Trump's defiance of court orders is 'testing the fences' of the rule of law

Administration's 'unprecedented degree of resistance' to judiciary undercuts its authority and weakens democracy Donald Trump's second administration has shown an "unprecedented degree of resistance" to adverse court rulings, experts say, part of a forceful attack on the American judiciary that threatens to undermine the rule of law, undercut a co-equal branch of government and weaken American democracy. The attacks, experts say, threaten one of the fundamental pillars of American government: th...