Activist judges shouldn’t block the will of the people

Published March 27, 2025 9:00am ET



Our Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances that serves as the foundation of our great American republic. While our founders envisioned the elected executive and representative branches as driving our republic, we have seen a giant shift in power to the unelected judicial branch and bureaucrats.

President Donald Trump’s November victory was the first step in restoring balance and order once again. Trump was chosen to break the mold, to challenge the entrenched powers, and to steer the country in a direction that better reflects the wills of the American people. But there is a significant hurdle standing in his way: judges who have used their position to undermine the will of the voters and the president’s agenda.

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