Like the slave owners, the MAGA movement and its allies are opposed only to those aspects of government that they can’t wield against their enemies. They will happily enlarge the scope of federal authority beyond the limits of our Constitution.
Concocting an emergency to advance economic and foreign policy goals is an abuse of power.
The President claims unprecedented authority to ignore and override Congress and the Constitution whenever he proclaims an “invasion,” real or metaphorical. He is wrong about what an invasion is—and what powers it triggers.
He authored the Constitution to forestall the rise of a despotic president. We’ll soon see if those safeguards suffice.
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