As legal tensions mount between President Donald Trump’s administration and the judiciary, House Republicans are quietly attempting to limit courts’ power to enforce their rulings.
Buried in the GOP’s multitrillion-dollar budget bill is a provision that would restrict courts from enforcing contempt findings, especially for violations of injunctions or temporary restraining orders, unless the plaintiff pays a bond. Legal experts warn this could undermine judicial authority, particularly as the Trump administration defies rulings over controversial immigration actions.
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled against Trump’s attempt to expedite deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. Trump lashed out online, writing, “THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!”
Lower courts have accused the administration of bad faith and noncompliance in multiple cases, including one involving a migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador. Experts say the administration is “walking as close to the line” of defying court orders.
If passed, the new budget provision would make contempt enforcement more difficult—an unprecedented shift that legal scholars say could move the U.S. into “uncharted territory.”
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