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Actually, the #Resistance is working

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The new resistance to Donald Trump's presidency had a plan: State attorneys general from Maine to Hawaii would rush to court to stop vast portions of the agenda Trump had spent years promising to deliver.

And itâs working: Democratic attorneys general and the Democracy Forward coalition of liberal lawyers have been winning in court and throwing up hurdles to his agenda.

But there are no mass protests on the Mall , few stirring speeches and many angry social media posts.

Democrats have heard complaints about why they're not doing more.

But some say that their voters are listening.

White House says judges are acting as judicial activists, rather than honest arbiters of the law.

The president's first move after a judicial hold on his worker buyout plan ran out: ending the buyout.

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77

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75

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39

Article tone

formal

Language

English

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56

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