An analysis by AP shows that 30 of #Trump’s 150 #ExecutiveOrders have cited some kind of #EmergencyPower or authority, a rate that far outpaces his recent predecessors.
The result is a redefinition of how presidents can wield #power. Instead of responding to an unforeseen crisis, Trump is using #EmergencyPowers to supplant #Congress’ authority & advance his agenda.
Call it the 911 presidency.
Despite insisting that the #US is rebounding from calamity under his watch, #Trump is harnessing #EmergencyPowers unlike any of his predecessors.
Whether it’s leveling punishing #tariffs, deploying #troops to the #border or sidelining #EnvironmentalRegulations, Trump has relied on rules & laws intended only for use in extraordinary circumstances like #war & #invasion.
#USpol #law #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/trump-emergency-powers-tariffs-immigration-5cbe386d8f2cc4a374a5d005e618d76a
Judge Burroughs acted hours after #Harvard asked her to block the order on Thurs evening. In its request, part of an ongoing lawsuit, the #university also filed a new claim against the #Trump admin.
In court papers, Harvard accused the admin of trying to circumvent an earlier #CourtOrder that had blocked #DHS from banning international enrollment at Harvard. The university said Trump had violated the #law again by invoking his #ExecutivePower against the school when the agency’s efforts failed.
The proclamation blocked Thurs was issued just the day before. It was the 3rd time in a month that the #Trump admin has tried to use its power to ban #InternationalStudents at #Harvard in what the #university has said is a violation of its #FirstAmendment rights. But it was the 1st time Trump relied on #ExecutivePower rather than agency rules & actions, a sign of how personal the effort to inflict distress on the university has become for him.
It’s the #LibraryOfCongress.
But #Trump claims it’s his.
Trump’s new target in his campaign to expand #ExecutivePower: the Library of Congress. Never mind the name—admin attys are now arguing the main #research #library of the #legislative branch doesn’t belong to #Congress at all.
A #legal push to claim the Library as executive turf isn’t a one-off. It’s the latest move in a broader effort by Trump…to erase the…lines that separate the branches of govt.
#law
https://wapo.st/4dQh5Hm
US federal court rules that former President Trump's tariff policy exceeded the limits of presidential authority, raising questions about executive power in trade policy.
#YonhapInfomax #USFederalCourt #TrumpTariffs #PresidentialAuthority #TradePolicy #ExecutivePower #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=65253
J. D. Vance Warns Courts to Get in Line
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/j-d-vance-warns-courts-to-get-in-line
Trump's not just breaking rules; he's pushing a decades-old immigration system with vast executive power to its limits. Targeting even citizens like Mayor Baraka shows its inherent flaws. #Immigration #ExecutivePower #DueProcess
President #Trump’s expansive use of #executivepower faced at least 328 #lawsuits as of May 1 — with judges halting his policies far more often than they allowed them.
Courts entered more than 200 orders stopping the administration’s actions in 128 cases. The court battles are testing the balance of power at the heart of #American democracy. Trump supporters have attacked judges as biased, and his administration has been accused of failing to fully comply with orders
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-lawsuits-against-trump-administration/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NjcyMjQwMiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ3MzI3MjAyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVlhSUVNUMVVNMFgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzRDhGMEEzMTc2MDc0NUM5OTg4NkFCNzA1NDk2RUNEQSJ9.dzJasp2-DbEly-7Bca6lCihQ9XlrP1ziWPKtOz9MqLQ
#SCOTUS gestured in this direction in a footnote to a 2020 ruling that suggested that the #Fed may be able to "claim a special historical status" entitling it to a greater degree of distance from presidential control than other #independent agencies
Other legal grounds have been offered for why the Fed should be more insulated from presidential control, including an argument by some conservative judges & advocates that the central bank does not wield substantial #ExecutivePower.
A lawsuit by a dozen states takes on Trump's tariffs! States claim these taxes defy constitutional limits by misusing the **International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)**. They argue that this presidential overreach undermines Congressional authority and harms consumers. The case raises vital questions about executive power and taxation. Dive into the full details to uncover the implications! Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/states-sue-trump-in-bid-to-block-new-tariffs.html #Tariffs #LegalNews #ExecutivePower #Economy
Kudos to Dan Mangan for this insightful article!
#OPM's new rule—dubbed "Schedule Policy/Career"—will allow many career #CivilServants to be classified as "#AtWill" employees, making them easier to remove.
#Trump aides argue they need greater flexibility to fire civil servants who are *underperforming*, engaging in *misconduct* or *undermining* Trump's policy plans.
#law #labor #ScheduleF #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower
11/ The Trump administration’s legal justifications for this plan are unclear. They’ve claimed some deportations are tied to the Alien Enemies Act or executive powers, but this approach has no solid legal foundation. #AlienEnemiesAct #ExecutivePower #LegalJustifications
🚨 THREAD: A troubling case reveals deep issues with the Trump administration's approach to deportation, due process, and executive power. Here's a breakdown of the key points: #Trump #Deportation #DueProcess #ExecutivePower
🚨 THREAD: A troubling case reveals deep issues with the Trump administration's approach to deportation, due process, and executive power. Here's a breakdown of the key points: #Trump #Deportation #DueProcess #ExecutivePower
100% ILLEGAL
WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS?!?!?
#Trump administration asks #IRS to revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt status
The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of Trump’s feud with #HarvardUniversity & other Ivy League institutions & other #nonprofit groups his admin views as “woke.”
#law #AcademicFreedom #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #AbuseOfPower #ExecutivePower #Autocracy #Tyranny #AntiIntellectualism #censorship #Dictatorship
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/
The removal of the migrants to the prison, known as #CECOT, has become a flashpoint in the admin’s skirting of normal #immigration practice & the role of the #courts in reviewing #Trump’s #ExecutivePower.
Just a day before the meeting between the 2 leaders, the Trump admin once again defied a federal judge’s order to bring back a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to the prison.
#law #Constitution #DueProcess #rendition #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #tyranny #AbuseOfPower
>2 centuries later, the system…has comprehensively failed. The people & institutions that are supposed to check #ExecutivePower are refusing to restrain #Trump. We now have a de facto #tyrant who thinks he can bend reality to his will w/o taking any facts or evidence into consideration, & w/o listening to any contrary views. Although the economic damage…is easier to measure, he has inflicted the same level of harm to #scientific #research, #CivilLiberties, #healthcare, & the #CivilService.
Leavitt said the new #tariffs #Trump threatened #China with — totaling 104% levies — would go into effect at 12:01AM Wednesday, Eastern time, in the #UnitedStates.
#ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower #economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession #geopolitics #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #kakistocracy #MafiaState
Any such measure would face a tough path, needing enough support to overcome a presidential veto. And the #House may avoid having to consider it at all. Last week, the #Senate approved a similar measure to scrap the #tariffs that #Trump imposed on #Canada, but #HouseRepublicans moved preemptively to shut down the requirement that they vote on such a measure
#Finance #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower #economy #inflation #recession
