The Rule of Law Under Pressure in the United States

El Pais

Lean Left

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Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has made the courts one of the main scenarios of U.S. politics. In his first months of office, his Administration accumulated an unprecedented volume of litigation. According to a report by the Congressional Research Service published in May 2025, the Executive faced 25 precautionary measures of national scope in its first 100 days, a figure far higher than that recorded in comparable periods of …