Source: The Bulwark
by Don Moynihan
“This is becoming a distinct pattern: The White House issues an executive order, memo, or press release. The order makes a legal claim that grants the power to make sweeping changes. Everyone panics. Then someone points out it sounds pretty illegal, citing statute and precedent. But we still panic anyway, because we no longer believe the president considers himself bound by the law. … We are seeing an administration that treats the law as the opening offer in a hardball negotiation, while ignoring the actual body that makes laws: Congress. After railing against the administrative state, the Trump administration is engaged in a massive spree of legally dubious executive actions.” (02/10/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-laws-vibes-nih-overhead-cap-illegal