Has Trumps agenda stalled?
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Welcome to The Logoff. Today Im focusing on the Trump administrations string of court setbacks, which, for now, seem to be slowing down what once looked like a MAGA juggernaut. Whats the latest? Several court rulings this week have stalled the Trump administrations efforts to expand the presidents power. Those include:A federal judge on Monday froze Trumps plans to cut $4 billion from health research grants.Another further delayed the deadline for federal workers to accept Elon Musks offer for a deferred resignation.Yet another judge ruled the administration was violating his previous order to unfreeze federal spending threatening Trump officials with contempt if they didnt comply.Does this mean all these initiatives are dead? Not at all. Nearly all of these orders are judges saying hold on a minute, telling the Trump administration to wait to go through with its plans while the courts decide if theyre legal. And in nearly all of the cases, the Trump administration is asking higher courts to let them go forward during the judicial deliberations.So why does just a freeze matter? Because the administration has shown the ability to take irreparable actions while the courts deliberate. Take the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which Trumps team effectively dismantled during their first week. Courts have since put some of those actions on hold, but even if the agency survives, itll have suffered longstanding damage. Now, as the administration tries to repeat that process elsewhere in government, these judicial pauses are making the process far more difficult.Whats the big picture? For weeks, it appeared the Trump administration was unstoppable, particularly as it took power that the Constitution reserves for Congress. But now the judicial branch is asserting itself, demanding the right to review many of Trumps actions before they take full effect.What if Trump simply ignores the courts? Simply put, we dont know, because theres very little precedent in US history. What we do know is that it would trigger a constitutional crisis whose resolution could redefine our system of government. And with that, its time to log off ...A looming constitutional crisis is not a particularly comforting note to end on. So I want to point you all to this great Mashable story of two people finding each other and falling in love. Without further ado, heres How one tweet led me to meet my partner.See More:
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