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Executive orders and lawsuits

The Trump administration's use of executive orders and the subsequent lawsuits filed against them.

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Jan 16, 2026
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ice removal comparison between trump and obahma

The most consequential differences between ICE removals under Barack Obama and Donald Trump were not only raw counts but priorities, prosecutorial discretion, and tactics: Obama tightened priorities a...

Jan 24, 2026
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Did POTUS give an executive order to remove the slave monuments from the presidents house in Philadelphia

issued an on March 27, 2025 titled " to American History," which directed the and related agencies to review and remove park and museum materials deemed to “disparage” American history, and staff subs...

Jan 27, 2026
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How many times did Donald Trump or his administration defy federal court orders between 2017 and 2021?

There is no authoritative, sourced tally in the provided reporting that establishes a definitive count of how many times or his 2017–2021 administration “defied” federal court orders; available materi...

Jan 31, 2026

What are the potential legal consequences if a state-level conviction collides with presidential immunity or a sitting president’s authority?

A collision between a state-level conviction and claims of would trigger immediate legal fights over whether the challenged conduct was an “official act” and therefore immune, a question recently fram...

Jan 31, 2026

Have any appeals, stays, or injunctions been issued in Jane Doe v. Trump in 2025?

Multiple federal district courts issued preliminary injunctions in 2025 in cases styled challenging , and at least one of those injunctions was appealed to , which affirmed in part, vacated in part as...

Feb 6, 2026

How many laws have bben broken by and during Trump's second administration?

There is no credible, evidence-based single count of “how many laws have been broken” by in his second administration; instead, reporting and legal trackers record hundreds of lawsuits and dozens of e...

Jan 19, 2026

Is Trump making the laws or breaking them?

The short answer: both. The Trump administration has aggressively used executive orders, emergency proclamations and agency actions to remake policy — effectively "making law" through unilateral execu...