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2 verified reports published on May 18, 2025.
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In other words: the machine kept running, but so did the consequences. When Trumpworld’s favorite move is to smash the limits first and litigate later, the calendar eventually turns into a graveyard of injunctions, appeals, and self-owning headlines.
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As of May 18, 2025, the tariff cases were still pending in the Court of International Trade. The court did not issue its merits ruling until May 28, after complaints filed in April and briefing that continued through mid-May.
The administration’s bid to restart rapid deportations under the Alien Enemies Act was still getting hammered by the Supreme Court, undercutting one of Trump’s signature immigration crackdowns. The ruling did not end the policy fight, but it sharply narrowed what the White House could do immediately and reminded everyone that historical cosplay is not the same thing as legal authority.