Karoline Leavitt Lists Injunction After Injunction Against Trump Moves By Judges After Tariffs Struck Down

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At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt railed against the injunctions constraining the actions of the Trump Administration.

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00:00Here in our new media seat today, we have the editor-in-chief of The Federalist, Molly Hemingway.

00:05The Federalist is led by Molly and Sean Davis and provides fearless journalism and coverage of

00:09politics and culture to millions of readers all over the world. Thank you for being here,

00:14Molly, and why don't you please kick us off? Thank you, Caroline.

00:17Thank you. In the first Trump administration, there was an effort to stymie the agenda of Trump

00:24through the Russia collusion hoax perpetuated by many people in the media, including some people

00:29seated here or the media outlets they represent, and other Democrats as well. The second Trump

00:34administration, to reference what you said at the beginning, seems to be subject to an effort to

00:40stymie the agenda using rogue lower court judges. You mentioned that the Supreme Court could and

00:47should do something to rein in these lower court judges. Also, Congress could do something about it,

00:53but they don't seem terribly interested in it. It also seems there's not much of an actual coordinated

00:58effort from this White House to take and tackle this effort from judges, Democrats and other people

01:04using these judges to stymie the agenda. Is there an actual effort by this White House to tackle this

01:11issue in a comprehensive way? And if so, what is it? There is an effort by this administration to

01:16tackle these rogue judges and the injunctions and the blockades that we have faced in our broken

01:23judicial system in every case. I mean, we have seen time and time again these lower district court

01:28judges ruling against this administration and the President's basic executive authority and powers,

01:33and this administration is fighting every single one of those battles in court, including already

01:37the block that came down from the tariff court, the IEPA court, last night. And as on my way out here

01:45to the briefing room, I understand that there was another district court judge right here in Washington,

01:50D.C., who ruled against the President's tariff power. And I will get to the heart of your question,

01:55and I'm glad that we are addressing this in the room today, because nationwide injunctions ordered

01:59against the first Trump administration, Trump 1.0, account for more than half of the injunctions

02:05issued in this country since 1963. And President Trump had more injunctions in one full month of

02:12office in February than Joe Biden had in three years. And let me roll through some of these radical

02:18injunctions to paint the picture for the American people at home. These are not just talking points,

02:24these are real judges in the court of law who are trying to block the President's power and the

02:29policies that he was elected to enact. For example, a court ordered the Trump administration to return

02:35already deported terrorist aliens back to the United States. A court has ruled the Trump administration

02:40can't even temporarily pause our refugee programs. Courts prohibited the Trump administration from

02:45eliminating federal funding for child transgender surgery and mutilation, a practice that the

02:50American people overwhelmingly reject. A court also held that the Trump administration could not ban

02:56people experiencing gender dysphoria or mental health issues from serving in the military. Ridiculous.

03:01Courts prohibited the removal of transgender women from women's prisons, despite potential

03:06physical harm to real women in those prisons, biological women. A Northern District of California judge

03:13issued an absurd ruling that the president cannot fire people within the executive branch without

03:19Congress passing a bill, even though Congress has expressly authorized the president through the

03:24Office of Personnel Management to authorize reductions in force across agencies. A court also ordered the

03:30Trump administration to rehire thousands of already fired employees in several cases. A federal judge

03:35blocked the Trump administration from defunding the Department of Education. Another signature campaign

03:39promised that this president has the power to implement. Courts ordered the Trump administration

03:44could not eliminate funding for illegal DEI programs, hence the word illegal. These are illegal programs

03:50to begin with. And now the courts are trying to say this president can't roll them back. And a district

03:54court judge prohibited the president from issuing any categorical funding freezes. And then another court

03:59ordered on top of that the administration makes $2 billion of payments in 36 hours. These are just a few of the

04:06ridiculous orders that we have seen from lower district court judges every day. And we hope that the Supreme

04:11Court will weigh in and rein them in.

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