#executive-power

#executive-power

President Donald Trump may be stretching executive power to its outermost bounds, but in one very significant area he is simply not getting his way: criminal prosecutions. In many cases-such as those of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, charges against whom were thrown out by a federal judge in Virginia today-the basic, ground-level machinery of the criminal-justice system has thwarted the administration.

As he hosted Republican senators at the White House, Trump offered some initial thoughts on the Democratic victories across the country on election night. Last night, it was not expected to be a victory, it was very Democrat areas. But I don't think it was good for Republicans, he said. I'm not sure it was good for anybody. He added: We had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we're going to talk about that.

When asked whether United States President Donald Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act, Vice President JD Vance said this week that Trump is looking at all his options. The decision would allow Trump to deploy the US military domestically for law enforcement purposes without congressional authorisation and over the objections of state governors. list of 4 itemsend of list Vance's October 12 comment on NBC's Meet the Press was just one of many in recent months

has banned the president's deployment of National Guard units to Portland on the grounds that the president's claim that Portland is a "burning hellhole" besieged by violent anarchists is "untethered to facts."

And no surprise, judges in those countries have repeatedly done what Orban and Erdogan want. Donald Trump has not had the opportunity to pack the US supreme court to nearly the same degree. Nor has he, despite his brash, bullying ways, done much to pressure or browbeat the court's nine justices. Nevertheless, the court's conservative supermajority has ruled time after time in favor of Trump since he returned to office.

Calling the president's action a "breathtaking abuse of power," Newsom said in a statement that 300 California National Guard personnel were being deployed to Portland, Ore., a city the president has called "war-ravaged." "They are on their way there now," Newsom said of the National Guard. "This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power." Trump's move came a day after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked the federalization of Oregon's National Guard.

Trump has 40 more months - four-fifths of his term - left to stretch it further. White House officials tell us they're just getting going. They see chaos as their brand and "consequence culture" taking root.

The Trump administration's justification for these strikes, such as it is, seems to be that any shipment of drugs connected to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is a direct threat to the United States. These "narco-terrorists" may therefore be destroyed on sight, and without the fuss of asking permission from the U.S. Congress. This argument reflects the president's childlike but dangerous understanding of his role as commander in chief. The United States, once the leader of a global system of security and economic cooperation, is now acting like a rogue state on the high seas.

In addition, Pittman is caught in a legal morass about whether the Supreme Court's 2002 prohibition on executing the intellectually disabled applies retroactively. In 2016, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that it should. That would have given Pittman a chance to have his case reconsidered. Butbefore that could happen, as the Tampa Bay Times reports, "the Florida Supreme Court-which had since become more conservative with the retirement of three longtime justices regarded as liberal-reversed themselves, declaring that the Atkins ruling did not apply retroactively."

Let's say a Democratic president had absolutely no respect for Congress, a coequal branch appropriating funds, right to determine tariff policy, Tarlov said. You'd be saying, What is this? This isn't what the Constitution wanted.' I would not say that, protested co-host Greg Gutfeld. Yes, you would, Tarlov insisted. No, I wouldn't, he replied. Then you're a bad constitutionalist, Tarlov shot back.

Voters possess the power to select candidates, support campaigns, and engage with Congress, emphasizing the importance of active participation in democracy to counter the prevailing atmosphere of fear.

U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante has granted class action status to immigrant mothers affected by Trump's birthright citizenship executive order, covering all current and future babies born to undocumented mothers.

The Executive's bid to vanquish so-called "universal injunctions" is, at bottom, a request for this Court's permission to engage in unlawful behavior. When the Government says "do not allow the lower courts to enjoin executive action universally as a remedy for unconstitutional conduct," what it is truly seeking is an unfettered ability to act without judicial restraint.