Editorial: Federal judges step up to do the job Congress won't: check the president's excesses

The Trump administration has gone through a few bad days recently in federal courts - and the country is the better for it.

Last week, judges have rejected motions to throw out two lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's policies or his apparent conflicts of interests. One lawsuit targets the administration's malignantly conceived decision to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 census. The other argues that Trump is violating