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President Trump’s tug-of-war with the courts, explained

  • Written by Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
President Trump’s tug-of-war with the courts, explainedThe U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a big win on June 27, 2025, by limiting the ability of judges to block Trump administration policies across the nation.

But Trump has not fared nearly as well in the lower courts, where he has lost a series of cases through different...

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