Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he and his allies have derided federal judges who ruled against his policies, calling them ¡°rogue,¡± ¡°crooked,¡± ¡°lunatic¡± and more, casting their actions not only as incorrect but illegitimate as well.
Beyond the Republican president¡¯s vitriol in speeches and social media posts, his administration has launched a more systematic effort at the U.S. Supreme Court to diminish the power of the federal judiciary.
The administration in the past year has raced to the Supreme Court with dozens of emergency requests to green-light policies impeded by lower-court judges who questioned their legality.
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