Executive
The President, The Take Care Clause and Obamacare
In the New York Times, Nicholas Bagley & Abbe R. Gluck: Trump’s Sabotage of Obamacare Is Illegal: A president doesn’t have the right to dispense with laws he dislikes. From the introduction: From the moment he took office, President Trump has used all aspects of...
More Hypocrisy from the “Enforce the Law” Crowd
Hypocrisy from Republicans, part 834,998: When Jeff Sessions was being pressured to back off on marijuana prohibition, he said – among other nonsense – his job is to “enforce the law.” And if you don’t like the law, get congress to...
Constitutionally the President Can’t Make “Executive Agreements” with Other Countries
Pres. Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached a preliminary agreement to “denuclearize the Korean peninsula” during a historic summit in Singapore. But pundits and talking heads have missed a crucial fact in the midst of all the analysis....
Can the President Pardon Himself?
Eric Muller (North Carolina) at The Faculty Lounge: Can Donald Trump “Grant” Himself a Pardon? I Doubt It. A nice argument (complete with graphs) that to “grant” is something you do to someone else, not to yourself. From the introduction:...