Outrage after JD Vance claims judges are not allowed to check executive power

Vice-president accused of threatening constitution after saying judges have no right to restrain president's agenda

JD Vance, the US vice-president, has been accused of threatening the US constitution after telling judges who have issued rulings temporarily blocking some of Donald Trump's most contentious executive orders that they aren't allowed" to control the president's legitimate power".

Vance's intervention came after Judge Paul Engelmayer, a US district court judge, issued an injunction stopping Elon Musk's department of government efficiency" (Doge) unit from accessing the treasury department's central payment system in search of supposed corruption and waste.