The headline shouldn’t even use the term judicial “power”. They are clearly not vested with any power in regard to these overreaching “rulings”. The correct characterization is judicial sedition or even treason. Furthermore, the hope that democrats can “own” all further bloodshed committed by illegal aliens is no less disgraceful than these decades of Republican complicity in disastrous national decline in order to raise money and run against it. The only people owning such tragedies are the bloodshed donors. Trump understands that this has to stop NOW. It’s far too late to tactically rely on blame.
Note to world: the judiciary has no such prerogative. Their only power is simply claiming they have priority. But they need a powerful ally to take that position, and in that they have everyone trumped: they have the fully backing of Congress.
In essence, Congress can do anything they want. That's how not only the constitution, but parliament is constructed. The peoples' representatives run the country, and if they want to allow the courts to legislate from the bench, then they have that right.
So the issue isn't the judiciary, but Congress. The composition of Congress must be altered to the point where they will cut their alliance with the courts, and side with the executive.
I have absolutely no doubt that this will (eventually) occur. The only real issue is timing. Trump needs to avoid being placed in a position where they can impeach, and work to prepare his offensive. Consider it took 2 years between Midway and D-Day. That's the kind of time-frame Trump should be looking at.
Stage a tactical retreat now. Anything and everything he does is going to be blocked. It doesn't matter if he reads the actual code or cites the constitution. The courts can rule however they want with no restraint - as long as Congress backs them up.
Congress is the prize, not the presidency.
Agreed - The judiciary isn’t vested with power in the sense that the executive of legislature is.
But judges have gradually assumed power from the legislature and the legislature has acquiesced. In effect the courts have granted themselves extra-constitutional powers and the legislature has allowed it.
The legislature is generally lazy and cowardly and always political. And for various reasons often relinquishes its constitutional authority to one or both of the other branches.
look how they quietly stood by most of the time as Barack Obama usurped their powers and legislated from the White House for most of the last eight years.
Congress and the Senate could act right now to back the President and put the relationship of the three branches back in proper balance - but they won’t.