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Trump and the Courts blog
The Emergency Docket Explained, and Why Both Parties Complain About It Emergency applications now carry some of the Court's weightiest work, decided fast without full briefing, and the complaints switch sides with the White House. Universal Injunctions Barely Existed Before 1963, So Where Did They Come From One district judge blocking a law for the whole country is a modern invention, not a feature of the 1789 Judiciary Act, and both parties have used it. Presidential Immunity in Trump v. United States, Read Like a Law Student Trump v. United States set three tiers of criminal immunity. Read the opinion, Barrett and the dissent, and judge it as a rule for every future president. Trump v. Hawaii and the Broad Power Congress Gave Presidents in Section 212(f) The 2018 travel-ban decision rests on a sweeping statute Congress wrote, and the power it confirms belongs to whoever holds the office, not to one president.