On June 3, 2025, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a joint subcommittee hearing titled "The Supposedly 'Least Dangerous Branch': District Judges v. Trump," focusing on federal district judges issuing nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump's policies. The hearing examined the judiciary's role in checking executive power amid several rulings that have blocked parts of Trump's agenda. Concurrently, President Trump's first batch of judicial nominees since his return to the White House faced scrutiny before the Senate Judiciary Committee. These nominees, described as legal warriors from red states who challenged Biden-era policies, are part of Trump's effort to reshape the federal judiciary. The hearings sparked partisan debates over the rule of law and the qualifications of the nominees, including the first appeals court nominee of Trump's second term, Whitney Hermandorfer. Meanwhile, Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, Richard Durbin, met with federal judges to address concerns about threats and the safety of the judiciary following criticism from Trump and his allies. In a related legal development, Alphabet's Google hired Donald Verrilli Jr., former U.S. Solicitor General under the Obama administration, to appeal a judge's ruling that found Google unlawfully monopolized the online search market. This move is a key step in Google's ongoing antitrust litigation.