Federal Judges Keep Usurping Presidential Powers. Will SCOTUS Do Anything About it?
Justice delayed is justice denied. And over and over again, the Court seems fit to allow that injustice to persist when it comes to halting the policies of President Trump.
SCOTUS Must Rein In Rogue Judges Threatening To Enable Violent Rioters
In the dead of night, an unelected federal judge made himself president and subordinated the duly elected commander-in-chief to a governor.
That is the effect of Senior Judge Charles Breyer’s ruling that President Trump’s federalizing of California’s National Guard in the face of the Los Angeles riots was “illegal,” and that the president must return control of the forces to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Like several judges who ruled that Trump illegally invoked the Alien Enemies Act to pursue illegal alien terrorists for swift removal, Breyer’s ruling boils down to his view that, as a district court judge, he may substitute his wisdom for that of the president.
In a new piece at The Federalist, I break down Judge Breyer’s disastrous ruling, and lay out the broader implications as district court judges continue usurping the president’s powers.