The president of the United States, Donald Trump and his main allies, including vice president JD Vance, and Elon Musk, the multimillion -dollar leader of the new cost reduction agency of the United States, Doge, have intensified their criticisms of the Judiciary, denouncing judges who have clogged key elements of the Trump's second quarter agenda.
According to them, the courts are exceeding their authority by interfering with executive decisions, framing decisions as judicial overreach.
In recent developments, the courts have frustrated Trump's initiatives to abolish the citizenship of birth law, retain federal subsidies and restructure agencies such as USAID and the consumer financial protection office.
During the weekend, his administration faced another judicial setback when a federal judge temporarily prohibited the efficiency department of the Elon Musk (Doge) government to access the extensive federal payment system of the Treasury Department, which contains confidential financial data About millions of Americans.
Musk quickly condemned the ruling, accusing the judge of corruption and demanding an immediate political trial.
Vice President JD Vance, a persistent critic of judicial supervision on the executive authority, reinforced his position that the courts should not issue presidential actions. Reflecting on previous comments from an interview with ABC News, Vance reiterated his belief that a president has the right to ignore the judicial decisions he considers illegitimate.
“If a judge tried to tell a general how to carry out a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to order the Attorney General about how to use his discretion as a prosecutor, that is also illegal. The judges cannot control the legitimate power of the Executive, ”Vance said during the weekend.
On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the Administration had violated a previous court order in freezing federal expenditure. The judge instructed the government to immediately restore the funds arrested. When asked about Vance's comments and legal battles, Trump defended the position of his administration.
“When a president cannot seek fraud, waste and abuse, we no longer have a country,” Trump told journalists on Sunday. “So we are very disappointed with the judges that make such decisions. But we have a long way to go. “
“It should not be allowed, frankly, no judge to make that kind of decision,” Trump added. “It's a misfortune.”
Trump's clash with the Judiciary is aligned with the broader impulse of his administration to expand the presidential authority, advocating an opinion that places the Executive Power only under his control.
However, legal experts suggest that their team is deliberately establishing legal challenges that could increase to the Supreme Court, testing the limits of that interpretation.
However, Democrats warn that Trump is trying to erode constitutional controls and balances, particularly the role of Congress in the supervision of federal agencies. According to a Connecticut senator, Chris Murphy, during an appearance at ABC's This weekThe position of the administration is a “constitutional crisis”, which are compared to Watergate.
“The president is trying to confiscate the control of power and for corrupt purposes,” Murphy said.
California Senator Adam Schiff, responding directly to Vance's comments on X, wrote: “JD, we both went to the Law School. But we don't have to be lawyers to know that ignoring the judicial decisions that we do not like puts us on a dangerous path towards illegality. “
Despite democratic criticisms, most Republicans are supporting Trump. The Senator of Arkansas, Tom Cotton, described the judge who blocked Doge's access to the treasure data a “outlaw.” The president of the Judicial Committee of the House of Representatives, Jim Jordan, defended Musk's efforts, stating that he was simply “carrying out the will” of the president.
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