How Trump Can Navigate the Judiciary's Assault on His Agenda

It is only common sense that District judges canNOT issue nationwide judgements - this has to be recognized and enforced - immediately, if not sooner!

If activist judges are allowed to continue these practices, our nation will have only one branch of government that has any power at all. And that branch is unelected and therefore unaccountable to voters. And they said Trump was the threat to democracy. hmmm…..

There seem to be at least two paths to take here: one would be an agreement between the President and the Chief Justice to not allow District Court Judges to have the scope to cancel or control presidential actions. The second would be to ignore any command on the Executive from courts lower than the Supreme Cout.
Ignoring court orders can be defended, but it will be more popular with the voters to establish a tradition that forbids District Courts this power.
Of course, a Constitutional Amendment would be better, but impossible to command sufficient votes. This is a time when the President and the Chief Justice need to work in tandem to solve a problem that could get out of control in future.

IMO what this really comes down to is that the President and the Judges are both pointing out weaknesses in our Nations laws that need change. Congress needs to immediately get off of it's collective butt and fix the laws.

So much for checks and balances. It takes the Supreme Court or Congress to overturn a judge, but one judge makes an insane ruling and the entire country has to kiss their butt.

In my opinion, any injunction by a Federal District judge, of an Executive Order, would be declared as not interpreting any law on the books, as would be done under the purview of the Judicial Branch, but is now acting as a legislator, and as a legislative proxy of Congress. Therefore, the judge may submit, to Congress, his wished-for injunction, and let Congress determine its legitimacy, enforcement and any penalties.

I am in agreement that district judges do NOT have national authority, especially when the defendants live outside of the district. District judges only have power in the district they serve. This needs to be pressed and pressed hard, by the Trump administration. Justice Roberts has to be forced to act on this, and act fast.

What the writer says is an important point, that if President Trump ignores judge rulings now and, God forbid, the Democrats ever take back the office, he will have set up a precedent for them, scary! He needs to be clever here, God can make a way, if we call on Him for wisdom! Let’s pray for this!

Joe Biden has already ignored the judiciary. Precedent has already been set. Cannot say "Trump started this".

I think the best path forward is to request speedy appeals because of the important issues involved to get this up to Supreme Court as quickly as possible- just how much jurisdiction do district courts have in matters of national and international affairs especially with jurisdiction shopping.

 I'm no Constitutional expert, just another American with an opinion.
  I believe President Trump defying the lower courts is a trap designed to bring impeachment charges against the President and really throw the nation into more turmoil.

The Leftist judges as well as Congressional and the global Left want only one thing; power and one party control I agree with Charles Williams (comment below) that Congress needs to act and act quickly and decisively. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is also deliberately dragging his feet on the issue. The American People are once again held hostage to the Left playing chess while the Republican Congress plays checkers. Neil Young had an album titled "Rust Never Sleeps"; neither does the Left. None of this should have been a surprise to the "experts" in Washington. Shame on them for sleeping through another version of Pearl Harbor.

Anthony's opinion makes total sense, in a sensible world. Unfortunately we are living in the some alter-dark universe at the moment where there is no logic, rationality or morality as is clearly evident. We are at a crossroads in time where we either take definitive action against the most corrupt and vile establishment of D.C. that's ever been produced or we watch our country sink ever further into the abyss the D.S. has laid before us. It's a pretty easy decision and one I think far and away the mass majority of The People support. I'm all for diplomacy if it were an option but we are so far past that moment, for many years now in reality. Anthony's opinion only provides short term band-aids and being wrapped up in red tape bureaucracy with no true solution in the end at best. Option 3 - You bring the whole system down in a designed operational effort and hold all accountable for their acts of treason in compromising our once Great Country. Trump's Original Mandate..

I am not a lawyer but it seems to me that elements of the current issue has some connection with the Marbury v. Madison case (1803). While the Marbury case addressed a topic irrelevant to the issue at hand, the backstory to the case seems to be applicable regarding the actions of the Executive Office. Accordingly, Trump's most appropriate action, in my opinion, would be to challenge the lower court rulings and request an expedited review by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Marshall declared, in his ruling as part of the Marbury v. Madison case, that the Supreme Court determines what the law is. Therefore, I am suggesting that the Supreme Court should be allowed to address the issue of the President's Executive Actions within the context of the legal exercise of what Chief Justice Marshall termed "executive and political discretion". The very heart of American Democracy is the independence of the judiciary. The Constitution is the government's framework, the judiciary its guardians.

Of course we all know the left will use any and whatever means necessary to accomplish their objectives. These judges are simply part of that arsenal.... like riots, burning cars, vote harvesting, and varied other forms of intimidation. I doubt there's much that can be done to stop all this litigation.... we've turned into a country of lawyers more than a country of laws. The left won't abide by laws they disagree with.....why should we?

He's listening to his advisors more this time around and has not fired anyone, so whatever they deem the lesser of all evils should be the order of the day. He has so many balls in the air right now, that if at least half have a positive outcome, the nation will be better for it. Let's see what he's thinking at the end of the first 100 days, then become either more anxious or more accepting of the status quo... The votes show that there is very little environment for compromise, with both parties firmly set against each other. In over 70 yrs, I have never seen such division! The Dems are totally in evening the score, even revenge mode...

Although unlikely, the Supreme Court should rule that district judges cannot make rulings on matters which are clearly within the purview of executive branch authority. If necessary, those areas could be defined as out-of-bounds to district courts, for example, foreign policy, and also matters affecting the structure of the executive branch.