Leah Litman

things that has come out about this administration and an administration that finds new horrors every hour of every day.

And for me, during the first Trump administration, the child separation policy was one of the more just horrific, grotesque policies.

And I remember thinking at the time, anyone who was involved in that

should never again be welcome in polite society.

That hasn't panned out.

No, Stephen Miller, still there.

Certainly hope that this time around, anyone who thinks it is remotely appropriate to use law enforcement powers against the widow rather than the ICE officer, they just cannot be eligible for any future position of authority.

As far as...

The legal questions of how can they do this, not to take it all back to the Supreme Court, but to take it all back to the Supreme Court.

In the court's absolutely horrifying immunity decision in Trump versus the United States, they went out of their way to affirm that investigative and prosecutorial functions were illegal.

the core exclusive power of the executive branch and president.

And so exclusive to the president, Congress can't pass laws that limit the president's exercise of those functions.

And in that very case,

There were allegations that the investigations were shams, that the threatened prosecutions were for improper purposes.

What did the Supreme Court say?

That doesn't matter.

That doesn't make them beyond the scope of the president's power.

So I guess it's not that surprising after you have the Supreme Court tell Donald Trump, you can use your federal law enforcement power to target anyone you want for any reason that he would go ahead and do that.

I mean, hopefully that slows it down.

So that's one potential benefit.