Consider how many Trump actions have or will see time in the
courtroom, and you begin to understand why Republicans are rushing to
fill these vacancies--after allowing countless vacancies to remain
unfilled at the end of the last administration. In each of the following cases, the President and Senate Republicans
seem to hope that the outcome will be different with a transformed
judiciary. The President's Muslim travel ban has been struck down by multiple
courts who ruled that the ban is based on religion and suspending the
refugee program is discriminatory, with no basis in fact. The President
went so far as to personally insult some of the judges who heard
arguments on the travel ban. The President's decision to end the DACA program is also likely to
find its way into the courtroom. Beginning on March 5, 2018, it is
estimated that around 1,000 DACA recipients per day will lose their
protection from deportation. By ending the program and thrusting
690,000 young people into legal limbo, the President ensured that
lawsuits would be filed, and he certainly is hopeful that conservative
judges are on the stand to hear the cases. We have also seen the Trump administration make moves to restrict
women's access to healthcare.
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