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Should Federal Judges Have Power To Block
Presidential Actions? Most Voters Say
‘Yes’: I&I/TIPP Poll

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Posted By: RockyTCB, 5/21/2025 9:18:13 AM

Federal judges have recently halted a number of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and White House initiatives, setting off a firestorm of debate over how far judges’ power should go. As it turns out, most Americans of virtually all political persuasions think that judges should have the power to delay a president’s moves, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows. In its April 30-May 2 national online poll of 1,400 voters, I&I/TIPP posed the following statement and question: “Federal district judges are appointed by the president, confirmed by the Senate, and serve lifetime terms. There are currently 677 such judges in the U.S.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: philsner 5/21/2025 9:22:07 AM (No. 1953501)
Oh they do not.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: crashnburn 5/21/2025 9:27:01 AM (No. 1953505)
Constitutionally, the judiciary has no authority to block any executive action, especially on a national level. What’s the point of having a President if any federal judge can block any action that he wants to take. This completely contravenes the separation of powers embedded in the US Constitution. It’s pure lawfare writ large.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Phantomll 5/21/2025 9:30:11 AM (No. 1953508)
Therefore, most voters are idiots.
89 people like this.

Reply 4 - Posted by: sanspeur 5/21/2025 9:31:49 AM (No. 1953511)
once again I&i shows it’s bias ( to make up for finally bouncing on the ghost of ole joe ?) How are the non documented “voters” selected? Those who answer a random call tend to be home , with spare time and always truthful ? What questions? Skewed like their gaslight headline ? How many respondents know OUR Constitution with it’s separation of powers . The lawfare garbage of sore roses and his ilk continues apace . Doesn’t matter “fweelings “ The Constitution matters more .
49 people like this.

Reply 5 - Posted by: hoopsfan 5/21/2025 9:34:24 AM (No. 1953516)
I suspect the polling question did not fully explain facts like constitutional separation of powers, judge shopping by political partisans, national injunctions by local judges, etc. etc.
53 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: MickTurn 5/21/2025 9:36:53 AM (No. 1953519)
Nothing in Article III says any Judge can block the Presidential Actions, PERIOD. Nothing in the entire Constitution or the Millions of Federal Laws says the Judges have this power, DONE! All Trump has to do to shut down this madness is declare a National Emergency (Judges CANNOT OVERRULE THAT!), and do whatever is necessary. On top of that who gave Citizens Rights to these Illegals???????????? NO ONE!
54 people like this.

Reply 7 - Posted by: valinva 5/21/2025 9:38:57 AM (No. 1953521)
An online poll? How many Democrats were told to go to this poll and vote for Judges over ruling the President? I never heard that poll was in place so I couldn't vote against that.
40 people like this.

Reply 8 - Posted by: Bur Oak 5/21/2025 9:40:35 AM (No. 1953524)
So each of the 677 appointed Federal District Judges should have the power equal to the elected president? This is balderdash.
56 people like this.

Reply 9 - Posted by: WhamDBambam 5/21/2025 9:52:26 AM (No. 1953540)
Since polling in general has moved from information into advocacy, I take snap polls like this with a large grain of salt.
35 people like this.

Reply 10 - Posted by: Maggie2u 5/21/2025 9:53:13 AM (No. 1953541)
Do another poll, this time change the question slightly. Ask...'Should Federal Judges have the power to block a democrat President's actions?'
31 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: Robert D 5/21/2025 9:58:59 AM (No. 1953544)
Since at least 1803 the Federal judiciary has taken upon itself the role of determining "what the law is." To me, that is an appropriate role for the entire Supreme Court, as a "coequal" with the executive and legislative branches and as part of the checks and balances under the Constitution. However, nationwide injunctions by a District Judge seem to exceed the scope of judicial review by a local Court and exceed a trial court's Constitutional authority. I wonder what the Supreme Court is going to say..
20 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: bighambone 5/21/2025 10:16:32 AM (No. 1953548)
Just goes to show that the voters that they supposedly polled don’t know their asses from their elbows when it comes to the constitutional and legal boundaries when it comes to the three branches of the Federal Government!
18 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 5/21/2025 10:21:05 AM (No. 1953549)
Well then that settles it then right?
13 people like this.

