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Courts Deal New Setbacks to Trump as Former White House Lawyer Warns the Constitution 'Is Not Adequate'

This week, courts issued several rulings against Donald Trump: an appeals court declined to revive his defamation suit against CNN; a judge blocked his National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C.; and another judge found he likely broke the law by trying to withhold federal funds tied to immigration policies. A former White House lawyer warned that "the Constitution is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump," underscoring concerns about limits on presidential power.

09:03 PM, 11/23/2025Politics
Courts Deal New Setbacks to Trump as Former White House Lawyer Warns the Constitution 'Is Not Adequate'

This week brought a series of legal defeats for Donald Trump that touched both his private litigation and his exercise of presidential power.

An appeals court refused to revive his defamation suit against CNN, leaving that case dormant for now. A federal judge blocked his attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., rejecting that use of military forces in the circumstances presented. In a separate ruling, another judge found it likely that Trump violated the law by seeking to withhold millions in federal funds from local governments unless they adopted immigration-enforcement conditions.

Those rulings illustrate how multiple courts are scrutinizing actions taken during and after his presidency, and how judges are weighing the limits of presidential authority against statutory and constitutional protections.

“The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump,” said a former White House lawyer, expressing a stark view about the limits of existing legal frameworks when confronted with aggressive or unprecedented presidential conduct.

Legal analysts say these decisions could shape future cases about the scope of presidential powers and the checks available to other branches of government. Each ruling is likely to be appealed, meaning the matters may return to higher courts and could have long-term political and legal consequences.

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