LonfrobrixMore capitulation by the judiciary.
NonilexMany scholars of #democracy say that these moves are unprecedented in #US #history & that #Trump has pushed the #UnitedStates toward #authoritarianism.
Trump & his supporters counter that the #Constitution provides for precisely the type of muscular presidency he is exercising & that voters gave him a mandate to enact far-reaching changes to government. [nope & nope]
#law #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #legislative #executive #tyranny #MadKing
How #Trump has challenged a constitutional foundation
In his first year back in the White House, Trump has presided over a sweeping expansion of #executive #power while eroding democratic norms.
#law #democracy #Constitution #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #legislative #Project2025 #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/g-s1-106562/trump-democracy-constitution-executive-power
These dynamics share a root cause: the partisan polarization that has reshaped #US #politics over the past 4 decades. But the connection is deeper & more complex than that. Whereas polarization weakened #Congress, it emboldened #SCOTUS to dismantle laws &, in the process, undermine Congress’s ability to make laws at all, reinforcing Congress’s sclerosis.
#law #democracy #government #Constitution #Legislative #BalanceOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #ActivistCourt
Two dynamics are fundamentally reshaping the structure & functioning of the #US #government. The first, which is quite well known, is #Congress’s decline. The second, perhaps somewhat less appreciated but no less significant, is #SCOTUS’ ascent—its expansion of its #power into areas previously thought to be off-limits.
#law #democracy #government #Constitution #Legislative #BalanceOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #ActivistCourt
How the #SupremeCourt Broke #Congress
In the name of protecting the #BalanceOfPowers, #SCOTUS is radically refashioning that balance.
#law #democracy #government #Constitution #Legislative #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #ActivistCourt
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/supreme-court-congress-powers/685590/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxaxsPlZT_4ZDndgwi00NCRg
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Benton of #8thCircuit to take senior status, giving #Trump first Federal Circuit Judgeship of 2nd term
U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton has announced that he will step down from active service on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, creating the first vacancy on the #StLouis, #Missouri court that Trump could fill.
#law #judiciary #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #TrumpCoup2
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/8th-circuits-benton-take-senior-status-giving-trump-first-vacancy-2025-10-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#Democrats have watched with increasing alarm as the admin has ignored congressional spending directives, dispatched the #military to American #cities, ordered government #retribution against Trump’s perceived adversaries & mounted an aggressive #immigration roundup that has prompted fierce fights in the courts.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #judiciary #legislative #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
#Democrats in #Congress have been relentless about casting the #shutdown clash as a fight over helping Americans pay for #health #insurance.
But there is another, far deeper issue driving the impasse: their outrage about what is happening across the country under a president they regard as #lawless & #unchecked.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #judiciary #legislative #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The moment was vintage #Trump —grabbing the attention & seeking to throw negotiators off their game—but it also underscored his regard for #Congress, a coequal branch of the government, & in particular his opponents across the political aisle.
#kakistocracy #law #Constitution #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment