Trump suffers double blow in court as 'the dam has broken'
Source: Raw Story · Bias: Far Left
Summary
The Trump administration suffered two losses in one day, with a Trump appointee delivering one of the blows, per a legal reporter.According to Politico senior legal affairs correspondent Kyle Cheney, the Trump administration's "unprecedented mass detention policy" aimed at immigrants suffered its fifth straight appellate court loss hours before a Trump appointee handed it a sixth. "The dam has broken," Cheney wrote in a post on X reviewing the losses so far. "Six federal appeals courts in a row have now shot down ICE's mass detention policy, along with a 469-54 split against the administration among district judges."The latest loss came from the California-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled 2-1 against the Trump administration's mass detention policy carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Trump-appointed Judge Daniel Bress wrote the opinion in "the most significant rejection yet of the Trump administration's unprecedented mass detention policy," as Cheney described the ruling in his reporting for Politico.According to Cheney, Bress found that the Trump administration had misconstrued a 1996 immigration law to justify its mass detention policy. The Trump administration's interpretation "has resulted in detained aliens filing thousands of habeas petitions in federal courts across the country, seeking bond hearings and possible release from detention," Bress wrote.The other setback came from the Illinois-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which also ruled 2-1 and found that the Trump administration "defied logic" to justify mass detention. Biden appointee Judge Joshua Kolar noted the volume of prior judicial writing in his opinion, stating, "We add but a few more drops of ink to the gallons already spilled."
Related Coverage
- 'Holy wow': Experts dumbstruck as Trump DOJ forced to fold Reflecting Pool case (Far Left — Raw Story)
- Trump's 'incredible cognitive dissonance' leaves CNN anchor in disbelief (Far Left — Raw Story)
- 'True embarrassment': Expert twists the knife as Trump admin's Reflecting Pool case flops (Far Left — Raw Story)
- Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs (Center — BBC News)
- Trump and Netanyahu May Be at Odds Again Over Gaza Plan (Center Left — NYT > U.S. > Politics)
- Liberal court stuns with ruling that hands Trump major immigration win (Right — Latest Political News on Fox News)
- Trump blames Minnesota cyber attacks on its governor, not Iran (Center — Politics - CBSNews.com)
- Wisconsin Democratic socialist eyes Trump voters as she walks back 'defund the police' remarks (Right — US Politics: Latest News, Comments and Breaking Stories | Mail Online)
Daily Analysis
Read the full Parallax Pulse for July 30, 2026 — an AI-powered analysis of how Left and Right media covered the biggest stories this day.
More Headlines From July 30, 2026
- Trump says he may pull Blanche's nomination until 2 Senate critics leave office (Center)
- Angry Tillis Responds to Trump’s Workaround to Confirm Todd Blanche (VIDEO) (Far Right)
- Cornyn And Tillis’ Anti-Blanche Jihad Epitomizes The GOP’s Hatred For Its Voters (Far Right)
- Senators Cornyn and Tillis Block Todd Blanche from AG Confirmation (Far Right)
- Blanche surrenders unredacted Epstein files within minutes of judge's deadline (Left)







