This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reported on the Department of Justice . Over decades, the department has built a reputation of trust with the courts. But now, in the early months of the second Trump administration, it appears some judges have doubts.
Pelley spoke with Ryan Goodman, a law professor at New York University. Shortly after President Trump was inaugurated in January, Goodman began a project to examine lawsuits filed against the administration. Today, that case number sits at more than 400.
Ryan Goodman: So we track all of the over 400 cases involving the Trump administration. And we basically select the cases only on the basis of what the judges and the courts themselves have said. We make no interpretation of it ourselves. So, for example, I could look