Supreme Court comes to Trump's rescue in multiple rulings

The Supreme Court is clearing away many of the speed bumps lower courts have put in President Trump's path.The big picture: The court said Tuesday the administration does not have to comply with a lower-court order directing it to rehire thousands of fired federal workers.The justices on Monday night lifted a judge's order prohibiting the administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected criminals en masse.They also allowed the administration to proceed with a plan to freeze funding for teachers.And Chief Justice John Roberts granted the Justice Department's request for more time to litigate whether the U.S. must return a man who was deported due to an administrative error.Between the lines: The Supreme Court's interventions have been narrow, procedural and temporary.None of them are rulings on the underlying merits of any big legal questions, and the legal battles over just about every element of Trump's second-term agenda are still raging.But even temporary wins are still wins. Letting the White House carry out its policies is no small victory, especially when you consider just how many of those policies lower courts have blocked.

The Supreme Court is clearing away many of the speed bumps lower courts have put in President Trump's path.The big picture: The court said Tuesday the administration does not have to comply with a lower-court order directing it to rehire thousands of fired federal workers.The justices on Monday night lifted a judge's order prohibiting the administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected criminals en masse.

They also allowed the administration to proceed with a plan to freeze funding for teachers.And Chief Justice John Roberts granted the Justice Department's request for more time to litigate whether the U.S.

must return a man who was deported due to an administrative error.Between the lines: The Supreme Court's interventions have been narrow, procedural and temporary.None of them are rulings on the underlying merits of any big legal questions, and the legal battles over just about every element of Trump's second-term agenda are still raging.

But even temporary wins are still wins. Letting the White House carry out its policies is no small victory, especially when you consider just how many of those policies lower courts have blocked..