Above the law? Trump pushes powers of US presidency

The Five Pillars of Trumpian Repression

Benjamin Wittes: “That Trump had authoritarian instincts was not in dispute among reasonable analysts. One needed only to listen to his speeches to establish that.” “But how would his authoritarianism show up in practical governance? Would it be through invocations of the Insurrection Act or involve more exotic presidential emergency powers? Would it involve prosecuting political enemies? Would it be through domestic deployment of the military? …

Maybe It Wasn’t Such a Great Idea to Support a Larger, More Extensive Federal Government for 100 Years

Trump is using every tool he has to challenge woke practices in America — and he has a lot of them. None were put in place by conservatives for leverage against progressive institutions.

Crain: Chaos at the top

What is happening in our country? It feels like a malicious inquisition has been turned loose in our government. It’s a hostile takeover, moving like a tornado.

When The President Went To The Supreme Court - Above the Law

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who was the most recent President of the United States to have argued before the Supreme Court? Hint: The relevant case was a First Amendment case, and the Court held that absent a finding of malicious intent on the part of a publisher, false or misleading statements by the press are protected speech. See the answer on the next page. The post When The President Went To The Supre…

Above the law? Trump pushes powers of US presidency

Are we witnessing what’s not the first nor the last testing of those rules? Or is Donald Trump taking the world’s most powerful nation into unchartered territory?  What to make of the attack on judges and lawyers, the attempt to gut vast swathes of the government and shut down public broadcasting? Do Americans mind this new turn? After all, a majority voted for Trump despite the attempt to overturn by force his defeat four years ago...

team watson The current US administration under Donald Trump ignores judgments of its own courts, refers critical journalists from the White House, torpedoes the freedom of the media and speech. And in order to give the president even more power, the Republicans define a day in Congress than a year. Trump's government torpedoes the foundations of the oldest and most powerful democracy with ever bolder means. Unparticipated shrugging and silence …