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2 verified reports published on May 22, 2025.
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May 22 was a reminder that the Trump operation keeps treating institutional guardrails like optional accessories. Sometimes that gambit wins in the short term. Sometimes it just hands critics a clean case that the administration is willing to burn through law, norms, and human consequences to get its way.
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The Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, put lower-court orders on hold that would have restored two removed agency board members, leaving the Trump administration’s firings in place while the case continues. The emergency ruling did not settle the constitutional issue, but it did give the White House a practical win in a fight over presidential control of independent agencies.
The administration filed a motion on May 22, 2025, asking a court to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has set baseline rules for the custody of migrant children since 1997. The agreement remains in effect unless a judge grants the request.