In flirting with violating court order, Trump tries to pass the buck to 'my lawyers' - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

97% : During an unusual visit by Trump to the Justice Department in March, Bondi declared, "We are so proud to work at the directive of Donald Trump.
50% : Trump has broken with the longstanding tradition of presidents taking a hands-off approach to the Justice Department, and in an interview with Time magazine in April, he referred to its attorneys as "my lawyers."
48% : That raises the possibility Trump is simply being told what he wants to hear, said Laurence Tribe, an emeritus professor of constitutional law at Harvard.
47% : " But Cobb noted that Attorney General Pam Bondi and two of her top deputies all worked as lawyers representing Trump in the past.
43% : A Justice Department spokesperson said the agency "will continue to defend the policies and priorities that the American people voted for when they elected President Trump.
38% : But Trump has changed that approach, choosing his Justice Department appointees "for loyalty, not independence," said Dan Urman, who teaches courses on the Supreme Court at Northeastern University.
37% : But Tribe said Trump shouldn't need legal counsel to understand his basic constitutional responsibilities.
32% : "We won a case 9-0 and people like CNN are characterizing it as a loss," said top White House adviser Stephen Miller during an April 14 Oval Office meeting between Trump and El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele.
31% : " Legal experts worry Trump could be laying the groundwork to defy court orders -- which his administration has already flirted with in the case of the improper deportation of an undocumented immigrant to El Salvador -- and defend his actions by saying he's only following legal advice.
29% : The US Supreme Court ruled Trump was allowed to appear on the state's presidential ballot because Colorado did not have the authority to disqualify him.
26% : In recent interviews, Trump has dodged questions about his aggressive executive actions -- many facing court challenges -- by deferring to the government attorneys advising him.
22% : Trump has said publicly he always "abides" by court orders but also has called for the impeachment of US District Judge James Boasberg, who ordered a temporary halt in deportations to El Salvador.
13% : Cobb said Trump is getting bad legal advice on that ruling.
9% : But in fighting an effort in 2023 to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado, his legal team tried to raise some ambiguity; They argued Trump did not swear to "support" the Constitution, the word used in the so-called insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment that was at the center of the Colorado case.

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