A PBS NewsHour segment examines how President Trump’s second-term policies are placing unprecedented strain on the U.S. judicial system. Constitutional law professor Steve Vladeck argues that recent executive actions—especially on immigration enforcement, including proposed warrantless home entries—push beyond established constitutional limits and conflict with Fourth Amendment protections. Federal courts have acted as a key check on executive overreach, blocking or slowing several major policies, but Vladeck warns that courts alone cannot sustain democratic accountability. With Congress largely inactive, he describes the current moment as an institutional crisis that tests the resilience of America’s system of checks and balances.