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The deal #Trump reached with his subordinates relies on a mechanism created by #Congress that legal experts warned was subject to manipulation.

…The whole enterprise is a jarring shock to conventional understanding of the #constitution, raising…profound questions of #PresidentialPower. If allowed to stand, Trump will have managed simultaneously to thwart Congress’s #PowerOfThePurse & the ability of the #courts to police the #SeparationOfPowers.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/trump-fund-legal-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.oWr9.MEVPYndCxS2N&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America’s Democratic Erosion

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#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Authoritarianism(TheoryandPhilosophy) #breakingnews #Democracy(TheoryandPhilosophy) #DonaldJ #HouseofRepresentatives #Iran #PresidentialPower(US) #Senate #Trump #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #WarandEmergencyPowers(US)
https://www.newsbeep.com/536104/

Trump deleting records exposes a dangerous attempt to rewrite history

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/trump-deleting-records/

We are so hosed. Unless there's a coup. 🤞

"Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’"

#NyTimes #GiftedArticle #MAGA #Fascism #WhiteHouse #Dictator
#Bully #UnitedStates #AmoralAssHat #Trump #PresidentialPower #InternationalLaw

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-interview-power-morality.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFA.O6PV.0q4w5RyGBBMf&smid=url-share

The Roberts court broadly expanded Trump’s power in 2025, with these key exceptions – Los Angeles Times

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The Supreme Court broadly expanded Trump’s power in 2025, with key exceptions

By David G. Savage, Staff Writer Follow. Jan. 1, 2026 3 AM PT

• For much of the year, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and the five other conservatives were in the majority ruling for Trump.
• The court has been criticized for handing down temporary unsigned orders with little or no explanation.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ended the first year of President Trump’s second term with a record of rulings that gave him much broader power to control the federal government.

In a series of fast-track decisions, the justices granted emergency appeals and set aside rulings from district judges who blocked Trump’s orders from taking effect.

With the court’s approval, the administration dismissed thousands of federal employees, cut funding for education and health research grants, dismantled the agency that funds foreign aid and cleared the way for the U.S. military to reject transgender troops.

But the court also put two important checks on the president’s power.

In April, the court twice ruled — including in a post-midnight order — that the Trump administration could not secretly whisk immigrants out of the country without giving them a hearing before a judge.

Upon taking office, Trump claimed migrants who were alleged to belong to “foreign terrorist” gangs could be arrested as “enemy aliens” and flown secretly to a prison in El Salvador.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-23/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-chicago – See more at the above link.

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Supreme Court rules against Trump, bars National Guard deployment in Chicago, Dec. 23, 2025

Roberts and the court blocked such secret deportations and said the 5th Amendment entitles immigrants, like citizens, a right to “due process of law.” Many of the arrested men had no criminal records and said they never belonged to a criminal gang.
Those who face deportation “are entitled to notice and opportunity to challenge their removal,” the justices said in Trump vs. J.G.G.

They also required the government to “facilitate” the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had been wrongly deported to El Salvador. He is now back in Maryland with his wife, but may face further criminal charges or efforts to deport him.

And last week, Roberts and the court barred Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago to enforce the immigration laws.

Trump had claimed he had the power to defy state governors and deploy the Guard troops in Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., Chicago and other Democratic-led states and cities.

The Supreme Court disagreed over dissents from conservative Justices Samuel A. Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: The Roberts court broadly expanded Trump’s power in 2025, with these key exceptions – Los Angeles Times

A Name Too Many: When Ego Tries to Rebrand History

https://jtwb7689.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/kennedy-cntr-renaming/

US Supreme Court 2025-2026 term addresses presidential powers, transgender rights, tariffs, and voting discrimination. The Court's recent decisions including restrictions on nationwide injunctions significantly expand executive authority and reshape federal judicial oversight of administration policies.

#SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtDecisions #PresidentialPower #CourtRulings

#SCOTUS’ 6 conservative justices have so far been receptive to Trump’s claims of #PresidentialPower. Among other things, they have allowed the admin to withhold funds appropriated by #Congress, kick #transgender troops out of the #military & pursue aggressive #immigration-related policies—but all on a “temporary”, “emergency” basis.

The #tariffs case is the first time the justices have weighed the underlying legal merits of a key admin priority in Trump’s 2nd term.

#law #ActivistCourt #economy

#PresidentialPower & #SCOTUS’ own stature ride on this case

Decorum might dissolve during oral arguments on Wednesday in the Supreme Court. The justices might guffaw when #Trump admin lawyers say: The president’s #tariffs should be exempt from judicial review because they respond to an “emergency,” emergencies, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder, & presidents alone are our designated beholders.

