Washington | Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.
Over the past 24 hours, officials ranging from billionaire Elon Musk to Vice President J.D. Vance have not only criticised a federal judge’s weekend decision that blocks Mr Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records but also attacked the legitimacy of judicial oversight – a fundamental pillar of American democracy, which is based on the separation of powers.
