It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.
The justices requested responses by early April from the states and groups who had challenged the executive order.
Mr. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has largely been shrouded in secrecy, but court cases are one way opponents of President Trump’s overhaul efforts have sought clarity.
Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government.
A federal judge in Washington ordered Elon Musk’s team and the Office of Management and Budget to begin releasing internal documents “as soon as practicable.”
The real legacy of the case, scholars say, is not its protection of former presidents from prosecution but its expansive understanding of presidential power.
The judges, who are part of the Justice Department, make decisions about asylum claims and have the power to order someone removed from the country.
She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid.
Four sitting members of the court attended on Tuesday: Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kagan, Kavanaugh and Barrett.
Democrats say the calls to remove judges who block Trump administration initiatives amount to intimidation. Some senior Republicans were also skeptical of the effort.