Maya Sen argues that federal courts are unlikely to protect democracy from threats posed by Trump and Musk, as the judiciary’s power to check executive overreach is limited and increasingly challenged. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions. But can the courts keep up?

The federal trial court in Maryland with nearly all Democratic appointees is emerging as a popular destination for legal challenges to Trump administration actions.

With a judge’s assent, the Trump administration moved to take next steps in the program and close it to new entrants.

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.