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How the courts have (so far) pushed back on Trump's attempts to expand presidential power

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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump ’s executive order on birthright citizenship in Seattle .

Another federal judge halted Trump 's plan to encourage federal workers to resign by offering them paid leave.

The question is whether the court rulings are a mere speed bump or an insurmountable roadblock for the Republican president.

Roughly three dozens lawsuits have already been filed.

In a case involving criminal charges against Trump , the justices ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for any official actions taken during their term.

Sonia Sotomayor , one of the few liberal justices on the bench, said the ruling would make the U.S. president “a king above the law’.

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English

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