Courts become turbocharged battleground in Trump era

The nation’s courts have become a central battleground for President Trump’s policy agenda, posing challenges for the third branch of government that has long sought to insulate itself from partisan politics.

As more of the president’s policies fail to gain traction in Congress, he has increasingly turned to executive actions to set them in place. Outside groups have filed lawsuit after lawsuit challenging those measures, leaving their fate in judges’ hands.

Courts have long played a role in sorting out messy policy fights, but legal experts who spoke to The Hill believe the growing polarization in Washington has increasingly thrust the courts into the political realm.

View the complete July 22 article by Jordan Fabian and jacqueline Thomsen on The Hill website here.