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Can Federal Judges Block the Trump Administration? | Hans von Spakovsky

Can Federal Judges Block the Trump Administration? | Hans von Spakovsky

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The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.

This is the beginning of Article III, section 1 of the US constitution, establishing the federal judiciary. Nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, and usually serving for life, federal judges serve a key role in the highest levels of the American justice system.

The federal judiciary is designed to exert a check on the power of the legislative and the executive branches.

Now that the Trump Administration is making sweeping changes to the way things are done in Washington, some federal judges are using this power to obstruct the President. But are they right to do so?

Joining Heritage Explains today is Senior Legal Fellow Hans von Spakovsky.

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