The Constitutional Compass

The Constitutional Compass

The Supreme Court Reins in the Lower Courts . . . Again . . . and Again

Activist federal district judges, along with some on the Courts of Appeal, just refuse to get the hint

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Daniel R. Street
Oct 06, 2026
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Parties challenging the Trump Administration’s policies and actions keep cherry-picking federal district courts loaded with leftist district judges to file their legal challenges. As a result, they oftentimes get temporary victories in district court, generating plenty of legacy media headlines, only to lose in higher courts. In the last couple of weeks this scenario played out yet again in two important cases involving election integrity and immigration.

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