"This week's dramatic court ruling that Donald Trump's sweeping trade tariffs, which he has used to upend global trade, were in fact illegal is the latest in a series of losses for the president's radical agenda that are ultimately heading for a final showdown in the US supreme court. Trump has already asked the supreme court to overturn the lower court ruling in the tariffs case."
""It's simple: the president and his administration continue to do illegal things at an astonishing pace, and so the courts are finding that these things are illegal, said Donald Sherman, executive director and chief counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The president is committed to pursuing his agenda regardless of whether it's legal or not, and is seeing what he can get away with."
Federal courts have repeatedly ruled that several Trump administration actions are unlawful, including sweeping trade tariffs declared illegal by a lower court. The president has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the tariffs ruling. Other actions found unlawful in lower courts include an attempted use of the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, a hostile conflict with Harvard University, and deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles. Critics say the administration pursues its agenda regardless of legality. The Supreme Court, currently with a 6-3 conservative majority, has limited nationwide injunctions but lower courts continue issuing targeted blocks.
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