Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?
- Posted on February 8, 2025
- By NPR
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Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?
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At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.