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Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
The New York Times ^ | Oct. 11, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET | Mattathias Schwartz and Zach Montague

Posted on 10/11/2025 12:49:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.

More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.

At issue are the quick-turn orders the Supreme Court has issued dictating whether Trump administration policies should be left in place while they are litigated through the lower courts. That emergency docket, a growing part of the Supreme Court’s work in recent years, has taken on greater importance amid the flood of litigation challenging President Trump’s efforts to expand executive power.

While the orders are technically temporary, they have had broad practical affects, allowing the administration to deport tens of thousands of people, discharge transgender military service members, fire thousands of government workers and slash federal spending.

The striking and highly unusual critique of the nation’s highest court from lower court judges reveals the degree to which litigation over Mr. Trump’s agenda has created strains in the federal judicial system.

Sixty-five judges responded to a Times questionnaire sent to hundreds of federal judges across the country. Of those, 47 said the Supreme Court had been mishandling its emergency docket since Mr. Trump returned to office.

The judges responded to the questionnaire and spoke in interviews on the condition of anonymity so they could share their views candidly, as lower court judges are governed by a complex set of rules that include limitations on their public statements.

Of the judges who responded, 28 were nominated by Republican presidents, including 10 by Mr. Trump; 37 were...

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"No standing."
1 posted on 10/11/2025 12:49:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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“ The judges responded to the questionnaire and spoke in interviews on the condition of anonymity so they could share their views candidly, as lower court judges are governed by a complex set of rules that include limitations on their public statements.”

Uh huh. So all those judges can be fired by talking to the Slimes?


2 posted on 10/11/2025 12:55:28 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Gary Gilmore the POS who murdered Charlie Kirk!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Please explaine the ‘seperation of powers” to these gentelmen!


3 posted on 10/11/2025 12:56:29 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Anti Trump judges are hurting the Judiciary’s image. Not the Supreme Court.


4 posted on 10/11/2025 12:58:03 PM PDT by MMusson ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lawfare = the hundreds and hundreds of cases filed against this administration. These orders keep things from grinding to a halt, which is the point.

Someone must have performed a comprehensive comparison, but I was unable to find one. Maybe I can try my hand at an AI prompt. For example, I believe Obama was overturned most of the time, even by his own judges.


5 posted on 10/11/2025 1:00:19 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Probably all foreign born


6 posted on 10/11/2025 1:06:44 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So, these far-left liberal judges have their panties up in a wad. Bwahahahaha


7 posted on 10/11/2025 1:09:39 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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“Probably all foreign born”

and from states with two Democrat senators which restrict who the GOP can nominate.


8 posted on 10/11/2025 1:10:04 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Let me guess their politics. Nah, that would be too easy.


9 posted on 10/11/2025 1:11:53 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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These “judges” are defying the supreme court and are mad that they are not getting away with it.


10 posted on 10/11/2025 1:13:25 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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At issue are the quick-turn orders the Supreme Court has issued dictating whether Trump administration policies should be left in place while they are litigated through the lower courts.

No, the issue is the lower courts making administrative decisions that are none of their business.

11 posted on 10/11/2025 1:13:37 PM PDT by Petrosius
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TDS on the bench.


12 posted on 10/11/2025 1:20:13 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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WHAT IS AN “OPAQUE ORDER”?????


13 posted on 10/11/2025 1:28:40 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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It’s the Supreme Court that isn’t listening! The nerve.

All of the “lesser” courts are creations of Congress. SCOTUS is a co-equal branch, though just barely, and certainly not by intent.


14 posted on 10/11/2025 1:29:48 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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So these pos leftist hacks think the SUPREME COURT is exercising too much power vs themselves.

Incredible.


15 posted on 10/11/2025 1:30:11 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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The Supreme Court makes these decisions because they are major issues affecting the whole country.


16 posted on 10/11/2025 1:31:13 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So much for a JD being an actual education in the practice of law.


17 posted on 10/11/2025 1:36:25 PM PDT by CodeToad
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If these are federal district court judges, looking for the reason for a “judicial crisis”, all they have to do is go look in the bathroom mirror.


18 posted on 10/11/2025 1:41:12 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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As far as the Constitution goes there is only one federal court, the Supreme court.
All the politically created “lower courts” are all inferior to the Supreme court.
Good for Trump to start ignoring these inferior courts.
Courts do not make law nor can they enforce it.
Our system has been so twisted by Democrats, we
are more of a third world oligarchy, than a
Republic!
I want my Republic back!


19 posted on 10/11/2025 1:41:55 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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Big surprise. Left-wing Judges whine to left-wing media.


20 posted on 10/11/2025 1:43:00 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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