Source: Washington Post
by Philip Bump
“When President Donald Trump opened his second term in office with a barrage of attacks on his opponents and the structure of the federal government, it became immediately obvious that a clash with the judiciary loomed. How, for example, would the president respond when his efforts to block congressionally mandated funding were inevitably rejected by the courts? Would he listen and pare back his efforts? Or would he simply press the issue, forcing the country to ponder the uncomfortable question of how the nation’s most powerful politician could be held to account? Because one thing was very obvious: The Republican-controlled Congress wasn’t going to do a single godforsaken thing.” (05/08/25)