Judicial-Executive Branch Show Down?

And Trump keeps trying to distract

Trump said today that he wants to get rid of pennies.

Some news today.

A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled moments ago that Trump administration has defied orders to unfreeze billions of dollars in grants. This is a a day after social media post by Vice President JD Vance claimed that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” There are currently 40 lawsuits against Trump’s actions in the first three weeks in office. The judge’s ruling, John McConnell, may spark a stand-off between the judicial and executive branches and send us into a constitutional crisis. After the ruling, the Trump administration fired back: “Each executive order will hold up in court because every action of the Trump-Vance administration is completely lawful,” said Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman. “Any legal challenge against it is nothing more than an attempt to undermine the will of the American people.”

The judge’s ruling today was ostensibly a nudge to comply. If they don’t, I am not sure what happens next. Here is the article in The Guardian.

Additionally from The Guardian, the Trump administration is still dismantling USAID, despite a court order to stop the laying off of thousands of people.