Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Trump and friends are all-in on the ‘unitary executive’ theory, under which the president can do pretty much anything he wants because, per Article II of the US Constitution. “the executive Power shall be vested” in his office. … There’s another side to the ‘unitary executive’ coin, though. If the president’s ‘executive power’ extends so far, so does the president’s responsibility for both the details and the consequences. The Constitution, after all, also charges the president to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.’ … Apart from Goldberg, the participants in the alleged Signal chat all seem to have been chosen by Trump — vice-president JD Vance as his running mate, the cabinet secretaries as his nominees. If they messed up, Trump messed up.” (03/25/25)