The 'big beautiful bill's" assault on the judiciary and elections

Here are two things you might not know about Trump's "big beautiful bill" according to Katie Couric Media:

An assault on the judiciary

A policy in Section 70302 would hugely limit federal courts’ power to hold government officials in contempt if they violate judicial orders. This is a major live issue — as the Guardian notes, at least one judge appears poised to issue a contempt citation in a high-profile immigration case related to the administration’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Not only does this provision threaten the judicial branch and the separation of powers, but as the CLC points out, it represents a stark escalation in a campaign the Trump administration is already waging against the judiciary. The courts have ruled against it at least 170 times already, and in many cases, Trump’s response has been to ignore due process and attempt to intimidate judges.

Deregulating election misinformation

Section 43201(c) of the House reconciliation bill would ban the enforcement of all state and local laws that regulate AI — including regulation around the use of AI in political campaigns and elections — for 10 years.

For want of decisive action from Congress to regulate AI’s impact on the democratic process, states have filled the vacuum by enacting their own safeguards. If the big beautiful bill dismantles them, false information could run rampant for the next decade, seriously impacting voters’ ability to make informed decisions.

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