Source: Orange County Register
by Steven Greenhut
“Yes, I know that all presidents have abused their executive-order authority, have defied the Constitution’s clear words and have used the administrative state to advance some dubious ends.
But there’s little question that Trump is taking the concept of the imperial presidency to its apogee. … Everyone has done it. George W. Bush used the War on Terror to justify everything. Barack Obama used the financial crisis as an excuse. But the situation is more perilous in our current dystopian world. First, Trump is more brazen than anyone since FDR in exerting presidential muscle. Second, some in the Trump orbit suggest the courts have no check on the executive branch. Third, the self-appointed defenders of the Constitution (conservatives) no longer are complaining about these power grabs.” (02/16/25)