Trump's Stunning Streak of Losses in Lower Courts (trump has lost 96% of lower court rulings)
trump is trying to destroy our democratic form of government and the courts are standing up to trump. This is amazing level of losses
'Trump’s Stunning Streak of Losses in Lower Courts'
— TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) 2025-05-29T14:34:25.395Z
This is the proper framing for what we're seeing happen right now between Trump and the courts.
Every day brings a new smackdown on the Trump Administration for their blatantly unconstitutional acts.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-lower-court-streak-legal-losses
The Trump administration has lost a shocking 96% of rulings in federal district courts so far this month, according to a recent analysis by Adam Bonica, a professor of political science at Stanford.
Bonica’s data indicates that judges across the ideological spectrum are ruling against Trump at similar rates. He’s lost in 72% of rulings issued by Republican-appointed judges and 80% of rulings by Democratic-appointed judges.
Trump’s cross-ideological loss rate is likely due to several factors.
A flood of officials have left, or been purged from, the Department of Justice, which has likely added to the workloads for those who remained or new hires. This increases the likelihood of mistakes or poor planning, potentially leading to unconvincing arguments before judges.
Trump’s going after the legal profession itself as well. In arresting judges, attacking the courts, targeting lawyers and legal organizations, Trump set the legal profession as a whole on the defensive. Judges may now be acutely sensitive to challenges to their authority and far less willing to give the government the benefit of the doubt in certain cases.
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