How Trump took over America’s courts

How Trump and McConnell are changing the country for a generation. Become a Video Lab member! President Donald Trump is building his longest-lasting legacy in a place that’s often overlooked: the federal courts. It’s not just the Supreme Court that’s important — it hears less than 100 cases a year — his impact is being seen in places like the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This court has stopped many of Trump’s most controversial executive orders: the travel ban, emergency funding for a border wall. But this historically liberal court won’t look very liberal at the end of Trump’s first term. Read more about Trump’s appointment of judges on : And more about the roles of America’s federal court system: Note: The headline for this video has been updated since publish