Derek Black

more and more power to the president with a new legislation. So if Congress were to pass new legislation giving the president more centralized power, well, that would be a concerning thing to me. Let me just stop and we'll get to your next question and go, but we have a larger phenomenon that's just, it's not just about Trump and people don't necessarily realize this. I mean,

more and more power to the president with a new legislation. So if Congress were to pass new legislation giving the president more centralized power, well, that would be a concerning thing to me. Let me just stop and we'll get to your next question and go, but we have a larger phenomenon that's just, it's not just about Trump and people don't necessarily realize this. I mean,

more and more power to the president with a new legislation. So if Congress were to pass new legislation giving the president more centralized power, well, that would be a concerning thing to me. Let me just stop and we'll get to your next question and go, but we have a larger phenomenon that's just, it's not just about Trump and people don't necessarily realize this. I mean,

Look, I don't think that President Obama was a dictator or had authoritarian tendencies. I was part of the Obama-Biden transition team, but I testified against Arne Duncan in a case or against the United States Department of Education in 2012 or 14 or something like that because the department was taking power that it clearly did not have in regard to No Child Left Behind waivers.

Look, I don't think that President Obama was a dictator or had authoritarian tendencies. I was part of the Obama-Biden transition team, but I testified against Arne Duncan in a case or against the United States Department of Education in 2012 or 14 or something like that because the department was taking power that it clearly did not have in regard to No Child Left Behind waivers.

Look, I don't think that President Obama was a dictator or had authoritarian tendencies. I was part of the Obama-Biden transition team, but I testified against Arne Duncan in a case or against the United States Department of Education in 2012 or 14 or something like that because the department was taking power that it clearly did not have in regard to No Child Left Behind waivers.

And I told the current administration, as much as I hate it, I wish we could just wipe away student debt. I feel bad for my students who have huge debt. But I said, it is beyond the president's power to just wipe away all this debt. And they did it anyway. The real point here is that

And I told the current administration, as much as I hate it, I wish we could just wipe away student debt. I feel bad for my students who have huge debt. But I said, it is beyond the president's power to just wipe away all this debt. And they did it anyway. The real point here is that

And I told the current administration, as much as I hate it, I wish we could just wipe away student debt. I feel bad for my students who have huge debt. But I said, it is beyond the president's power to just wipe away all this debt. And they did it anyway. The real point here is that

Both Democrats and Republicans have been asking things of their presidents that their presidents don't have the power to do, and their presidents are doing it anyway, right? And it's because our Congress is broken. Our Congress isn't doing its job, so citizens are demanding that our presidents do things that they really don't have the power to do.

Both Democrats and Republicans have been asking things of their presidents that their presidents don't have the power to do, and their presidents are doing it anyway, right? And it's because our Congress is broken. Our Congress isn't doing its job, so citizens are demanding that our presidents do things that they really don't have the power to do.

Both Democrats and Republicans have been asking things of their presidents that their presidents don't have the power to do, and their presidents are doing it anyway, right? And it's because our Congress is broken. Our Congress isn't doing its job, so citizens are demanding that our presidents do things that they really don't have the power to do.

Well, I deal with this every year at the beginning of my constitutional law class. This is not a new problem. It seems more real and frightening, but it's not a new problem. And so what I tell my constitutional law students is that the rule of law doesn't exist because of courts, right? It doesn't exist because of police officers, right?

Well, I deal with this every year at the beginning of my constitutional law class. This is not a new problem. It seems more real and frightening, but it's not a new problem. And so what I tell my constitutional law students is that the rule of law doesn't exist because of courts, right? It doesn't exist because of police officers, right?

Well, I deal with this every year at the beginning of my constitutional law class. This is not a new problem. It seems more real and frightening, but it's not a new problem. And so what I tell my constitutional law students is that the rule of law doesn't exist because of courts, right? It doesn't exist because of police officers, right?

That the rule of law, when push comes to shove, exists in the hearts and minds of Americans. And if they don't believe in it, all is lost, right? So for when Brown v. Board of Education was decided, it was reportedly... The case that the president said, you know, if the court wants to desegregate schools, let it do it itself. Because guess what? What's the Supreme Court? It's nine old people.

That the rule of law, when push comes to shove, exists in the hearts and minds of Americans. And if they don't believe in it, all is lost, right? So for when Brown v. Board of Education was decided, it was reportedly... The case that the president said, you know, if the court wants to desegregate schools, let it do it itself. Because guess what? What's the Supreme Court? It's nine old people.

That the rule of law, when push comes to shove, exists in the hearts and minds of Americans. And if they don't believe in it, all is lost, right? So for when Brown v. Board of Education was decided, it was reportedly... The case that the president said, you know, if the court wants to desegregate schools, let it do it itself. Because guess what? What's the Supreme Court? It's nine old people.

in one building with a handful of Capitol Police. Like, they can't do anything. They don't have the power to do anything, right? So our entire system really rests on good faith. Or as I tell my students, like, what if, due to something, you know, President Trump or Biden or whoever had done, the federal district court issued an order directing U.S. Marshals to take President Trump into custody.

in one building with a handful of Capitol Police. Like, they can't do anything. They don't have the power to do anything, right? So our entire system really rests on good faith. Or as I tell my students, like, what if, due to something, you know, President Trump or Biden or whoever had done, the federal district court issued an order directing U.S. Marshals to take President Trump into custody.