George Washington, elevated by the painter Constantino Brumidi to the rank of Quasi-Boga, looked from the dome of Kapitol to his successor, when he announced the beginning of the “Golden Age of America” on January 20. “A wave of change will embrace the country,” Donald Trump announced at the famous Rotunda.
Almost eight months after taking office, no one can say that the 47th President of the US did not keep this promise. Trump's supporters are excited about the pace and intensity with which the 79-year-old has been doing his work since then. The president undertakes radical action in areas that are of great importance for his movement “Make America Great Again”: in terms of migration, the spread of “Wok” culture, the development of green energy, and clerical apparatus. His critics, however, see a wave of changes, which does not follow the golden age, but only destruction.
Trump exceeded the rights?
It is undisputed that no state leader before Trump signed so many presidential decrees in such a short time. He signed almost 200. However, this fall, Trump's power may encounter the restrictions imposed on it by the United States Constitution. Citizens' groups, associations and states filed lawsuits against Trump's decrees. In many cases, the US government lost, but Trump always appealed.
The last instance is a respectable Supreme Court. Four women and five men in black judges face decisions whose consequences are far beyond America. In its current composition, the Supreme Court is politically favorable to Trump. However, this does not allow to predict whether the US President will win the fight for power with his political opponents.
Trump reacted with anger when the Federal Court of Appeal found most of his duties as unlawful last week. If these forced fees were abolished, “we could become a country of the third world!” He thundered. Trump made a customs policy one of the most important pillars of his economic policy.
Donald Trump announces mutual duties to most countries of the world during an event in a rose garden in the White House in Washington, April 2, 2025.Brendan Częlowski / AFP / AFP
To introduce it, he referred to the law on the exceptional state of 1977, which authorizes the president to respond to “extraordinary and extraordinary” threats. However, the judges of the Court of Appeal do not see this legal basis at this. “The Act grants the President significant rights,” was found in the justification of the judgment. “However, none of these measures directly include the right to impose duties, fees or similar burdens.”
In the middle of this week, Trump's lawyers appealed. Prosecutor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to make a decision by 10 September whether to accept the case for consideration. Thanks to this, it is possible to issue a basic decision before winter. If the duties were unlawful, It would cost billionsbecause the United States would have to return the charged fees.
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Long before the start of the political career, the New York real estate investor was convinced that only duties could protect the United States from “greed and fraud” of other countries. The Republican also argues that the tariffs incline foreign companies to settle in the USA, and also bring billion income to the Treasury.
Fed independence at the scales
Trump's confrontation with a federal reserve (FED) is a historical attempt. From the entries on his account on the “Truth Social” platform it clearly shows who the president has in the crosshairs. Jerome Powell, head of the American Central Bank, is one of them. “I know more about interest rates than Powell,” the president was furious. Powell, whom Trump himself appointed the head of the FED in 2018, in his opinion blocking the reduction of interest rates, and thus the revival of the American economy. The fact that Trump in this way tries to interfere in the independence of the central bank, which is visible to the whole world does not bother the Republican.
Recently, Trump found another goal: Lisa Cook, a member of the Fed Council appointed by his hated predecessor Joe Biden. The president tried to release Cook, claiming that she had committed credit fraud. However, she defended herself and brought the case to court. She stated that Trump's behavior was unlawful. In her opinion, the US president wants to get rid of her to “achieve his goal, which is to undermine the independence of the Fed.” Trump openly admits this.
President of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and a member of the Council of Governors of the Fed Lisa Cook during the council meeting, Washington, June 25, 2025AFP / Saul Loeb / AFP
After any release, Cook Trump would appoint a candidate who would be favorable to him. In Washington, Cook is expected to go to the Supreme Court, and the judgment will be a precedent for the independence of the central bank – and thus for the most important financial system in the world.
Cook can derive optimism from what the Supreme Court judges have already ruled in May in another case. They basically allowed the president to dismiss the directors of federal agencies, but not a central bank. Fed is “an institution with a unique structure, quasi-private”-said the judges.
Venezuelan mafia groups and “foreign enemies”
At the beginning of September, the Court of Appeal ruled that Trump could not deport migrants who got to the US illegally, pursuant to the Act of 1798 called Alien Enemies Act [Ustawa o zagranicznych wrogach]. Then, 227 years ago, the goal was the French who, as “foreign enemies” threatened war. Trump now uses this precedent to deport members of Venezuelan mafia groups.
These groups were previously recognized by the US Department of State as “foreign terrorist groups”. The White House immediately reacted to the judgment of the Court of Appeal stating: “The judges undermine the will of the American nation.”
This case will also probably go to the Supreme Court soon. The promise of deportation of hundreds of thousands of criminals and illegal immigrants living in the USA She was one of the main election promises: Trump announced that he would initiate “the largest deportation program in history”. Trump must settle this.
Before summer, judges of the Supreme Court In three of the four sentences, they supported the current migration policy of Trump. Only in one case they ruled that the offices for foreigners neglected the procedures in accordance with the principles of the state of law.
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