Trump freed to pursue even more of his agenda after Supreme Court win on injunctions
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If President Donald Trump has wielded his executive power like a Mack Truck over the last months, plowing ahead with a velocity unseen in his recent predecessors, his win at the Supreme Court on Friday could act as high-octane fuel in his tank.
If President Donald Trump has wielded his executive power like a Mack Truck over the last months, plowing ahead with a velocity unseen in his recent predecessors, his win at the Supreme Court on Friday could act as high-octane fuel in his tank. By setting new limits on federal judges using nationwide injunctions, the court freed Trump’s hand to pursue his already sweeping view of presidential power in ever more expansive ways. The morning decision punctuated what has been an extraordinary week for the president, both at home and abroad, as he approaches the six-month mark of his second administration. For a president who continually rails against unelected judges exceeding their mandate by blocking his policies, Friday’s Supreme Court ruling amounted to a form of vindication. And after a string of presidents chafed against judges who blocked their policies from taking effect, Trump now finds himself freed from some of the burdens his predecessors faced. “In practice, he has now become a more powerful executive than he was before this decision came down,” said Shira Scheindlin, a former US District Court judge. “But I will say that many presidents have been very unhappy with these national injunctions. It started under George W. Bush, then Obama, then Biden, and of course, Trump,” she said. “It depends whose ox is being gored.” White House officials were quick to cite a line in Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion as bolstering Trump’s criticism of judges he thinks rule beyond their remit.
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