Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government.

Two senior members of the federal judiciary on Tuesday pushed back on Republican threats to impeach judges who rule against President Donald Trump, asserting that such a move would “short circuit” the appeals process.

As Republican lawmakers seek to impeach judges for slowing President Donald Trump’s agenda, two leaders of the US judiciary issued rare public remarks condemning those actions as threats to the independence of judges.