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The Guardian - US
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Peter Stone

US lower court judges are challenging Trump’s ‘war on the rule of law’, experts say

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Donald Trump in Washington DC on 1 April. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AFP/Getty Images

District court judges nationwide have been increasingly issuing strong rulings challenging the legality of many of Donald Trump’s policies and executive power grabs, blocking key ones at least temporarily, and sparking angry responses from the president, former judges and prosecutors say.

Since the start of Trump’s second term, lower court federal judges have written sharply critical opinions about his legally dubious policies on immigration, tariffs, Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecutions of political foes and more.

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