Since President Donald Trump reclaimed the executive branch in January, more than 50 lawsuits have been filed to halt his America-first efforts.
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Since President Donald Trump reclaimed the executive branch in January, more than 50 lawsuits have been filed to halt his America-first efforts. These lawsuits present a variety of legal issues, from the constitutionality of Trump’s executive orders addressing birthright citizenship and transgender prisoners, to agencies’ ability to cancel federal grants, to the president’s power to fire executive branch officials.
The vast number of cases, coupled with the diversity of legal issues and the near-daily developments, make it challenging for Americans to track—much less understand—the current lawfare. To aid our fellow citizens, then, today The Federalist runs its first in a series of in-depth articles covering this litigation, beginning with the issue most likely to reach the Supreme Court first: President Trump’s authority to fire executive branch officials and whether courts have the power to order such officials’ reinstatement.
