Donald Trump has had plenty of opportunities to learn that when you get to appoint judges, it can help legal rulings go your way. The US Supreme Court has nine justices, six of whom were appointed by Republicans – and three of those by Trump himself.
Those appointments have arguably been the most consequential achievement in Trump’s two terms. Still, as this week has shown, this doesn’t mean that Trump will always get his way.
Three Supreme Court rulings went against the US President on Monday, including one on his alleged sexual misconduct and one on his attempts to reshape the Federal Reserve, the US’s central bank. One went in his favour.
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Trump has proven largely ineffective at passing bills through Congress, despite having a majority in both chambers. He seems to have little patience for the wrangling or for the details, and so appears to have largely given up on that route, preferring Executive Orders which risk being overturned easily by a future president.
