Staff Reports
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, recently took the media to task for peddling the notion that President Donald Trump’s efforts to reign in federal fraud and waste amount to a so-called “constitutional crisis.” As she confronted reporters, she made it clear that the true crisis lies within the corruption of the judicial branch, where liberal judges are overstepping their bounds and blocking the legitimate authority of the presidency.
The disdain for the press was palpable as Leavitt pointed out that many media outlets have been engaged in fear-mongering, convincing the public that there’s a crisis brewing within the walls of the White House. In her view, it’s not Trump who’s overreaching; it’s the leftist judges who are foolishly claiming they possess the power to override executive decisions, much to the detriment of democratic processes and the will of the people.
🚨It's a media hoax that President Trump is causing a “constitutional crisis.”
The real crisis is taking place within our judiciary, where activist judges are abusing their power to unilaterally block the President's basic executive authority and thwart the will of the people. pic.twitter.com/YnaL4EmSoV— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 13, 2025
In her remarks, she shared that at least twelve injunctions have originated from these left-wing activist judges in recent days alone. These rulings included orders for Trump to immediately lift a federal spending freeze and to halt programs that are designed to downsize bloated government roles. Leavitt, ever the vigilant watchdog, argued that these judicial maneuvers represent nothing more than an abuse of power aimed at undermining Trump’s authority. Clearly, in the world of the establishment media, constitutional crises can be invented at will when they don’t favor the President.
Furthermore, the media’s claim of a crisis contrasts sharply with the realities of judicial overreach. Leavitt’s assertion that judges are effectively attempting to shape federal policy—a power expressly reserved for the executive branch—echoes a common sentiment among conservatives fed up with judicial activism. While contributors on platforms like CNN continued to defend the judges’ decisions, conservatives like Scott Jennings brought clarity to the debate, questioning why a district court judge should be setting policies that lay outside their jurisdiction in the first place.
This entire episode highlights the increasingly entrenched battle between a President who is acting within his rights and judges who believe they possess the authority to act as lawmakers. The absurdity heightens when one considers that the likes of the New York Times and CNN are now champions of the judicial branch while simultaneously trying to delegitimize Trump’s efforts. If anyone is creating a constitutional crisis, it’s the narrow-minded judges who think they can strip away the presidency’s power one courtroom ruling at a time.
Leavitt echoed the reality faced by many in the Trump administration: while they respect judicial authority, they will continue to resist rulings that obstruct the implementation of critical policies. This makes it clear who the real threat to constitutional integrity is in today’s political landscape—the activist judges who have taken it upon themselves to usurp executive power. In truth, if anyone should be concerned about the state of democracy, it’s those watching a judiciary run amok in the face of a lawfully elected President.
