Just over a month into his second term, President Donald Trump is moving with haste to push legal battles over his executive actions to the Supreme Court, signaling an aggressive strategy to expand presidential power in the face of resistance from lower courts.

The Justice Department doubled down on its demand that the Supreme Court step in to greenlight President Trump’s firing of a government whistleblower office head, warning in a Wednesday letter

Trump’s former personal attorney suggested public officials should “generally” follow court orders except in “extreme cases.”