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The Supreme Court delivered a major win to President Donald Trump on Friday in his ongoing war with the federal judiciary, limiting the power of courts to step in and block policies on a nationwide basis in the short term while judges review their legality.
The blows have been coming weekly, as Trump tries to ransack the Constitution Yet recent Court history shows that what feels like the end can be a beginning.
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The Dispatch on MSNHow the Supreme Court Is Returning Power to the People
We may never see a better Supreme Court of the United States. Since Amy Coney Barrett arrived in late 2020, the six-justice conservative-ish majority has, slowly but surely, set about fixing the court’s biggest mistakes of the last century.
One year ago, the Supreme Court recognized criminal immunity for the sitting president. But when it comes to the systematic expansion of executive power, Friday’s ruling — which severely curtails the power of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions — dwarfs the immunity decision.
Despite Justice Barrett's recent defense of judicial integrity, the Supreme Court's self-written ethics code proves unenforceable while justices continue to shape policy without accountability.