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Policy Illegality (Executive Watch)

Trump Illegally Renames Kennedy Center After Himself
After illegally renaming the U.S.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Illegally Tries to Pardon a Supporter Convicted of Tampering With Voting Machines Under State Law
Donald Trump has granted a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in an attempt to promote the lie that the 2020…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Now Detaining and Harassing Returning Americans Till They Submit to Warrantless Searches of Their Phones and Computers
It has always been the case that attempts to target the rights of immigrants end up providing a precedent and an excuse to violate the constitutional…
 • Executive Watch
Pete Hegseth's Illegal 'Kill Everyone' Order in the Caribbean Strikes Led to the Cold-Blooded Execution of Survivors
The Trump administration has been acting as if it expects never to experience any consequences, ever, for its abuses of executive power.
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Openly Defies a Court Order by Refusing to Release SNAP Contingency Funds During the Government Shutdown
It’s an old game for the president to try to win a government shutdown fight by cutting off payments for whatever he doesn’t like, while mysteriously…
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Just Murdering Random People in the Caribbean While Showing Utter Contempt for Basic Congressional Oversight
Donald Trump has imposed a reign of terror on the Caribbean by targeting supposed drug-smuggling boats, not for interdiction or arrest, but for deadly…
 • Robert Tracinski
Ignoring Congress, Trump Illegally and Unconstitutionally Diverts R&D Defense Funds to Pay Troops During the Shutdown
Donald Trump has used the shutdown as an experiment in whether he can refuse to negotiate with the legislature, pretend that the Congress doesn’t exist…
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Hits Up a Rich Crony to Illegally Pay Troops During the Shutdown and Diss Congress
Rather than negotiating with Congress over continued government funding, Donald Trump is trying to run the government entirely without the authorization…
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Demolishes the East Wing of the People's House Without Any Public Review to Build a Ballroom
The coverage of Donald Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House has generally been vague and evasive about the legality of the actions.
 • Robert Tracinski
On America's 250th Anniversary, Treasury Plans an Illegal Trump Coin to Glorify Him Like a King
One of the signs that heralded the end of the Roman Republic and the assertion of unlimited power by an emperor was the depiction of a living leader on…
 • Robert Tracinski
Speaking to a Room Full of Generals, Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump Declares War on Major American Cities Run by Democrats
In a speech to 800 of America’s top military officers, brought home with little notice for a highly unusual meeting, Donald Trump announced a vision for…
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump's Gold Card Plan Would Illegally Sell Green Cards While Scrapping Every Other Congressionally Created Pathway to Permanent Residency
There is nothing more emblematic of the real meaning of Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda than his proposed “Gold Card,” which would openly sell…
 • Robert Tracinski
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