Source: The Bulwark
by Jonathan Blanks
“When the administration claims a power without the force of law, the law remains available to those who would resist. Case in point: Trump issued an executive order to force states to take specific steps to prove citizenship to vote in federal elections even though the Constitution gives the power of setting terms for federal elections to Congress and leaves the regulation of those elections to states. The order has already been partially blocked in court for exceeding executive authority. To take another example, Judge Beryl Howell struck down Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which, unlike so many of their competitors, chose to fight the administration in court. What’s more, because these fights are maximally public, significant downstream effects will result from today’s acts of resistance or capitulation.” (05/08/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/popular-resistance-to-trump-is-working