The Virtue of Judicial Independence
President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have always felt uncomfortable with an independent federal judiciary, even after he filled it with his appointees. Yet the judiciary has upheld much of the administration’s agenda. This past term the conservative Supreme Court majority issued several important rulings supporting the president’s position.Conservatives should fight hard to promote their principles.
- ▪President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have always felt uncomfortable with an independent federal judiciary, even after he filled it with his appointees.
- ▪Yet the judiciary has upheld much of the administration’s agenda.
- ▪This past term the conservative Supreme Court majority issued several important rulings supporting the president’s position.Conservatives should fight hard to promote their principles.
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President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have always felt uncomfortable with an independent federal judiciary, even after he filled it with his appointees. After all, the courts turned into an important line of resistance against the incoming administration last year.Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called one decision “an assault on the very idea of democracy itself.” Vice President JD Vance sounded more moderate in tone but extreme in substance: “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” The administration’s conception of its own authority appeared essentially limitless. Yet the judiciary has upheld much of the administration’s agenda.
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