An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state’s lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth. The decision came seven months after the Republican returned to the White House.

In a decision issued Thursday, the Manhattan appellate court still found that Trump broke the law by inflating the valuation of assets like Mar-a-Lago and his Trump Tower penthouse, but it said the massive penalty was unconstitutionally “excessive.

The Trump administration argued that a lower court ruling poses a significant barrier to enforcing federal immigration laws.

An appeals court threw out the $355 million fraud penalty against President Donald Trump on Thursday. Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email.

Trump celebrated when the Supreme Court limited nationwide blocks on his policies, but judges are finding other ways to hinder his priorities.

Judge Engoron had imposed the penalty last year after finding that Trump exaggerated financial statements provided to lenders and insurers.

The Trump administration is planning to quickly ask the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.

Hillary Clinton, during an interview with Jessica Tarlov on the "Raging Moderates" podcast, predicts that after a decade of scheming, Republicans will undo the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide and "send it back to the states.

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The Supreme Court’s landmark opinion on same-sex marriage isn’t the only high-profile precedent the justices will have an opportunity to tinker with – or entirely scrap – when the court reconvenes this fall.