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Policy Illegality (Executive Watch)

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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's 100K Fee Hike for High-Tech H-1B Visas Is Illegal, Unconstitutional, and Corrupt
The Trump administration keeps producing layered cakes of executive abuse, with one form of abuse on top of another, all the way down.
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Robert Tracinski
There Is No Legal Category of a Domestic Terrorist Group But That Is Not Stopping Trump From Putting Imaginary Groups In It
In yet another bizarre display of presidential play-acting, Donald Trump announced that he is designating “Antifa,” which is not an organization, as a…
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Robert Tracinski
FCC Chief Carr Engages in State Cancellation by Getting Jimmy Kimmel Fired on the Threat of Revoking ABC's License
In a monologue, comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel derided conservatives for exploiting the shooting of Charlie Kirk to “score political points…
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Robert Tracinski
South Korea Accuses the Trump Administration of Abusing the Human Rights of its Workers Detained by ICE
Donald Trump’s lawless mass deportation campaign is turning America into the kind of “Third World” country foreigners from “First World” nations fear to…
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Robert Tracinski
Attorney General Pam Bondi Threatens to Go After Critics by Deploying Non-Existent 'Hate Speech' Laws
As part of the administration’s attempt to use the shooting of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to suppress dissent, Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to…
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Robert Tracinski
Exploiting Charlie Kirk’s Killing, the Trump Administration Announces It Is Plotting a Broad Crackdown on Organizations Who Criticize the…
Exploiting the shooting of Charlie Kirk by a gunman whose motives are still unclear and incoherent, the Trump administration is now announcing that they…
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Robert Tracinski
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