The Supreme Court has ruled that lower court decisions can affect only the litigants in the case at issue. So, if an executive order is challenged in court and the court finds the order unconstitutional, the person who brought suit would be exempt from the order, but no one else. All the Justice Department need do is let the ruling stand — exempt that one person — and go after everyone else. If the administration never appeals, the Supreme Court — the only court that can make rulings affecting the entire country — will never hear a case about executive overreach. SCOTUS has saved themselves a lot of work.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
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