Trump secures key appellate court wins amid lower court setbacks

President Donald Trump is racking up a string of courtroom victories that have helped sustain some of his most sweeping second-term policies, even as lower courts continue to block or limit them.

The Trump administration’s success in the appellate courts — and particularly before the U.S. Supreme Court — has allowed it to preserve disputed actions on immigration, federal employment, trade, and agency control while litigation plays out. The wins have largely come through emergency motions and procedural rulings that keep Trump’s agenda in place without resolving the underlying legal questions.

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from

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