The Supreme Court’s special sitting for oral arguments Thursday exemplifies a balancing act the justices face in the second Trump administration, as the president and his allies in Congress criticize the courts that have stood in the way of his push to reshape the government.
Since the start of his second term, the federal courts have served as the main speed bump for President Donald Trump’s preferred policies, with the government counting more than two dozen nationwide injunctions from lower courts across more than 100 lawsuits over administrative actions.
Those cases, like Thursday’s arguments over the future of his effort to end birthright citizenship nationwide, are swiftly heading to the Supreme Court, which experts said will put the constitutional order in a pressure cooker.
