Systematic assault on judicial independence begins
Trump administration launched systematic executive orders targeting law firms, mass firings of prosecutors, and open defiance of court rulings, creating what legal scholars describe as unprecedented constitutional crisis.
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Sources (4)
- Federal court rulings on executive overreach (2025-01-15)
- Is the Trump administration's conflict with judges a constitutional crisis? What to know (2025-02-15)
- The courts are helpless - Inside the Trump administration's steady erosion of judicial power (2025-08-10)
- What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down (2025-02-12)
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