid demands to interview 'politically motivated' DOJ figures
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded interviews from a series of Justice Department (DOJ) officials he accused of weaponizing the department, pushing to speak with several figures ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Jordan sees 'another legislative remedy' besides judicial impeachment
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is planning hearings on judges who block Trump administration actions and eyeing legislation to place limits on judicial power as calls to ...The Hill - Mar. 20 -
Hawley to introduce legislation to curb court rulings against Trump agenda
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he will introduce legislation to curb what he says is a “dramatic abuse of judicial authority” by courts that have issued ...The Hill - Mar. 20 -
Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge
Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration’s judiciary clash intensifies. In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk ’s dismantling of USAID ...The Guardian - 5d -
Johnson stresses Congress's power over courts: 'Desperate times call for desperate measures’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday drew attention to Congress’s power over the federal judiciary as Republicans plot how to legislatively channel their outrage over district judges who have ...The Hill - 2d -
Speaker Mike Johnson floats possibility of Congress eliminating federal courts
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted President Trump’s agenda. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports on the GOP ramping up its attacks ...NBC News - 1d -
GOP chair: ‘You can’t impeach a judge just because you disagree with their opinion’
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the 91-year-old chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pushed back Thursday against calls by President Trump and some House Republicans to impeach federal judges who ...The Hill - 1h