welcome
torontosun

torontosun

US Politics

US Politics

Trump’s agenda faces courtroom setbacks as Justice Department lawyers struggle to win over judges

torontosun
Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

The Justice Department is struggling to represent President Donald Trump ’s positions in court.

Judges blocked a White House plan to add a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form last week .

Judges also ruled the Republican administration had violated a settlement agreement by deporting a man to El Salvador .

Compounding the problem is an exodus from the department of experienced career lawyers.

The challenges were laid bare in a Washington courtroom just last week when a newly minted deputy associate attorney general struggled to provide what the judge said was “basic” information about one in a series of executive orders targeting a major law firm with punishing sanctions.

“So you don’t know whether the firm or the individuals whose security clearances were suspended have been given any notice about the timing of the review, who the decision-maker is, the judge asked pointedly.

VR Score

80

Informative language

76

Neutral language

65

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

75

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

7

https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judges&title=Trump%E2%80%99s%20agenda%20faces%20courtroom%20setbacks%20as%20Justice%20Department%20lawyers%20struggle%20to%20win%20over%20judgeshttps://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judges&media=https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/torontosun/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6810bfbb1b4d10ba65b7f79ejpeg.jpg?quality=100&strip=allhttps://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judges&text=Trump%E2%80%99s%20agenda%20faces%20courtroom%20setbacks%20as%20Justice%20Department%20lawyers%20struggle%20to%20win%20over%20judges&via=https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judges&title=https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A//torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judgeshttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judgeshttps://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=https://torontosun.com/news/world/trumps-agenda-faces-courtroom-setbacks-as-justice-department-lawyers-struggle-to-win-over-judges&title=Trump%E2%80%99s%20agenda%20faces%20courtroom%20setbacks%20as%20Justice%20Department%20lawyers%20struggle%20to%20win%20over%20judges

Affiliate links

no affiliate links