Breitbart News 26 Mar 2025
The new administration of President Donald Trump has been a whirlwind of activity in its first one hundred days but is running into resistance from men in black – activist federal judges.
Two months in, lower federal courts have issued injunctions stopping 15 of Trump’s executive orders, already more than recent administrations received throughout their entire two terms. During Trump’s first term, 64 injunctions were issued against his executive actions. In comparison, lower federal courts issued only six injunctions against former President George W. Bush during his two terms (8 years), 12 against President Barack Obama (8 years), and 14 against former President Joe Biden (4 years), according to a study published in the Harvard Law Review.
What accounts for the aggressive stance taken by so many federal district court judges?
All recent presidents have begun their terms with a spate of executive orders, usually to fulfill campaign promises or to immediately countermand executive orders of their predecessor. Trump’s have certainly been sweeping in their reach.
But there’s more happening, and in legal circles it’s known as “forum shopping.” Lawyers challenging one of Trump’s orders have their choice of 94 federal districts across the country in which to file their suit, and both political parties have become adept at “judge shopping” their cases to judges known to be politically sympathetic.
Peter Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers pick up the gavel on the latest episode of The Drill Down to explain what’s happening.
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