Reply 14 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 5/21/2025 10:32:50 AM (No. 1953557)
Those voters are wrong.
17 people like this.

Reply 15 - Posted by: paral04 5/21/2025 10:34:04 AM (No. 1953558)
No, only the Supreme Court should have that powwr.
8 people like this.

Reply 16 - Posted by: earlybird 5/21/2025 10:35:30 AM (No. 1953562)
"national online poll of 1,400 voters" Seriously? Rubbish poll.
26 people like this.

Reply 17 - Posted by: jntsrgn 5/21/2025 10:40:36 AM (No. 1953568)
Most voters are stupid.
17 people like this.

Reply 18 - Posted by: Subsuburban 5/21/2025 10:41:25 AM (No. 1953570)
Please stop posting "Issues & Insights" pieces. I don't mind scoffing at their usual banalites and left wing biases, but there may be readers amongst us who take their drivel seriously.
15 people like this.

Reply 19 - Posted by: FJB 5/21/2025 10:42:29 AM (No. 1953572)
DJT should ignore them without a word. Let those lying Deep State Leftocrats sputter their complaints. MAGA
16 people like this.

Reply 20 - Posted by: Rumblehog 5/21/2025 10:43:22 AM (No. 1953575)
Article Three Judges draw their very existence from the Legislative Branch, not the Constitution, per se, and certainly not from the Supreme Court. Congress could, through a simple majority vote in both houses, eliminate any or all Federal District Courts. There would be NOTHING the Supreme Court could do to stop them either. The Congress could also vote to Impeach and Remove a sitting President, but the political ramifications from doing so to a popular POTUS would prove career limiting to them all. The only inviolable power in the Constitution is the power of, “We the People,” and our, “unalienable rights,” and as a last resort, we have our Second Amendment employable in throwing off our bloody tyrants. The Second Amendment maintains the National sanity in a highly political environment, not any politician or political party.
19 people like this.

Reply 21 - Posted by: felixcat 5/21/2025 10:48:01 AM (No. 1953582)
This is what happens when public schools no longer teach civics.
20 people like this.

Reply 22 - Posted by: BarryNo 5/21/2025 10:48:34 AM (No. 1953583)
Liars...
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Reply 23 - Posted by: BarryNo 5/21/2025 10:52:54 AM (No. 1953587)
This is I&I/TIPP: Might as well be the AP, when it comes to American politics. Liberals do what Liberals do best. 1. They lie. 2. They accept only the Narrative they want to be true. 3. In popularity reports, they carefully control who answers their questions, or discard answers they don't like. They are an echo chamber of Liberal desires.
17 people like this.

Reply 24 - Posted by: earlybird 5/21/2025 10:54:34 AM (No. 1953592)
Did you read the article? The ONLINE poll of 1400 VOTERS came up with the basis for that clickbait baseless headline. FTA: Democrats are most supportive, with 71% saying the support the judges, just 14% saying they oppose them. Among independents, that majority falls to 54% support, and rises to 30% opposition. The surprise comes among Republicans, where a plurality of 48% support judges over presidents, while 40% support it. How did TIPP verify that poll participants were even voters? They didn't.
15 people like this.

Reply 25 - Posted by: kono 5/21/2025 10:58:33 AM (No. 1953596)
In fairness to 2, not a few of PDJT's orders have overstepped his Constitutional authority. But it seems to me the district level judge is too low ranking to override top-level authority like a President.
4 people like this.

Reply 26 - Posted by: jayjeti 5/21/2025 11:13:57 AM (No. 1953610)
A lot of the people they polled are low information on the issue of national injunctions over executive orders and how it's a political game, I assume. The 2 to 1 is also fueled by 71% of Democrats who are hate Trump voters who would poll differently if Biden was president.
10 people like this.

Reply 27 - Posted by: chagrined 5/21/2025 11:19:22 AM (No. 1953611)
If there is any merit to this "poll" respondents are further proof of the dumbing down of America over the last several decades.
8 people like this.

