Does the United States already face a constitutional crisis? At what point does a president’s ‘rule by decree’ manner of governing take a centuries-old democracy into unchartered territory?
One month back in office, and the executive orders keep on coming. One of Donald Trump ‘s latest… the one stating that only he and his attorney general – what we call here his justice minister – can interpret what the law is for government bodies – even independent ones. Is the White House breaking down the firewall with the Federal Reserve, guarantor of the US dollar? A right to control oversight bodies like Wall Street’s watchdog the Securites and Exchange Commission?
Those who still have faith in the system insist that in the end, the courts will reject whatever’s unconstitutional… but what if this White House ignores the courts, what if there is no effective pushback from lawmakers – who under the constitution – still hold the power of the purse? Trump’s already pushed new boundaries bringing in an unvetted private citizen to take an axe to what Elon Musk deems wasteful. For democracy to die, what if there is no need for a referendum or another January 6th? What if all it takes is cherry picking what laws you decide to enforce and what institutions you decide to dismantle?
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