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Let's talk about Trump's terrible week in the courts....

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Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump's terrible week in the courts....

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Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

0:05.0

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's terrible week in the courts.

0:10.0

Trump started off his first 100 days with a flurry of executive actions.

0:15.0

He's ending it with a flurry of losses in court.

0:18.0

Before anybody talks about liberal judges, it's important to note that some judges

0:23.1

are Trump appointed. Okay, so let's start with U.S. District Judge William Oreck, blocking Trump's

0:30.2

executive order that would yank funding from jurisdictions that act as sanctuaries.

0:35.6

Oreck found that the jurisdictions who sued are likely to succeed on the grounds that Trump's

0:40.8

order is likely to be unconstitutional on multiple grounds.

0:45.1

But one of the bigger issues is that Trump's order attempts to take the power of the purse

0:50.4

away from Congress.

0:52.5

Another one of Trump's orders had sweeping changes to federal elections.

0:57.3

Again, Trump planned to force compliance by pulling federal funding. The judge ruled, quote,

1:04.1

The president has no constitutional power over election regulation that would support this unilateral

1:10.2

exercise of authority.

1:12.1

The Constitution vests that power in the states and Congress alone.

1:17.6

Then, Trump's anti-DEI policies that would withhold funding from schools that continue to promote

1:24.4

diversity, equity, and inclusion ran into issues when it was shot down by

1:29.8

three separate judges. Two of those judges were appointed by Trump. One of the Trump appointees

1:36.5

ruled, quote, this court takes no view as to whether the policies at issue here are good or bad,

1:44.0

prudent or foolish, fair or unfair.

1:47.2

But this court is constitutionally required to closely scrutinize whether the government went

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