Trump fights dozens of lefty judges as cowardly Supreme Court dithers

President Donald Trump is striking back at the litigation-industrial complex’s war against his agenda.On Monday, Trump’s Justice Department filed an emergency request asking the Supreme Court to take a stand on the “epidemic” of national injunctions — more than 70 and increasing daily — that leftist district court judges are using to tie the president’s hands. Only the Supreme Court can stop this “power grab,” Trump’s lawyers said.The success of his presidency could hinge on whether the court will act. The justices have dithered too long.Trump’s attorneys made their initial “emergency” request for relief from nationwide injunctions on March 15.Since then the high court has shown only shameful, cowardly inaction.Dozens of federal judges are blocking core policies — downsizing government, ending DEI, shrinking foreign aid, eliminating transgenderism in the military, deporting Tren de Aragua and more — that voters chose when they elected Trump.A cadre of leftist lawyers and judges is getting away with negating the November election.
Four justices are already on the record against national injunctions, including Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito. Chief Justice John Roberts has the votes.He needs to put aside his distaste for Trump’s rhetorical indiscretions regarding the judiciary — and act to protect both the Constitution and the outcome of the November election.In Monday’s emergency application, acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris challenged a San Francisco district-court judge’s injunction preventing federal offices in all 50 states, including the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Treasury and Commerce, from making workforce reductions.In February, as downsizing began, government unions and nonprofits sued in the Northern District of California, notorious for its leftist bias. They were immediately rewarded for their court-shopping: Sympathetic Judge William Alsup commanded the Trump adm...