The Constitution

The constitution is enforced by the separation of powers which offers checks and balances between the supreme court, the president and the congress. Recently this has come under question as a number of lower court judges have stopped the presidents’ executive actions. Yesterday the Supreme Court overruled a lower court decision to stop third country deportations. Before that the Court reversed the lower court on deportations to safe countries and earlier the Court ended temporary protection status and pausing humanitarian programs. Before that the Court stepped in on federal employee firings, teacher training grants and DOGE access to records. Some of these cases are regarding to temporary restraining orders and may require further rulings but they are road blocks to presidential power. There are more than 1,000 judges who could be issuing injunctions against the president and some scholars express concern that this kind of activity, if it continues, could tie up the president in the courts much like happened in Trumps first term. The country is already stymied by gridlock and this will pit the president against the federal courts. If the 2026 elections put the democrats back in control of the house, then the congress will be investigating the president on a continuous basis and the whole government will be brought to a standstill. For many who are anti government this will be acceptable.