indefinitely block a congressional law or executive action affecting the entire country. one judge in effect cancel the policy with a stroke of the pen. they re called nationwide injunctions. and the trump administration says they have occurred more during this presidency than all others combined. since president trump took office, federal courts have issued 37 nationwide injunctions against the executive branch. in president trump s first year alone, judges issued 20 nationwide injunctions, as many as president obama s 8 years in office. they include a range of hot button issues, especially immigration. rescinding grant money to sanctuary cities. rolling back the so-called dreamers program for people brought to the u.s. illegally as children. and the travel ban including a number of majority muslim countries, a policy ultimately upheld by the supreme court last year. also, restrictions on transgender individuals joining the military. and several abortion-related
a lot of. people who were quite well prepared right and that dealt with that but it is in terms of the psychological side of things you will see i mean it s very hard to stay afloat into quite a lot of people today who are quite devastated ok. yeah i think they ll take a long time to hear their point well i guess so thank you very much for the latest update pleasure. a court in pakistan has sentenced former prime minister nawaz sharif to seven years in jail for corruption he was found guilty on one of two charges involving his family s business dealings sheriff denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated the three time prime minister was removed from office by the supreme court last year in july he was sentenced to ten years in prison over the purchase of luxury apartments in london he was released pending an appeal.
they won on promises for violent crime and rampant corruption. strengthening the country s ties in a phone call monday. the supreme court will not here challenge to the electoral map please republican officials hope to justices would reinstate a 2011 congressional redistricting plan toss out by the supreme court last year. the pennsylvania court reported it was biased in favor of republicans but the new map gives advantage to democrats. reporter: the new ad supporting the gop agenda one week ahead of the midterms. and highlights the economic progress. things are starting to change.
supreme court nominees, gorsuch, who was confirmed to the supreme court last year and obviously brett kavanaugh who mcgahn has been extensively involved in working with. we don t know who hess successor will be. cnn is learning that emmett flood is a leading contender. mcgahn will leave a big void in the white house in the eyes of conservatives. in part, may be why there is pushback. sarah westwood, thank you for delivering that breaking news. joining me now to discuss this, julie pace, an analyst and michael zeldon, cnn legal analyst and special assistant to robert mueller at the justice department, michael, first to you, in the mix of the russia investigation, we know don mcgahn has cooperated to a certain extent with special counsel robert mueller. what does his departure mean for the president s defense? well, mcgahn has been recuse from the russia investigation. so he s got nothing to do with
advising the president that they want someone who s been a judge. somebody who s been an appeals court judge. somebody with a clearly established judicial record. not to say they don t think mike lee is a perfectly wonderful guy, and a strong conservative whom they support very much. but the mantra throughout this whole process has been no more suitors. referencing david suitor who was lauded by conservatives and then frequently joined the liberals when he got on the supreme court. so they want someone with a clear judicial record. someone who s decided cases. that they can go back and look at. and that would seem to basically leave out any sitting senator. what do we know about the leading contenders? well, i think it s pretty clear that the two that are drawing the most attention from the white house are amy barrett and brett kavanaugh. barrett, a law professor at nd before president trump put her on the supreme court last year. kavanaugh was a ken starr