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.
Key Actors
Sources (14)
- 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)
- Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion (2025-10-01)
- Businesses Eager to Beat Tariffs Turn to Trump Connected Lobbyists (2025-10-01)
- Fact Sheet: Tariff Procedures and Trade Deal Implementation (2025-09-01)
- Law firm settlement agreements (2025-01-15)
- Seven more major law firms capitulate to Trump's extortion (2025-04-17)
- Whitehouse Probes Trump Extortion of Law Firms (2025-05-15)
- Trump Attacks on Law Firms Make It Harder to Challenge the Administration (2025-04-10)
- ISIS-inspired attack in New Orleans kills 14 on New Year's Day (2025-01-01)
- DOJ confirms ISIS inspiration in deadly New Orleans attack (2025-01-02)
- New Orleans attack marks violent start to 2025 (2025-01-01)
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