Trump wants to raise the cost of suing policies such as his "Great Beauty" tax bill

US President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking an alternative tactic to fend off a growing number of court orders hampering the implementation of their policies: raising the financial cost of suing government personnel. House Republicans want to force personnel suing the US government to provide financial guarantees to cover the government's costs, provided they win a lawsuit to temporarily halt Trump's policies, but ultimately lose. The measure, contained in their "magnificent and beautiful" tax and spending bill, would make judges' power to hold contempt trials against US officials who violate their orders contingent on paying that guarantee.