Reply 28 - Posted by: Daisymay 5/21/2025 11:30:30 AM (No. 1953617)
I say NO! If the Judges in Every State can overturn the President of the United States, what is the reason we should even have a President? We should have a PRESIDENT OF THE STATE and forget about having one for the Whole Country! Sound silly? It is! So, I think Trump should ignore everyone, go by the Constitution and forget everyone else (including the Worthless Supreme Court Judges)! Lets get on with running the Country and kick the rest of this nonsense to the Curb! It's time!
7 people like this.

Reply 29 - Posted by: hershey 5/21/2025 12:10:28 PM (No. 1953633)
NEVER believe a poll, especially if it's by a liberal organization..they lie all the time...remember, Biden was 'in top shape' until he wasn't...never trust a poll or the lamestream meida...
4 people like this.

Reply 30 - Posted by: voxpopuli 5/21/2025 12:10:45 PM (No. 1953634)
iSSUES AND iNSIGHTS has as much credibility as the wAPOST, lATIMES, cNBC and the rest of the anti-American soros backed msm none..
3 people like this.

Reply 31 - Posted by: red1066 5/21/2025 12:12:01 PM (No. 1953635)
Well, this accounts for all the stupid democrats being elected. No one with more than two brain cells to rub together believes some unknown judge from the Podunk district has the authority to halt anything outside of their judicial district. Let alone nationwide.
5 people like this.

Reply 32 - Posted by: FormerDem 5/21/2025 12:20:03 PM (No. 1953638)
I don't know what the Constitution says or doesn't but I will venture that the next Democratic administration is going to have to deal with GOP judges as they never have before, as a direct result of what they are doing now.
2 people like this.

Reply 33 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 5/21/2025 12:24:00 PM (No. 1953640)
Another poll telling us what to think. More important question: Does the government listen to us? Do you think these judges care what we think? They only listen to the people that line their pockets. If they are activist judges, they only listen to 'elites' with the same ideology.
3 people like this.

Reply 34 - Posted by: Ashley Brenton 5/21/2025 12:35:48 PM (No. 1953647)
I'd say only SCOTUS and in a limited capacity. If a Chief Executive cannot abolish federal agencies, but can only maintain or add to whatever he inherits, then our elections have no meaning.
6 people like this.

Reply 35 - Posted by: earlybird 5/21/2025 12:36:59 PM (No. 1953649)
TIPP polls are done by this company: https://technometrica.com/company-Management.html President and founder Raghavan Mayur
1 person likes this.

Reply 36 - Posted by: Felixed 5/21/2025 12:39:34 PM (No. 1953650)
I call "Bull Pucky"! Another "survey"... like the one that had Kamala winning in multiple places, where in fact, she bombed? or MSN displaying the latest shocking news (poll info) that: " Kamala Harris would beat Donald Trump if election held again." The gaslighting has been non-stop, it's the Swamp's version of a "trump card".
4 people like this.

Reply 37 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 5/21/2025 12:44:32 PM (No. 1953655)
Polls lie. ALWAYS
2 people like this.

Reply 38 - Posted by: earlybird 5/21/2025 12:50:09 PM (No. 1953658)
"Raghavan Mayur is the editor of tippinsights.com, a website that provides data-driven stories and insights on various topics, and the director of the IBD/TIPP Poll, the most accurate poll of this century. He has worked with Investor's Business..." Mayor's name is missing from linked material. https://tippinsights.com/about-tippinsights/ So the poll wags the dog.n I was a subscriber to IBD for years. Had o idea it had essentially changed management or ?
2 people like this.

Reply 39 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 5/21/2025 1:40:37 PM (No. 1953674)
Nice try, I & I. your premise and so-called polls are total garbage. Wow, big opinion based on 1,400 hand-picked respondents.
1 person likes this.

Reply 40 - Posted by: davew 5/21/2025 3:38:14 PM (No. 1953701)
Which again demonstrates the genius of the founders, who understood that "the people" in a democracy are often misinformed or manipulated by passions to enact harmful policies. The US Constitution was crafted to avoid this kind of democratic tyranny.
0 people like this.

