Trump's attack on the courts channels the worst of Theodore Roosevelt

Trump's attack on the courts channels the worst of Theodore Roosevelt

An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.

To get the department to its boot, the U.S. president revenges, purges at all times and threatens federal judges who dare to oppose him.

Trump's Attack on the Courts Channels the Worst of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt hated the idea of unelected judges stopping him and his allies in the Progressive movement from wielding government power as they saw fit. So Roosevelt advocated stripping the courts of their independence by subjecting both judges and judicial decisions to recall by popular…