Trump administration officials have repeatedly called federal judges ruling against them "activists" who are interfering with the president's executive authority. Advertisement AdvertisementLOSING STREAKThe 75 cases that produced lower-court rulings against the Trump administration were among 93 total cases during his second term in which judges addressed First-Amendment arguments, Reuters found. Reuters tallied the First-Amendment cases by searching federal ‌court records and Westlaw, a legal research service. The review focused on civil lawsuits filed against the Trump administration and excluded cases by self-represented litigants. The Trump administration launched appeals in about two-thirds of the cases while electing to let other rulings stand.