Reply 41 - Posted by: NYbob 5/21/2025 5:29:29 PM (No. 1953752)
Fake news to promote a false belief fabricated by lying progressives and self-styled commies. Many of these liars are cultivated and transplanted to the USA from India. Must be a long term result of all those years of being 'non-aligned' and a dependent on Russia for military aid.
0 people like this.

Reply 42 - Posted by: skacmar 5/21/2025 7:31:26 PM (No. 1953833)
677 Federal District Judges + 1 President = Confusion. If judges can overrule something that a President does based on their ideology (as we have been seeing a lot this year), we have 678 Presidents and a schizophrenic system of government. Any time an activist group does not like something, they will judge shop and file a lawsuit in a favorable judicial district in hopes of getting a national injunction against the 1 elected Presidents actions. They might file in several Districts hoping to get the same results and stop the President's agenda or slow it down while the appeals process plays out. Does this sound familiar? This is what is going on now. It needs to be corrected ASAP. It is an abuse of the judiciary system by liberals, activists, and the anti-Trump left.
0 people like this.

Reply 43 - Posted by: chance_232 5/21/2025 8:45:37 PM (No. 1953861)
In principle I would say yes. However, what's happening now is not judicial review but something else. Let's be honest, if every Biden EO or policy was shut down because of an injunction, we would all be cheering. We have to get the judiciary under control. But that can't happen without some democrats crossing over. And that won't happen unless the judiciary shuts down their agenda.
0 people like this.

Reply 44 - Posted by: anniebc 5/21/2025 11:20:21 PM (No. 1953902)
Hog. . . Wash!
2 people like this.

Reply 45 - Posted by: judy 5/22/2025 1:35:08 AM (No. 1953922)
Is this the same poll that said Biden is sharp as a tack??
1 person likes this.

Reply 46 - Posted by: mifla 5/22/2025 5:14:15 AM (No. 1953952)
Any and all cases of legal action against the Executive branch should go directly to the Supreme Court. Lower courts should stick with matters pertaining to their districts.
1 person likes this.

Reply 47 - Posted by: cold porridge 5/22/2025 12:28:59 PM (No. 1954179)
Polls are useless and many times manipulated or don't represent a good cross-section of voters. Added to that, many Americans are just plain dumb.
0 people like this.

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Trump Forces South African President To
Watch Video Of Country’s Leaders Calling
For Genocide
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Posted by snakeoil 5/21/2025 3:55:07 PM Post Reply
President Donald Trump forced the President of the Republic of South Africa to watch videos of the country’s leaders calling for the genocide of white farmers during a meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa visited Trump for a bilateral meeting as well as a private lunch. In the middle of their public conversation, Trump ordered his staff to dim the lights and play videos of “genocide in South Africa” for attendees of the meeting. The video montage showed different clips of political leaders from the minority party in South Africa calling for killing the Boers...
Massive Scandal Unfolding in
Colorado Proving Elections Are Rigged,
and the Cover Up Is Real – Free Tina
Peters NOW
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Posted by Christopher L 5/21/2025 7:14:32 PM Post Reply
Former Mesa County Clerk and Gold Star Mother, Tina Peters, is sitting in prison right now for preserving her own election records following the 2020 election before Dominion Voting Systems and Colorado Secretary of State, Jenna Griswold, could come in and erase them. Peters was following state and federal law to preserve those records. Trump’s DOJ has filed a statement of interest in Peter’s case, and President Trump himself has called attention to the fact that the persecution of Tina Peters is nothing more than Democrats covering up their own election crimes
At USAID, Only 12 Cents
Of Every Dollar Went To Real Humanitarian Aid
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Posted by Moritz55 5/21/2025 5:07:26 PM Post Reply
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration's reorganization of what he calls the U.S. "foreign aid industrial complex" during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. Rubio said previously at USAID, "only 12 cents of every dollar was reaching the recipient." "We still will provide more foreign aid, more humanitarian support, than the next 10 countries combined... and far more than China," he said, disputing the argument that the U.S. is handing over soft power to China by cutting foreign aid. "China doesn’t do humanitarian aid. China does predatory lending."
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