The Constitution has stopped Trump – so far (Opinion)
7 years, 2 months ago

The Constitution has stopped Trump – so far (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Lisa Marshall Manheim is an associate professor at the University of Washington School of Law who specializes in constitutional law, election law, and the federal courts. Lisa Marshall Manheim c/o University of Washington School of Law Indeed, it is our nation’s powerful legal framework that explains so much of what President Trump has accomplished, and failed to accomplish, during his first year in office. To understand the significance of legal constraints, take, for example, Trump’s promise to build a “big, beautiful” wall separating the United States from Mexico. Still, President Trump’s actions continue to threaten the rule of law. But the ultimate point is the same: this steady assault on the rule of law threatens to radically increase the power wielded by politicians like President Trump – politicians dismissive of limits and disdainful of norms.

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Supreme Court justices tread carefully as collision with Trump looms
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court justices tread carefully as collision with Trump looms

CNN  

CNN — It will be smiles and handshakes when President Donald Trump bumps into several members of the Supreme Court on the House floor Tuesday evening before he delivers his first address to Congress of his second term. Dozens of lawsuits challenging Trump’s deluge of executive actions have put considerable scrutiny on federal courts in recent weeks – including the …

Supreme Court justices tread carefully as collision with Trump looms
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court justices tread carefully as collision with Trump looms

CNN  

CNN — It will be smiles and handshakes when President Donald Trump bumps into several members of the Supreme Court on the House floor Tuesday evening before he delivers his first address to Congress of his second term. Dozens of lawsuits challenging Trump’s deluge of executive actions have put considerable scrutiny on federal courts in recent weeks – including the …

White House says judges blocking President Donald Trump's triggering a ‘constitutional crisis’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

White House says judges blocking President Donald Trump's triggering a ‘constitutional crisis’

Hindustan Times  

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday stated that those judges blocking the orders issued by US President of Donald Trump were provoking a “constitutional crisis” and were acting as “judicial activists" and that their rulings had no basis in law, reported AP. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, on the day of Tulsi Gabbard's swearing in ceremony as Director …

Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders

Associated Press  

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What Trump's unconstitutional executive orders are really meant to do
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Trump's unconstitutional executive orders are really meant to do

Raw Story  

After repeatedly claiming that he has “nothing to do with Project 2025,” Trump has signed warp speed executive orders to effectuate Project 2025. Trump’s acting attorney general, James McHenry, made clear that the terminations were political.He wrote in his firing memo that, “Given your significant role in prosecuting the president, I do not believe that the leadership of the department …

Trump poised to destroy US democracy — and only the right-wing Supreme Court can stop him
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump poised to destroy US democracy — and only the right-wing Supreme Court can stop him

Raw Story  

How things work in the American system is Donald Trump did something this week that could upend all of that, to put it extremely mildly, turning everything that we believe to be true about how things work in the American system into irrelevancy. According to the Post, experts say that “the memo as written was poised to bring a rapid …

Is Trump pushing his presidential powers beyond what the Constitution allows?
2 months ago

Is Trump pushing his presidential powers beyond what the Constitution allows?

LA Times  

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in commenting on presidential authority, has said, “Under our Constitution, the executive power — all of it — is vested in a president.” President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversity policies and deporting immigrants who are in this country illegally. His …

'If You Can Keep It': Trump's Early Moves And The Constitution : 1A
2 months ago

'If You Can Keep It': Trump's Early Moves And The Constitution : 1A

NPR  

'If You Can Keep It': Trump's Early Moves And The Constitution Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The first week of President Trump's new term ended with a late-night purge of around 17 federal inspectors general on Friday. Also, in the first week of his second term – four Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit to …

Attorney details tricks Trump could use to stay in power after 2028
4 months ago

Attorney details tricks Trump could use to stay in power after 2028

Raw Story  

Under the U.S. Constitution, President-elect Donald Trump will be term-limited after he returns to the White House. In an article published by the conservative website The Bulwark on Friday, however, attorney Berin Szóka lays out some of the tricks that Trump might resort to in the hope of remaining in the White House after January 20, 2029. One possible option, …

Trump will use 'all lawful constitutional means' to push through nominees: MAGA ally
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump will use 'all lawful constitutional means' to push through nominees: MAGA ally

Raw Story  

A fierce ally of Donald Trump — who was recently named his deputy chief of staff for policy — told a Fox News host on Tuesday night that the president-elect will use all "lawful" means to push through any Cabinet nominees who face a difficult confirmation. "The moment that President Trump puts his hand on that Bible and takes the …

Trump said to be entering 'choppy legal waters' with unexpected source of pushback
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump said to be entering 'choppy legal waters' with unexpected source of pushback

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is expected to enter the White House with a Republican House and Senate, as well as a Supreme Court including several jurists he himself appointed, but there is still an unexpected source of pushback that could hamper some of his efforts, according to some legal experts. Trump’s "ambitious agenda could face pushback from an institution he has done …

Trump demands 'termination' of Constitution so he can return to power
2 years, 3 months ago

Trump demands 'termination' of Constitution so he can return to power

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday flat-out called for the "termination" of the United States Constitution so that he could be returned to the presidency. "So, with the revelation of MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION in working closely with Big Tech Companies, the DNC, & the Democrat Party, do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and …

Trump calls for termination of Constitution to suit his needs
2 years, 3 months ago

Trump calls for termination of Constitution to suit his needs

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday flat-out called for the "termination" of the United States Constitution so that he could be returned to the presidency. "So, with the revelation of MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION in working closely with Big Tech Companies, the DNC, & the Democrat Party, do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and …

Former Obama lawyer Ian Bassin: The coming indictment of Donald Trump will break his power
2 years, 4 months ago

Former Obama lawyer Ian Bassin: The coming indictment of Donald Trump will break his power

Salon  

For the last seven years or so, the American people have been on an emotional and political rollercoaster. Three days after that, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Department of Justice investigations into Donald Trump's numerous alleged crimes, which include the Mar-a-Lago documents case, the Jan. 6 insurrection and the larger conspiracy …

Bit by bit, Donald Trump methodically undoing Obama policies
7 years, 11 months ago

Bit by bit, Donald Trump methodically undoing Obama policies

Live Mint  

Washington: Amid the turmoil over staff shake-ups, blocked travel bans and the Russia cloud hanging overhead, President Donald Trump is steadily plugging away at a major piece of his agenda: undoing Obama. Climate change Trump signed an executive order last week to deliver on his pledge to unravel Obama’s efforts to curb global warming. Internet privacy Trump is expected to …

What powers will Donald Trump have as president?
8 years, 4 months ago

What powers will Donald Trump have as president?

Al Jazeera  

After pulling off one of the most improbable political upsets in US history, Donald Trump has now become the country’s president-elect. While the US system of government is divided among three branches – the executive, the legislative, and the judicial – intended as a structural system of checks-and-balances, Trump’s presidential power will be vastly strengthened because his fellow Republicans retained …

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