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President Trump is testing the limits of law. Federal judges issue orders restraining him — on deportations , the use of military force or retaliatory lawsuits against political enemies such as James Comey and the press such as the New York Times — and he simply defies them. Lower courts continue to push back, but the pattern of disregard persists.

The focus of much of the discussion is on how to get Trump to stop this illegal behavior or alternatively, what to do if Trump disobeys the courts. For many this represents a constitutional crisis with many worried that judges, as the final bulwark of democracy and checks and balances, will run out of tools to limit presidential

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