Washington Policy Monitor

Federal courts and lawmakers push back on Trump executive power

Federal courts and lawmakers push back on Trump executive power

Lower courts continue checking the administration over firings, agency shutdowns, birthright-citizenship orders, immigration restrictions, and other executive actions. A Third Circuit ruling against ICE's near-universal detention-without-bond policy deepened an appellate split, while a Cruz-Lee bill proposing to restructure the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits adds a partisan institutional-reform front.

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Updated Aug 31, 2026
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