"This week, President Donald Trump suffered a string of defeats that exposed the real limits of his power at home and abroad. First, his Justice Department abandoned its efforts to illegally appoint Lindsey Halligan, his former personal lawyer, as U.S. attorney, yielding to a furious judicial rebuke of its dirty tactics. Then the president dropped his threat to seize Greenland through military force or ruinous tariffs in the face of stiff international resistance. At almost the same time, the Supreme Court threw cold water on his bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve."
"When a different judge, David Novak, told her to stopThe really important thing here is that, in a world in which these folks act as though they have boundless impunity to do what they want, it is incredibly important for judges to say no. It's the cornerstone of how we think about the judicial role. That said, I have to read one more smackdown."
President Donald Trump suffered several setbacks that revealed limits on presidential authority both domestically and internationally. The Justice Department dropped an effort to install Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney after courts rebuked the appointment and invalidated related indictments. Halligan resisted leaving the office despite judicial orders. The president abandoned threats to seize Greenland or impose tariffs after international pushback. The Supreme Court curtailed efforts to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. Minneapolis residents continued protesting and documenting violent actions against immigrant communities. Judicial refusals to acquiesce reinforced legal checks on executive overreach.
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