Andrew Weissmann

The idea then is to really strip out as much as they can the civil service protections to create room for, in my view, it's like a bunch of loyalists.

The idea then is to really strip out as much as they can the civil service protections to create room for, in my view, it's like a bunch of loyalists.

This is sharing government information with private companies. The reporting on that is particularly shocking. I mean, that is this is akin to saying, oh, you know what? Elon Musk wants all of our health care records. I mean, it's like, I mean, I'm sorry. He wants all of our financial records. Like, I mean, talk about big brother.

This is sharing government information with private companies. The reporting on that is particularly shocking. I mean, that is this is akin to saying, oh, you know what? Elon Musk wants all of our health care records. I mean, it's like, I mean, I'm sorry. He wants all of our financial records. Like, I mean, talk about big brother.

This is sharing government information with private companies. The reporting on that is particularly shocking. I mean, that is this is akin to saying, oh, you know what? Elon Musk wants all of our health care records. I mean, it's like, I mean, I'm sorry. He wants all of our financial records. Like, I mean, talk about big brother.

Yes, a lot of this is going to end up there. You know, at some point you wonder just how much the Supreme Court's going to try to keep their head down. And, you know, if for some reason, let's say in birthright citizenship, if the appellate courts are all sort of uniform, then they may not need to step in on it because they're going to be sort of front and center.

Yes, a lot of this is going to end up there. You know, at some point you wonder just how much the Supreme Court's going to try to keep their head down. And, you know, if for some reason, let's say in birthright citizenship, if the appellate courts are all sort of uniform, then they may not need to step in on it because they're going to be sort of front and center.

Yes, a lot of this is going to end up there. You know, at some point you wonder just how much the Supreme Court's going to try to keep their head down. And, you know, if for some reason, let's say in birthright citizenship, if the appellate courts are all sort of uniform, then they may not need to step in on it because they're going to be sort of front and center.

But essentially their decision last year in the presidential immunity case, where they basically had this vision that,

But essentially their decision last year in the presidential immunity case, where they basically had this vision that,

But essentially their decision last year in the presidential immunity case, where they basically had this vision that,

of an all powerful executive branch is one that Donald Trump is taking to the extreme, not just saying there's a unitary executive, meaning that he's in charge of everything that happens within the executive branch, but he seems to have a view, which is I'm in charge of everything that happens in every branch.

of an all powerful executive branch is one that Donald Trump is taking to the extreme, not just saying there's a unitary executive, meaning that he's in charge of everything that happens within the executive branch, but he seems to have a view, which is I'm in charge of everything that happens in every branch.

of an all powerful executive branch is one that Donald Trump is taking to the extreme, not just saying there's a unitary executive, meaning that he's in charge of everything that happens within the executive branch, but he seems to have a view, which is I'm in charge of everything that happens in every branch.

So, you know, I can do things and I can actually say things that violate a congressional statute because it violates my presidential powers. So he is sort of this really beyond maximalist view, and it's been analogized as just a dictatorial view. I don't think at that maximal level, I'm not sure he's going to have five votes on that.

So, you know, I can do things and I can actually say things that violate a congressional statute because it violates my presidential powers. So he is sort of this really beyond maximalist view, and it's been analogized as just a dictatorial view. I don't think at that maximal level, I'm not sure he's going to have five votes on that.

So, you know, I can do things and I can actually say things that violate a congressional statute because it violates my presidential powers. So he is sort of this really beyond maximalist view, and it's been analogized as just a dictatorial view. I don't think at that maximal level, I'm not sure he's going to have five votes on that.

I think Roberts, for instance, as much as he has this view of an extremely broad executive power position, I think that's a bridge too far. And so... That's just four, though. Yeah, well, it's four. I think he's four and Amy Coney Barrett, I think, is five.

I think Roberts, for instance, as much as he has this view of an extremely broad executive power position, I think that's a bridge too far. And so... That's just four, though. Yeah, well, it's four. I think he's four and Amy Coney Barrett, I think, is five.

I think Roberts, for instance, as much as he has this view of an extremely broad executive power position, I think that's a bridge too far. And so... That's just four, though. Yeah, well, it's four. I think he's four and Amy Coney Barrett, I think, is five.