Trump Judge Andrew Oldham dissented in a Fifth Circuit case involving President Trump’s misuse of a statute that only applies during wartime or foreign invasion. He would have ruled that Trump’s ability to declare that a foreign country has invaded the U.S. cannot be questioned by a court, no matter that no such invasion has occurred. He also painted Trump as a victim who is uniquely mistreated by the courts.

In a dissent, Fifth Circuit Trump judge James Ho would have allowed a state university to ban drag shows. He also used his dissent to gratuitously demean transgender people, even though the case had nothing to do with trans rights.

Trump Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 5-4 shadow docket ruling that cancelled a lower court stay and let the Trump Administration go forward with terminating almost $800 million in crucial medical grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Two Trump judges ordered the dismissal of a widow’s lawsuit against government officials involved in her husband’s death in custody and subsequent coverup. Judges Cory Wilson and James Ho ruled that she had filed her lawsuit after the statute of limitations, even though it was the alleged coverup that kept her from suing sooner.

Trump Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid cast the deciding vote to overturn a lower court ruling and enjoin a New Mexico law calling for a seven-day waiting period before any firearm purchase can be completed.

Trump Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid wrote a 2-1 decision that upheld a grant of qualified immunity to a police officer who shot a mentally ill man in the eye with pepper spray, causing him to lose the eye, despite the absence of a physical threat.

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Eric Miller cast the deciding vote to allow an El Salvador immigrant to be removed despite strong evidence that he would likely be tortured if returned there.

Trump judges James Ho and Cory Wilson made the majority in a ruling dismissing a discrimination lawsuit by a former police chief despite evidence that he was fired because of his race.

Trump DC Circuit judge Greg Katsas cast the deciding vote to permit the Trump Administration to continue to freeze and refuse to spend billions in needed foreign aid approved by Congress.

Trump Fourth Circuit judge Julius Richardson wrote a 2-1 decision that allows Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to have access to government records containing sensitive personal data on millions of Americans, overruling a lower court decision to the contrary.

Two Trump judges on the D.C. Circuit terminated a district court judge’s contempt of court proceeding against the Trump administration for violating a court order.

Trump Third Circuit judge David Porter cast the deciding vote not to consider an immigrant’s application for asylum even though the government had failed to notify him of his opportunity to seek such relief.

Trump Seventh Circuit judge Michael Brennan, joined by Trump judge Amy St. Eve, issued a 2-1 decision that granted a jury trial to a public school teacher who claimed his religious beliefs require an exemption from a district policy that accommodates transgender students.

Trump Fourth Circuit judge Julius Richardson wrote a 2-1 opinion, joined by Trump judge Allison Rushing, that threw out an excessive use of force claim against federal officials, reversing a lower court judgment that allowed the claims to proceed.

Trump Eighth Circuit judge Steven Grasz wrote a unanimous decision that reversed a lower court and ruled that voters with disabilities cannot sue under the Voting Rights Act to obtain assistance in voting as the Act provides.

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Daniel Bress wrote a 2-1 decision holding that the state cannot require that foster parents accept and support the sexual orientation and gender identity of their foster children, reversing a district court decision to the contrary.

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Bridget Bade cast the deciding vote to strike down a voter-approved law in California calling for background checks of people who seek to purchase gun and rifle ammunition.

In a shadow docket order issued on July 23, the Supreme Court’s MAGA majority issued yet another ruling handing Trump the power to break the law. In Trump v. Boyle, the majority let Trump’s firing of Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission without cause, in direct and undisputed violation of congressional statute, remain in effect while the commissioners’ lawsuit against Trump proceeds.

Trump Third Circuit judge Stephanos Bibas wrote a 2-1 decision upholding a ruling striking down a New Jersey law that prohibits contracts to civilly detain immigrants within its borders.

Trump Fourth Circuit judge Julius Richardson wrote a 2-1 opinion that rejected the appeal of a denial of social security disability benefits based on mental disability.

Trump Seventh Circuit judge Michael Brennan cast the deciding vote to throw out a prisoner’s complaint that a disciplinary board improperly forced him to pay “up to $100,000” in restitution to the prison despite lack of specific evidence to support that figure.

The Trump justices made possible a shadow docket decision letting the Trump administration dismantle the Education Department without congressional approval while litigation over that dismantling takes place.

With the three Trump justices making a 6-3 majority possible, the Supreme Court severely weakened federal courts’ ability to check a tyrannical president’s blatantly unconstitutional abuses of power. Less than two weeks after millions of Americans rose up to say “No Kings,” six justices essentially responded, “Yes Kings.”

In U.S. v. Skrmetti, the Court upheld a state law making it illegal to give transgender minors critically important gender-affirming care. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion for a 6-3 Court. The ruling against trans people was made possible by the three Trump justices.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was nominated by Donald Trump to the district court for the Northern District of Texas, issued a ruling that struck down nationwide Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance protecting transgender workers from employment discrimination.