Donald Trump’s executive order includes many who aimed to expand presidential power in areas that pose a threat to US rule of law and democratic norms, according to legal experts. says.
Trump’s orders include sudden firing of 17 agency watchdogs called inspector generals, without giving Congress the necessary 30-day notice, birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrant children Refusal of the denunciation of more than 1,500 convicted amendments, which are guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. For their role in the Capitol riots on January 6th.
Republicans in Congress have little criticism of Trump’s power plays, but Democrats have accelerated their attacks on Trump’s moves. Around 20 Democratic state attorney generals filed the lawsuit, and federal court judges temporarily suspend two of Trump’s more militant moves.
The Guardian is also expected to file a lawsuit challenge Trump’s firing fire, and sources familiar with the matter said they are in consultation with the law firm for that purpose. I learned about this.
A federal judge has endorsed separate lawsuits by the state attorney general and civil rights groups, stopping Trump’s efforts to override birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrant children born in the United States. .
Similarly, 23 state attorney generals reported that after the White House Budget Office issued an order that allowed them to temporarily block $30 with federal funds, it was sent to many state and federal programs. They persuaded a person’s federal judge to temporarily suspend the measure from taking effect.
Furthermore, Congressional Democrats and unions have seen some toughness as Trump’s biggest donor and the world’s wealthiest man Elon Musk pursues in the so-called “government efficiency sector” (DOGE). We are challenging ourselves to reduce costs. The turbulent US International Development Agency.
Legal experts say that Trump’s enforcement action firefighters are aimed at strengthening the presidential power, with several in the Supreme Court in hopes that the conservative majority will support his enforcement vast views It is said that the purpose may be to get a case of.
“At the very bottom, the opening salvo of President Trump’s executive order is consistent with the administration’s view that administrative agencies are not equal and dominate all three branches,” he said. “In the same way, his administration chose to simply ignore any laws he thought were unconstitutional.
“People standing, such as the state attorney general, believe that these orders will increasingly be challenged in court, and that the constitutional joint judiciary will act as a breakwater to prevent further deterioration of the rule of law. That’s my hope.”
That view is reflected by Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Chris Mays.
“We don’t hesitate to challenge actions that violate the Constitution or threaten fundamental rights, and we win,” Mays said.
Former Justice Department officials have also provided harsh criticism of Trump’s rapid fire moves to expand his authority. “Trump is determined to maximize the power of the presidency,” said Ty Cobb, a former federal prosecutor who was an adviser to the White House during Trump’s first term.
“He believes he is omnipotent and that anything he does exceeds the blame. That’s clearly not. He has no capacity to amend the Constitution through executive orders.”
Cobb predicts that “nothing will slow Trump down.” He plans to test the limits of his powers until he takes office. ”
Many of Trump’s executive orders have been booked in his campaign, but their volume and speed have moistened political opponents and “flooding the zone” of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon It is designed to repeat the call to overwhelm democratic opposition and media attacks.
Trump defended the fire of the inspector general by misleading them as “standard” and “very common things to do.” Similarly, Trump gave his drastic pardon by claiming that convicted people were “weaponized” Justice Department victims and committed “grave national injustice.” I tried to protect it.
Another Justice Department combat front has about 12 senior lawyers working under special advisor Jack Smith, who Trump accused of trying to illegally overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020, he said. It sparked vigilance about what Justice Department leaders would look like. Synchronizes with Trump’s threat of harsh revenge against his political opponents.
Former federal prosecutors and legal experts say some of the moves by Trump executives have undermined the rule of law, but fits with his authoritarian instincts and plans to expand his enforcement power. Masu.
“We’ve been working hard to get into the world,” said Barbara McCade, a former Michigan prosecutor who teaches law at the University of Michigan.
“By ignoring legal requirements before firing inspectors’ general and career prosecutors, Trump is giving him the opportunity to bring lawsuits and challenge laws that restrict the powers of the president. .”
In response to Trump’s suspicious grip on power, Senate Democrats and a Republican strengthened the challenges for Trump’s move to broaden his strength.
Democrat Dick Durbin, two senators on the Judiciary Committee, and Republican Chuck Grassley, tested 17 people tasked with ferretting waste, fraud and abuse at a federal agency last Tuesday. He denounced Trump in a joint letter for the sudden firing of officials.
“The Congress did not provide the legally necessary 30-day notice and case-specific reasons for removal as required by law. Therefore, we will provide you with that information immediately. I demand that,” Grassley and Durbin write.
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“IGs are immune from committing actions that require removal and may be removed by the President, but they must follow the law.”
This letter must be given to Congress “all facts and details sufficient to assure Congress and the public that it is due to genuine concerns about the ability of Congress and the public to carry out their mission.” He emphasized that there is.
Just before the letter was sent, White House spokesperson Caroline Leavitt was nervous to justify Trump’s mass shootings and told reporters: The executive division he wants. ”
Meanwhile, Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns her vigilance about the threat posed by Musk’s Doge.
“Instead of reducing costs for working families, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ruined by the system that gets your tax refunds and Social Security checks,” Warren said. “This isn’t business as usual. We live in a nightmare created by Donald Trump. I will do everything with my power to fight back.”
On Monday, two large federal employee unions filed a lawsuit in federal court against a government accusing that sharing financial payment information with DOGE violated the 1974 Privacy Act.
Some processes say Trump’s modus operandi is to reinforce his right to enforce his enforcement and dull opposition without worrying about legal elegance.
“Trump and his team clearly have a project that controls the federal government, not in the usual way of most transitions, but in a deliberate way of eliminating opposition and bending bureaucracy to his will.” said Paul Rosensweig, a former federal prosecutor.
“Trump also intends to castrate opposition from independent watchdogs like the IGS and from the public.”
Trump’s actions could lead to a test case going to the Supreme Court. This may control the president’s favor, according to legal experts, given the conservative majority of six or three in the court.
Critics say the court handed Trump a big victory last year with a controversial drastic ruling that he was largely exempt from being accused of “official” actions while the president was in office. It points out.
“Given this Supreme Court’s recent view on executive power, Trump hopes to be able to expand the power of the presidency,” McCade said.
Rosenzweig also said that some of Trump’s moves were “intentionally creating test cases and obtaining Supreme Court approval for his excesses, including the fact that he shot the chairman of the National Labor Relations Committee. There is,” he emphasized.
But Trump’s crusades, which overturned limits on his power with executive orders, could face more obstacles.
Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law professor and former federal prosecutor, said:
“But now, part of the action is shifted to court, where the democratic national AG and others are committed to showing the thinness of those claims. It also means that Trump will bend over his will. We will also shift to moving to bureaucrats who think they can do this.”
Other legal experts have seen Trump charge him forward to boost his own strength.
“Trump appears to be in a hurry to see how easy it will be for him to ignore our laws and the constitution when he gets in the way of his agenda,” he says, ex, who is currently teaching law. said Larry Noble, an advisor to the Space Election Commission. At American University.
“So far, most Congressional Republicans control both housing for Trump’s direction, rather than one of three equal branches of government designed to check the president’s attempts. It appears to be creating a parliament that effectively controls the lawmakers. To become a monarch.”
