Donald Trump has taken aim at the federal judiciary once again, demanding that the Supreme Court strip judges of their ability to block his administration’s actions on a nationwide scale. The move follows a string of legal setbacks triggered by more than 100 lawsuits targeting his policies since he returned to office in January.
In a fiery social media post, Trump declared:
“STOP NATIONWIDE INJUNCTIONS NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
He added that if Chief Justice John Roberts and the high court didn’t intervene, the country would face “very serious trouble.”
The demand is centered on a legal brawl over Trump’s recent executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship — a cornerstone of his aggressive immigration agenda. That order has already run into three separate nationwide injunctions from judges in Washington state, Massachusetts, and Maryland. Trump’s legal team petitioned the Supreme Court on March 13 to narrow the reach of those injunctions, arguing that a single district judge should not have the power to freeze federal policy coast to coast.
The high court — which leans 6-3 conservative and includes three justices Trump appointed during his first term — now finds itself under pressure to shift the balance of power between the executive and judicial branches.
But this legal clash isn’t just about immigration or even executive orders. It’s about who gets to set the boundaries of presidential power — the man in the White House or the black-robed arbiters of the bench.
Tensions between Trump and the judiciary flared earlier this week when he called for the impeachment of a federal judge overseeing a deportation case involving Venezuelan migrants accused of gang activity. Chief Justice Roberts fired back in a rare public statement, reminding Trump that “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.” He emphasized that legal disagreements should be addressed through appeals, not political threats.
Nationwide injunctions have long been a thorn in the side of presidents from both parties. Biden’s administration saw key proposals, like his $430 billion student loan forgiveness plan, derailed by such rulings — a policy ultimately buried by the Supreme Court.
Trump’s latest push isn’t just a legal maneuver. It’s a battle cry in his ongoing war with a judicial system he views as an obstacle to his authority — and it’s now up to the Supreme Court to decide whether that war gets escalated or reined in.
