President Donald Trump has railed in recent weeks against federal judges who have ruled against his administration, painting them as threats to the country and demanding that the Supreme Court halt all nationwide injunctions.

President Trump didn’t mention gun policy once in his marathon speech to Congress in early March. It was left out of the White House’s literal priority list. He didn’t issue any gun executive orders in his Day 1 blitz, and the one he has issued since is a plan to make a plan.

As Trump administration lawyers have intensified their appeals to the Supreme Court, they’re relying on recurring tropes.