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Deadline: Legal Blog---Incensed over legal losses, Trump asks Supreme Court to end 'interbranch power grab'
trump is tired of getting his butt kicked by the courts-In Trump 2.0, federal judges have already issued more than 40 injunctions or restraining orders against the executive branch.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-supreme-court-federal-workers-legal-losses-rcna198011
The Trump administration is once again seeking the Supreme Court’s help.
This week’s urgent plea for high court relief comes in a specific case, but it takes aim at all the losses dealt by judges across the country.
“This preliminary injunction also contributes to an untenable trend,” acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote in an application Monday, seeking an immediate halt to a California judge’s order to reinstate thousands of federal employees who were fired last month.
“In the two months since Inauguration Day, district courts have issued more than 40 injunctions or TROs against the Executive Branch,” Harris went on, referring to temporary restraining orders. Calling the status quo “unsustainable,” the former Clarence Thomas clerk wrote that judges are “emboldened by the lack of prompt appellate review” and that “only this Court can end the interbranch power grab.”
“This Court should stop the ongoing assault on the constitutional structure before further damage is wrought,” Harris wrote.
The dramatic filing comes to a court that hasn’t been overly eager to help the administration with legal fights so far in President Donald Trump’s second term.
Earlier this month, the justices split 5-4 in rejecting the government’s bid to avoid paying nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds for already completed work. When Harris went to the justices two weeks ago with applications to narrow nationwide injunctions in Trump’s attempt to curb birthright citizenship, they didn’t make the opposing parties’ responses due until April 4. The relatively luxurious deadline suggests the court doesn’t feel much urgency to step in.
This week’s urgent plea for high court relief comes in a specific case, but it takes aim at all the losses dealt by judges across the country.
“This preliminary injunction also contributes to an untenable trend,” acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote in an application Monday, seeking an immediate halt to a California judge’s order to reinstate thousands of federal employees who were fired last month.
“In the two months since Inauguration Day, district courts have issued more than 40 injunctions or TROs against the Executive Branch,” Harris went on, referring to temporary restraining orders. Calling the status quo “unsustainable,” the former Clarence Thomas clerk wrote that judges are “emboldened by the lack of prompt appellate review” and that “only this Court can end the interbranch power grab.”
“This Court should stop the ongoing assault on the constitutional structure before further damage is wrought,” Harris wrote.
The dramatic filing comes to a court that hasn’t been overly eager to help the administration with legal fights so far in President Donald Trump’s second term.
Earlier this month, the justices split 5-4 in rejecting the government’s bid to avoid paying nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds for already completed work. When Harris went to the justices two weeks ago with applications to narrow nationwide injunctions in Trump’s attempt to curb birthright citizenship, they didn’t make the opposing parties’ responses due until April 4. The relatively luxurious deadline suggests the court doesn’t feel much urgency to step in.
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