Outside of court, President Donald Trump and his top aides depict deportees as terrorists and gang leaders regardless of whether they’ve been convicted of a crime. They admit no mistakes. And if judges rule unfavorably, they denounce them as “ communists ” and “lunatics” and suggest that they won’t respect their rulings.

The justices appear to be trying to avoid a direct conflict with the Trump administration while also blocking certain presidential actions.

The sweeping tax-and-spending bill that would enact President Donald Trump's policy agenda includes a provision that critics said would weaken the power of U.S. judges to enforce contempt when the government defies court orders.

The Justice Department argued that a federal judge forced the Trump admin to detain migrants in Djibouti, but the timeline tells a different story.

An appeal that landed at the Supreme Court Tuesday could test the justices’ emerging concern about President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation policies and whether he is willing to defy judicial orders.

As the administration ramps up deportation efforts and flirts with suspending habeas corpus, immigrants and attorneys say fear — not the law — is driving current U.S. policy.

The court indicated its decision doesn’t necessarily apply to the central bank and Chairman Jerome Powell — a frequent target of Trump’s criticism on economic matters.