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During his current presidential term (which began in January 2025), several judicial decisions have found actions taken by the Trump administration to be unlawful or illegal. These decisions have often resulted in preliminary injunctions temporarily blocking the policies as the cases proceed. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Courts have issued such rulings in several key areas:
- Immigration and Deportation:Courts have addressed the use of theAlien Enemies Actto detain and deport Venezuelan nationals, attempts to end birthright citizenship, the deployment of National Guard troops for immigration enforcement (found to violate thePosse Comitatus Act
), and mandatory detention policies for certain immigrants facing deportation
. - Tariffs: Lower courts have questioned the President's authority to impose broad tariffs under emergency powers.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Programs: A court blocked parts of executive orders aimed at eliminating DEI initiatives, citing violations of the First and Fifth Amendments.
- Government Funding and Operations: Rulings have addressed attempts to freeze SNAP and other funding, mass termination of probationary federal employees, freezing humanitarian spending abroad, and the misuse of funds appropriated for other purposes. [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Many of these lower court rulings are subject to appeal and some cases are ongoing. The Supreme Court is expected to hear several major cases on presidential power this term. [1, 10, 16, 17]
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