There are limits to what the courts can do in the face of Trump’s legal onslaught

There are limits to what the courts can do in the face of Trump’s legal onslaught

For weeks Americans have been debating whether we’re facing a constitutional crisis. My answer, for the record, is that we are.

When does Trump’s defiance of courts in deportation case cross the line into a constitutional crisis?

WASHINGTON – Presidents of both parties have pushed the limits of their authority throughout history. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus. Andrew Jackson refused to enforce a Supreme Court order involving a clash between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation, mocking the court’s inability to enforce its ruling without his help. But historians are hard-pressed to recall an instance when a president defied federal c…

If You Can Keep It: America in constitutional crisis

“No law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.”

Donald Trump came to power supported by an anti-immigration speech, with a central promise to close the doors to those seeking to emigrate or find refuge in the country and to launch the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history. In his first 100 days in the White House, he [...] Trump's First 100 Days: Migration Turn threatens to create a constitutional crisis was first published in Information Focus.