The Trump administration is on a collision course with the courts after a week spent taunting a federal judge and escalating a battle over whether his orders have been defied.

Administration officials on March 15 rebuffed an oral order from U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg to turn around or halt flights of Venezuelan migrants headed to a Salvadoran prison.

In the week since, they have lashed out at the judge inside and outside of court, diminishing Boasberg's authority over the matter and repeatedly refusing to provide requested information in court. President Trump and allies in Congress have even floated impeaching Boasberg — sparking some rare public pushback from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

While the week began with broad attacks on Boasberg’s ruling over the flights, it concluded with Trump decrying the entire concept of nationwide injunctions to halt his agenda and calling for the Supreme Court to intervene.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he agreed with those who said the U.S. was in a constitutional crisis.

“Look, Donald Trump is a lawless, angry man. He thinks he should be king,” Schumer said. “He thinks he should do whatever he wants, regardless of the law, and he thinks judges should just listen to him.”

“Defying court orders is why our democracy is at risk, and we'll have to do everything to fight back in that regard,” he added.

Numerous Trump officials have suggested the federal bench can't interfere with Trump’s foreign policy, despite judges routinely reviewing immigration policy and other major national security matters.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Boasberg

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