Courts keep taking a skeptical view of the executive branch’s overreach.

By Keith Johnson, a staff writer at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy.

Trump, in a black overcoat and red tie, is seen from above as he speaks into a boom mic, while Mullin stands behind him with hands clasped. At the top of the image one can see the feet of spectators standing in a line, letting in beams of sunlight through the gaps between their legs.

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, speaks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on May 7. Kent Nishimura / AFP

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