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Wall Street Journal
7 days ago
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Will District Judges Now Run the Government?
The Supreme Court may soon apply reasonable guardrails on the ability of a single federal district court judge to decide national policy, and not a moment too soon. George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley flags another case of judicial overreach that has inspired the Trump administration to ask the Supreme Court to intervene. Specifically a judge in the Northern District of California thwarted administration efforts to manage the federal bureaucracy nationwide. The professor writes: But of course this is the Trump administration, not the Clinton administration, so a double standard seems to apply. Mr. Turley has more of the particulars:
The Independent
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Trump blasts his own appointed judge in rant against court's tariff ruling: ‘Backroom hustlers'
President Trump launched a scathing attack against a judge he appointed and conservative activist Leonard Leo, following the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling on Wednesday that overturned his sweeping tariffs. Trump took to TruthSocial to chastize the former Federalist Society chairman, branding him 'a real 'sleazebag,' despite Leo once being considered an architect of Trump 2.0, with strong links to the controversial Project 2025. 'It was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges. I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under the thumb of a real 'sleazebag' named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions', Trump wrote late Thursday evening. Three judges blocked Trump's tariffs Wednesday in a seismic ruling that declared the president had overstepped in invoking a 1977 federal economic emergency law to impose his tariffs on nearly every nation. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the decision as a flagrant example of 'judicial overreach.' Trump appointed Judge Timothy M. Reif, who ruled against the tariffs, to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2018. However, just a day later, Trump's tariffs were temporarily reinstated by a federal appeals court, which said the tariffs could remain in place while the court "considers the motions paper.' The White House is expected to take the case to the Supreme Court should the ruling go against the administration. Trump continued to slate Leo, writing that 'he openly brags how he controls Judges, and even Justices of the United States Supreme Court — I hope that is not so, and don't believe it is! In any event, Leo left The Federalist Society to do his own 'thing'.' Adding 'I am so disappointed in the Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations.' The president said that the blockade was 'something that cannot be forgotten' while simultaneously praising several picks but expressing disappointment in others. Trump went on to claim that 'it is only because of my successful use of Tariffs that many Trillions of Dollars have already begun pouring into the U.S.A. from other Countries, money that, without these Tariffs, we would not be able to get.' New York State Governor Kathy Hochul said the Wednesday ruling on the tariffs was 'a resounding victory for New Yorkers, American consumers and the rule of law', adding that 'these reckless and unauthorized tariffs have burdened businesses with skyrocketing costs that have been passed along to consumers and wreaked havoc on our 401Ks – all without the legal authority to do so', as CBS Albany reported. In a statement to Politico, Leo did not condemn the President, writing, 'I'm very grateful for President Trump transforming the Federal Courts, and it was a privilege being involved. 'There's more work to be done, for sure, but the Federal Judiciary is better than it's ever been in modern history, and that will be President Trump's most important legacy', Leo said. Trump's thrashing on Truth Social illustrated the ongoing feud between his administration and the 'Radical Left Judges' who he believes are capable of 'destroying America'. 'Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, country-threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY,' he added in the statement.
Wall Street Journal
28-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Big Law Firms 3, Trump 0
President Trump dismisses court rulings against him as judicial overreach, and sometimes he's right. But what does it say when multiple judges across the political spectrum rule against him on similar sweeping grounds? That's happening to his punitive executive orders against liberal law firms, and he's batting zero for three. The latest forceful rebuke came Tuesday from federal Judge Richard Leon, a conservative nominated by George W. Bush. His 73-page opinion is a scorcher concluding that Mr. Trump's EO against the WilmerHale law firm 'must be struck down in its entirety as unconstitutional. Indeed, to rule otherwise would be unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!'