#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/31/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-congress-constitution/

Letters from an American – July 15, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson

By Heather Cox Richardson, July 15, 2025

Without any explanation, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that the Trump administration could not gut the Department of Education while the issue is in the courts. The majority thus throws the weight of the Supreme Court behind the ability of the Trump administration to get rid of departments established by Congress—a power the Supreme Court denied when President Richard M. Nixon tried it in 1973.

This is a major expansion of presidential power, permitting the president to disregard laws Congress has passed, despite the Constitution’s clear assignment of lawmaking power to Congress alone.

President Donald J. Trump has vowed to eliminate the Department of Education because he claims it pushes “woke” ideology on America’s schoolchildren and that its employees “hate our children.” Running for office, he promised to “return” education to the states. In fact, the Education Department has never set curriculum; it disburses funds for high-poverty schools and educating students with disabilities. It’s also in charge of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race and sex in schools that get federal funding.

Trump’s secretary of education, professional wrestling promoter Linda McMahon, supports Trump’s plan to dismantle the department. In March the department announced it would lay off 1,378 employees—about half the department. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia sued to stop the layoffs, and Massachusetts federal judge Myong Joun ordered the department to reinstate the fired workers. The Supreme Court has now put that order on hold, permitting the layoffs to go forward.

Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan concurred in a dissent written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, noting that Trump has claimed power to destroy the congressionally established department “by executive fiat” and chastising the right-wing majority for enabling him. “When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it,” they say.

“The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them. That basic rule undergirds our Constitution’s separation of powers. Yet today, the majority rewards clear defiance of that core principle with emergency relief.”

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: July 15, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson

#1973 #2025 #America #Children #DepartmentOfEducation #DonaldTrump #Education #History #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #Nixon #Politics #PresidentialPower #PublicSchools #Resistance #Science #SCOTUS #SupremeCourtOfTheUnitedStates #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates

The move by #SCOTUS represents an expansion of #PresidentialPower, allowing #Trump to functionally eliminate a government department created by #Congress, without legislators’ input.

It comes after a decision by the justices last week that cleared the way for the Trump admin to move forward with cutting thousands of jobs across a number of #FederalAgencies, including #HUD, #State & #Treasury.

#law #education #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/supreme-court-education-department.html?smid=url-share

Career #lawyers were also uncomfortable defending Trump’s #ExecutiveOrders targeting #LawFirms, according to 2 former #DOJ lawyers & a 3rd person familiar with the matter.

A longtime ally of #PamBondi who defended all 4 #LawFirm cases argued they were a lawful exercise of #PresidentialPower. #Judges ultimately struck down all 4 as violating the #Constitution. The #Trump admin has indicated it will appeal at least one case.

#law #lawless #felon47 #judiciary #RuleOfLaw

Critics have accused the #Trump admin of flouting the #law in its aggressive use of #ExecutivePower, including by retaliating against perceived enemies & dismantling agencies created by #Congress.

The Trump admin has broadly defended its actions as within the legal bounds of #PresidentialPower & has won several early victories at #SCOTUS. A WH spox told Reuters that Trump's actions were legal, & declined to comment on the departures.

#lawless #felon47 #judiciary #RuleOfLaw #constitution

— $2 billion in congressionally appropriated #ForeignAid flowing through the #State Dept & #USAID frozen by #Trump

— >25k children face deportation without lawyers because the admin cut off a contract that pays for their legal representation

And that’s just a few of the cases with #NationwideInjunctions.

#FuckSCOTUS #law #SCOTUS #Constitution #democracy #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveBranch #PresidentialPower #AbuseOfPower

Still, #SCOTUS’ ruling doesn’t mean they will instantly evaporate. Experts say the next step is for individual courts to apply the new precedent in their own cases. In some instances, the #DOJ will likely challenge existing #NationwideInjunctions to see if they need to be pared back under the Supreme Court’s new precedent.

#FuckSCOTUS #law #Constitution #democracy #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #ExecutiveBranch #PresidentialPower #AbuseOfPower

District-court judges have repeatedly used #NationwideInjunctions to block #Trump admin policies, including to halt the #MassFirings of civil servants, the defunding of #ForeignAid & the relocation of #transgender women in #FederalPrisons to men’s housing. Some of those injunctions have been lifted by higher courts; many, including those detailed below, remain in place, …for now.

#FuckSCOTUS #law #SCOTUS #Constitution #democracy #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #PresidentialPower #AbuseOfPower

Friday’s ruling will lead to a drastic reduction in the #FederalCourts’ ability to check the White House, according to Judith Resnik, a professor at Yale Law School. #NationwideInjunctions give #courts “the capacity to tell the key nationwide actor, the #ExecutiveBranch, to behave lawfully,” she said.

