Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump faces pushback

Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts. Over the last 24 hours, officials ranging from billionaire Elon Musk to Vice President JD Vance, have criticized a federal judge’s decision early Saturday that blocks Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. They have also attacked the legitimacy of judicial oversight, a fundamental pillar of a Democratic system based on a separation of powers.