If we peel back Trump's daily distractions and look at the whole story, there's a silver-lining that many aren't aware of.
The good news is that the majority of judges in this country are defying Trump's lawless regime. Unless you follow court cases that fact is easily overlooked when compared to the daily assaults on our Democracy.
There's a website called the Trump Administration Litigation Tracker that follows legal challenges against the current regime. It's a bipartisan non-profit publication that tracks legal challenges to the Trump regime's executive actions that deal with national security issues, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump regime to enforce them.
The Lawfare Litigation Tracker includes:
- 238 active cases challenging the Trump regime's actions (this number considers a suit filed in district court and appeals that arise from the original suit as one case).
- 21 suits by the Trump regime challenging state or local laws.
- 17 Supreme Court stays or orders to vacate lower court orders.
- 1 Supreme Court affirmation of a lower court order.
- 8 suits where judges ruled for the federal government in a summary judgement or by dismissing a suit.
- 9 suits where judges ruled against federal government in a summary judgement or permanent injunction.
- 6 criminal prosecutions by the Department of Justice (Rep. LaMonica Mclver, former FBI Director James Comey, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Congressional candidate Katherine Abughazaleh).
Editor's Note: the case against Comey was dropped by a judge today. After numerous appeals judges have ruled for Garcia and against the Trump regime. In addition, after several attempts the regime's case against Letitia James was dropped. It doesn't mean the government is done harassing them and I wouldn't be surprised to know their currently seeking appeals to those decisions.
It would only be fair to point out that the most important judges in the land have favored the Trump regime. Last year the Supreme Court overwhelmingly sided with Trump. There were at least 24 emergency docket rulings on Trump's action last year. The Supreme Court ruled in Trump's favor 20 times and against four times.
Never before has the court been asked to rule on the legality of so many presidential actions in such a short period of time. Then again, we never had a more corrupt president.
This year, the court will decide cases on the merits docket about the president's power to remove agency heads, the legality of Trump's tariffs, and the constitutionality of his executive order on birthright citizenship.
Based upon last year's preference for the Trump regime we can't expect a miracle coming from the justices this year. However, I must note that based upon some articles I read, where justices were expressing skeptical opinions on all three cases there's an outside chance they'll rule against the regime.
As it Stands, it's a pity that we can't trust the Supreme Court anymore. As for those state and federal judges that are protecting us, they deserve a big thank you.
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