In his second term, President Trump has escalated his defiance of legal norms, surpassing previous presidential transgressions. Legal scholar Peter M. Shane states this behavior represents programmatic sabotage and lawlessness, as Trump nullifies laws like the TikTok ban and restricts migrants' rights to seek asylum. He has also attempted to undermine the integrity of federal agencies and Congress by arbitrarily removing key officials and freezing legally approved spending. This unprecedented approach has sparked a spate of lawsuits, with many challenging his administration's interpretations of citizenship and other constitutional matters.
The array of legal constraints Mr. Trump has violated... amounts to programmatic sabotage and rampant lawlessness.
Mr. Trump has effectively nullified laws, such as by ordering the Justice Department to refrain from enforcing a ban on the wildly popular app TikTok.
He summarily fired prosecutors, inspectors general and board members of independent agencies in defiance of legal rules against arbitrary removal.
More than two dozen lawsuits have been filed so far challenging moves by the Trump administration, though many overlap.
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