"A federal judge in California ruled that Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act when he deployed federal troops to Los Angeles. A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that Trump violated the law when he attempted to cut off federal funding to Harvard. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that most of Trump's tariffs are illegal. And a panel of judges from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appealsthe most conservative and reactionary appellate court in the countryruled"
"In a normal country, this string of rebukes from courts of law would dominate the news cycle. Editorials and think pieces would abound about why the president can't seem to follow the law. People would question why the tyrant at the head of the government can't put two executive sentences together that don't obviously violate some kind of statutory or constitutional principle."
Federal courts handed the president several losses, including rulings that deployed troops to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, an attempted cutoff of Harvard funding was unlawful, most tariffs were illegal, and a Fifth Circuit panel found improper use of the Alien Enemies Act regarding Venezuelans. These losses are numerous and significant but none are final; each case is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court. The expectation of Supreme Court reversal has muted public and media reaction. The president appears unbowed by these decisions and plans to continue pursuing appeals rather than altering his approach.
Read at www.thenation.com
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