The Trump administration continues to confront judges this year in a showdown of rivalry between the executive branch and the judiciary, fresh off its victory in the Supreme Court stopping U.S. District Court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions. A Washington Post analysis found that President Donald Trump’s officials have defied one out of three judges that have ruled against the administration in over 160 cases this year.
Despite the adverse rulings, higher courts have been siding with Trump on many of these battles. The New York Times speculated that Trump is deliberately setting up these showdowns for the Supreme Court, which has tended to side with him against the district court judges. The newspaper noted that Trump’s defiance is unprecedented, stating that “there are no definitive instances of presidents disobeying court orders.”
No judges have taken punitive action to try to force compliance. The Post’s investigation stated that the Trump administration is finding various ways around judges stopping its policies. Of the 337 lawsuits filed this year against the Trump administration, judges sided with the plaintiffs 165 times. Trump officials defied those rulings 57 times, almost 35 percent of the unfavorable rulings.
Most of the rulings have come from Democrat-appointed judges located in progressive states and Washington D.C. The left-leaning plaintiffs and lawyers bringing the lawsuits deliberately choose Democratic venues to bring the challenges.
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