President Donald Trump’s nominees for key Justice Department positions wouldn’t commit to following federal court orders in all scenarios, raising examples of historical Supreme Court rulings upholding slavery and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Democratic senators pressed Trump’s picks at their Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday on whether elected officials could flout federal court mandates.
The questioning comes amid concern that Trump’s administration may defy court rulings against his executive actions, following public suggestions by Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk that judges don’t have authority to quash the administration’s agenda.
Aaron Reitz, ...