White House says judges balking at Trump's actions are provoking a 'constitutional crisis'
The White House said Wednesday that court rulings going against the Trump administration are coming from 바카라 게임 웹사이트judicial activists바카라 게임 웹사이트 on the bench whose decisions amount to a "constitutional crisis.바카라 게임 웹사이트
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the comments as she pushed back against critics of Republican President Donald Trump's expansive actions slashing the government workforce and federal spending.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We believe these judges are acting as judicial activists rather than honest arbiters of the law," Leavitt said.
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s moves in the first weeks of his second term to overhaul the federal government and fulfill his campaign promises have been met with more than 50 lawsuits, with judges blocking some of his administration's moves at least temporarily. Top administration officials have responded by attacking the legitimacy of judicial oversight, one of the foundations of America바카라 게임 웹사이트s democracy which is based on the separation of powers.
The focus on the courts has intensified as the other long-standing check on the presidency, the Congress, is Republican-controlled and has largely gone along with Trump's unilateral actions, including his firing of government watchdogs.
When asked Wednesday if the White House believes the courts have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions to Trump's orders, Leavitt said the rulings 바카라 게임 웹사이트have no basis in the law바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트have no grounds." She said the White House would comply with the courts but believed the administration would 바카라 게임 웹사이트ultimately be vindicated.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트This is part of a larger, concerted effort by Democrat activists, and nothing more than the continuation of the weaponization of justice against President Trump,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Leavitt said, referring to Trump's personal legal challenges, including the criminal trial in New York in which he was convicted last year.
Judges have blocked, at least temporarily, his effort to end birthright citizenship, permit access to Treasury Department records by billionaire Elon Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트s so-called Department of Government Efficiency and roll out a mass deferred resignation plan for federal workers.
Musk, the world바카라 게임 웹사이트s richest man who has been given far-reaching powers by Trump to shrink the federal government, has posted on social media that judges who rule against the administration should be impeached.
바카라 게임 웹사이트A corrupt judge protecting corruption. He needs to be impeached NOW!바카라 게임 웹사이트 Musk wrote about the judge in the Treasury Department case. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday on X, 바카라 게임 웹사이트 If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that바카라 게임 웹사이트s also illegal. Judges aren바카라 게임 웹사이트t allowed to control the executive바카라 게임 웹사이트s legitimate power.바카라 게임 웹사이트
As court cases pile up, questions have arisen about whether Trump, pushing to expand the limits of presidential power, would comply with court rulings.
Trump on Tuesday said he would, but suggested he would consider some kind of response to the judges and called their actions a 바카라 게임 웹사이트violation.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트It seems hard to believe that a judge could say, 바카라 게임 웹사이트We don바카라 게임 웹사이트t want you to do that.바카라 게임 웹사이트 So maybe we have to look at the judges because that바카라 게임 웹사이트s very serious, I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트s a very serious violation," Trump said.
Leavitt made clear that Trump's team will also "seek every legal remedy to ultimately overturn these radical injunctions and ensure President Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s policies can be enacted,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said.
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Price reported from New York.