Tracking Trump in Court: The Scope of Executive Power Tested

Feb. 28, 2025, 6:21 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 11, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.

The conservative-led high court has ruled in Trump’s favor in challenges to his second term policies more than 75% of the time in the last year, when considering matters before they’ve been fully briefed and argued before the justices.

Trump has taken an expansive view of executive power during his second term, issuing orders upending immigration enforcement, higher education, and the federal workforce.

The justices’ interim orders, greenlighting Trump policies for months or longer while cases are fully ...

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