2025-03-20
13 分钟Hi, my name is Abby Van Sickle, and I cover the Supreme Court for the New York Times.
In that role, I've written about major court decisions, ethical issues facing judges and justices,
and the way that cases make their way to the Supreme Court.
For weeks now,
there's been a constitutional showdown brewing between the Trump administration and the court system.
In his first hundred days in office,
President Trump signed more executive orders than any other president in more than 40 years.
Federal judges have been temporarily pausing some of these orders
while the cases make their way through the court system.
In some cases,
plaintiffs who sued the administration and won have returned to court saying the administration was failing to comply with orders.
For example, people have been deported despite courts blocking their deportations.
And foreign aid has not been unfrozen despite multiple court orders.
So there's this deeper question, and even a fear that's hanging over all of this.
Will the Trump administration just ignore the courts?
I'm going to be reading you a story that zeroes in on part of the situation that's received less attention in the public,
and that is the issue of mounting pressure on judges all over the country.
In some cases, these judges are fearing for their lives and the lives of their families.
The online pressures on the judges seem pretty clear.
But these threats are now creeping up to the judges literal front doors.