#FuckSCOTUS #law #SCOTUS #Constitution #democracy #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #PresidentialPower #AbuseOfPower

In both internal communications & interviews, >24 current & fmr employees across multiple agencies said the admin is readying to push the boundaries of the #law meant to prevent the president from unilaterally overturning spending decisions made by #Congress.

Key #Trump aides have long argued the law is an *unconstitutional* [constitutional] limit on #PresidentialPower & suggested they will seek #court rulings to overturn it, allowing the executive to determine which #spending to carry out.

“Federalizing a state’s #NationalGuard, & invoking the #InsurrectionAct, is a huge expansion of #PresidentialPower,” Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the U.C. Berkeley law school said via text on Saturday. “It allows use of the #military in #domestic matters. It would be stunning to see this done here.”

#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #USTroops #immigration

Trump sees himself as more like a king than president. Here’s why
#Trump #USA #Monarchy #King #Authoritarianism #USPolitics #ChecksAndBalances #ConstitutionalCrisis #USSupremeCourt #SeparationOfPowers #Project2025 #PresidentialPower #DemocracyAtRisk
https://the-14.com/trump-sees-himself-as-more-like-a-king-than-president-heres-why/

U.S. Supreme Court rules Fed's unique structure exempts it from presidential dismissal powers, easing concerns over Trump's influence on monetary policy
#YonhapInfomax #SupremeCourt #FederalReserve #PresidentialPower #IndependentAgencies #TrumpAdministration #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=64540

Supreme Court ruling expands presidential power over independent agencies, potentially reshaping regulatory landscape while preserving Federal Reserve's autonomy
#YonhapInfomax #SupremeCourt #Trump #IndependentAgencies #FederalReserve #PresidentialPower #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=64501

A district judge in #Colorado granted a preliminary #injunction against the #Trump admin after initially issuing a #TRO blocking the removal of migrants under the #AlienEnemiesAct in her judicial district.

Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney wrote that the #DOJ's stated assertion of #PresidentialPower over the #courts' authority "staggers."

"It is wrong as a matter of #law & attempts to read an entire provision out of the #Constitution."

#immigration #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

The #labor boards after that decision confirmed the officials were no longer in their posts.

The action by Roberts gave the justices more time, while #Trump keeps Harris & Wilcox sidelined as legal challenges proceed. The decision could come at any time.

#DOJ attys asked #SCOTUS to consider hearing arguments on a fast-track basis on whether the labor board protections encroached on #PresidentialPower & whether Humphrey's Executor was wrongly decided & should be overruled.

#law #ActivistCourt

Opposition party criticizes Lee Jae-myung's plan to restructure Finance Ministry, calling it a move to consolidate presidential power over fiscal policy, raising concerns about potential misuse of national budget.
#YonhapInfomax #LeeJaeMyung #FinanceMinistry #FiscalPolicy #ConstitutionalAmendment #PresidentialPower #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=59709

#Trump asks #SCOTUS to let him break the #law AGAIN – this time by illegally firing #independent #regulators

The cases test the boundaries of #PresidentialPower & involves Gwynne Wilcox of the National #Labor Relations Board #NLRB & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB.

#AbuseOfPower #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Corruption #WatchdogAgencies #whistleblowers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/

These stats don’t merely indicate that the #Trump admin is on the wrong side of the #law. They also reflect bad lawyering. The admin’s hyper-aggressive litigation strategy combines maximalist [abusive] assertions of the scope of #PresidentialPower w/the insistence that any potential intrusion on executive authority necessitates emergency relief. It is belligerent in tone, treating federal judges like junior associates at law firms, when not asserting that they are biased partisans.
#law #felon47

Democrats Fired from F.T.C. Sue President Trump Over Dismissals - Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, who were fired from the agency this month, acc... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/technology/ftc-fired-democrats-trump-lawsuit.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #appointmentsandexecutivechanges #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #presidentialpower(us) #slaughterrebecca #bedoyaalvaro

#Trump lawyers have *determined* [made up from whole cloth] that an 18th-cent wartime #law Trump invoked to deport *suspected* [presumed] members of a Venezuelan gang allows federal agents to enter homes WITHOUT A WARRANT….

The disclosure reflects the Trump admin’s aggressive view of #PresidentialPower, including setting aside a key provision of the #FourthAmendment that requires a #CourtOrder to search someone’s home.

#immigration #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #ConstitutionalCrisis

#JoshHawley introduces #Senate bill to limit #power of #FederalJudges in wake of #DJT insolence over checks and balances from #judiciary branch as #WhiteHouse steps up attacks on judges who place limits on #PresidentialPower. House #GOP are already pursuing #impeachment against more than a half-dozen federal district court judges who made rulings against #Drumpf.

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