Why do I need to check whitehouse.gov. I've got Wake Up to Politics to keep me informed! Thanks!
It is great to see you are getting responses from the White House. Too bad they are as useless as the responses I get from Tom Kean, Jr. (my rep) on any topic.
Given so strong a likelihood that a president’s announcement on one topic or another does not and never will carry the force of law, the Congress could just pass a resolution to say that a president’s orders are illegal if the president doesn’t cite some law for authorization.
The slackening of the constraints on presidential orders since the beginning of the Cold War is one of the things that has drawn authoritarian fantasists like Trump into presidential campaigns: the hope that they could direct national affairs and establish ruling juntas without any external controls or concessions to opponents. Among the manifold failings of the federal government under the Trumpian alliance is that even those with the authority to ensure that Trump would maintain space for consensus to assert itself, and did not override their own authorities, have usually found it detrimental to their electoral position to assert those powers. The less of a point there is to every show of opposition to the president, the closer the country slides toward a presidential dictatorship. I am afraid that we will have gained nothing from the experience of the Trump era if it doesn’t end with a resurgence of the libertarian left and a rebalancing of the constitutional system towards the Congress.
Well written and well researched! I'm still feeling my antenna twitching regarding all these false starts and flip flops. And the twitches are pointing at the stock market. The headlines he wanted..."Some outlets took the White House’s word for it, however, giving Trump the headline he wanted: " Hmmm?
I recall some months ago asking on one of your posts why trump’s Truth social posts were being used as a source for this reason. Do you think you are alone as a journalist in your questioning of using it as a source to respond to every time there’s a post or are others catching on?
DJT is literally the definition of a 'blow hard'. Failing to fact check and collaborate is not just poor journalism, it's serious neglect....
Why do I need to check whitehouse.gov. I've got Wake Up to Politics to keep me informed! Thanks!
It is great to see you are getting responses from the White House. Too bad they are as useless as the responses I get from Tom Kean, Jr. (my rep) on any topic.
But still, TAW.
Given so strong a likelihood that a president’s announcement on one topic or another does not and never will carry the force of law, the Congress could just pass a resolution to say that a president’s orders are illegal if the president doesn’t cite some law for authorization.
The slackening of the constraints on presidential orders since the beginning of the Cold War is one of the things that has drawn authoritarian fantasists like Trump into presidential campaigns: the hope that they could direct national affairs and establish ruling juntas without any external controls or concessions to opponents. Among the manifold failings of the federal government under the Trumpian alliance is that even those with the authority to ensure that Trump would maintain space for consensus to assert itself, and did not override their own authorities, have usually found it detrimental to their electoral position to assert those powers. The less of a point there is to every show of opposition to the president, the closer the country slides toward a presidential dictatorship. I am afraid that we will have gained nothing from the experience of the Trump era if it doesn’t end with a resurgence of the libertarian left and a rebalancing of the constitutional system towards the Congress.
For a decade, I have been amazed that anyone actually believes anything this man says.
Thanks Gabe! Great article and tremendous work as always.
Well written and well researched! I'm still feeling my antenna twitching regarding all these false starts and flip flops. And the twitches are pointing at the stock market. The headlines he wanted..."Some outlets took the White House’s word for it, however, giving Trump the headline he wanted: " Hmmm?
I recall some months ago asking on one of your posts why trump’s Truth social posts were being used as a source for this reason. Do you think you are alone as a journalist in your questioning of using it as a source to respond to every time there’s a post or are others catching on?