Benjamin Wittes

Actually, it started before then when more trade authority was being handed to the Clinton administration. Then 9-11, more national security authority got handed the executive branch. With Barack Obama, his party had full control of the trifecta. He got handed more executive power. Donald Trump grabbed more executive power the first term.

Actually, it started before then when more trade authority was being handed to the Clinton administration. Then 9-11, more national security authority got handed the executive branch. With Barack Obama, his party had full control of the trifecta. He got handed more executive power. Donald Trump grabbed more executive power the first term.

Joe Biden grabbed more and pushed the envelope with what he tried to do with student loans, which was another essentially executive branch power grab. And now, of course, this one, which is. really doesn't have any precedent, arguably, unless you go back to FDR and Lincoln, who did grab extra executive power under the guise of war. And those were actual wars.

Joe Biden grabbed more and pushed the envelope with what he tried to do with student loans, which was another essentially executive branch power grab. And now, of course, this one, which is. really doesn't have any precedent, arguably, unless you go back to FDR and Lincoln, who did grab extra executive power under the guise of war. And those were actual wars.

Joe Biden grabbed more and pushed the envelope with what he tried to do with student loans, which was another essentially executive branch power grab. And now, of course, this one, which is. really doesn't have any precedent, arguably, unless you go back to FDR and Lincoln, who did grab extra executive power under the guise of war. And those were actual wars.

Right now, we have these various emergencies that the president has declared in order to try to fast track deportations in this country, try to fast track trade authority in this country, try to fast track a few things here. So the point is,

Right now, we have these various emergencies that the president has declared in order to try to fast track deportations in this country, try to fast track trade authority in this country, try to fast track a few things here. So the point is,

Right now, we have these various emergencies that the president has declared in order to try to fast track deportations in this country, try to fast track trade authority in this country, try to fast track a few things here. So the point is,

He has done the Steve Bannon – taken Steve Bannon's advice, which is just essentially just flood the zone and try to knock your political opponents and make them woozy and only sort of pick one. And this is the cynical aspect of what the Trump administration is doing.

He has done the Steve Bannon – taken Steve Bannon's advice, which is just essentially just flood the zone and try to knock your political opponents and make them woozy and only sort of pick one. And this is the cynical aspect of what the Trump administration is doing.

He has done the Steve Bannon – taken Steve Bannon's advice, which is just essentially just flood the zone and try to knock your political opponents and make them woozy and only sort of pick one. And this is the cynical aspect of what the Trump administration is doing.

Ironically, if a Democratic administration were doing, I'm sure Stephen Miller would be filing all sorts of legal briefs to claim that this is an abuse of executive power. All he's doing is essentially testing the electric fence of executive power and pushing the envelope, pushing the envelope at the border, pushing the envelope when it comes to

Ironically, if a Democratic administration were doing, I'm sure Stephen Miller would be filing all sorts of legal briefs to claim that this is an abuse of executive power. All he's doing is essentially testing the electric fence of executive power and pushing the envelope, pushing the envelope at the border, pushing the envelope when it comes to

Ironically, if a Democratic administration were doing, I'm sure Stephen Miller would be filing all sorts of legal briefs to claim that this is an abuse of executive power. All he's doing is essentially testing the electric fence of executive power and pushing the envelope, pushing the envelope at the border, pushing the envelope when it comes to

What what what say so a government should have over a private organization like the university, Harvard, pushing the envelope on on trade and tariff authority. And you have a Democratic Party that is divided in how to respond. Right.

What what what say so a government should have over a private organization like the university, Harvard, pushing the envelope on on trade and tariff authority. And you have a Democratic Party that is divided in how to respond. Right.

What what what say so a government should have over a private organization like the university, Harvard, pushing the envelope on on trade and tariff authority. And you have a Democratic Party that is divided in how to respond. Right.

You have some that are nervous about drawing a full line in the sand, for instance, when it comes to due process having to do with Kumar Garcia, the the accidentally deported. El Salvadoran migrant who is now sitting in a prison cell in El Salvador over on Friday. Chris Van Hollen, Democratic senator from Maryland, did meet with them. We saw that the El Salvador president tried to create a.

You have some that are nervous about drawing a full line in the sand, for instance, when it comes to due process having to do with Kumar Garcia, the the accidentally deported. El Salvadoran migrant who is now sitting in a prison cell in El Salvador over on Friday. Chris Van Hollen, Democratic senator from Maryland, did meet with them. We saw that the El Salvador president tried to create a.

You have some that are nervous about drawing a full line in the sand, for instance, when it comes to due process having to do with Kumar Garcia, the the accidentally deported. El Salvadoran migrant who is now sitting in a prison cell in El Salvador over on Friday. Chris Van Hollen, Democratic senator from Maryland, did meet with them. We saw that the El Salvador president tried to create a.