Fireproofing the Presidency

An Effective Resistance Strategy Against Trump’s Constitutional Assaults Needs to Mobilize Both Courts and Public Opinion

History shows that the two work in tandem and we shouldn’t pick one or the other

Jun 9 •

The Supreme Court Should Resist Handing Sweeping Removal Powers to this President in the Name of Constitutional Purity

If an authoritarian weren’t in the White House, conservative justices could have justified doing so

May 27 •

Corbin K. Barthold

Will Trump Convince the Supreme Court to Embrace an Expansive Unitary Executive Theory and Grab More Power?

The president is counting on that to get away with taking over independent agencies and installing loyalists to advance his crooked plans

Apr 24 •

Trump’s Mass Firing of Inspectors General Bulldozed the Way for Elon Musk’s Unaccountable Shadow Government

A functional Congress would have impeached the president for deliberately flouting the law

Feb 16 •

America Desperately Needs a National Anti-SLAPP Law to Stop Censorship by Bad Political Actors

It’ll help prevent the weaponization of frivolous lawsuits against critics and opponents

Feb 11 •

State Constitutions Are Far Better at Constraining Executive Power and Defending Rights than the Federal One

Committed liberals should look to them for guidance on structural reforms to stop Uncle Sam’s attacks on American liberties

Dec 17, 2024 •

Anthony Sanders

Trump Will Drive His Dubious Appointments Through the Vacancies Act's Many Loopholes

Congress and courts can still plug some of them to prevent him from stacking the federal government with deep partisans and loyalists

Dec 11, 2024 •

Thomas A. Berry

The Senate Can Thwart Trump's Power Grab to Install His Cabinet During a Recess

It can simply stay in session and fulfill its constitutional obligations without feeling obliged to rubber stamp his ridiculous picks

Nov 20, 2024 •

How to Stop President-Elect Trump’s Potentially Abusive Domestic Deployments of the Military

Current law unfortunately allows him wide latitude to call in soldiers but they can’t run roughshod over the rights of Americans

Nov 18, 2024 •

Scott R. Anderson

Congress Should Curb the Illicit Use of Pardon Powers by a Rogue President

Reforming lobbying laws and FOIA can check the worst abuses despite the Supreme Court’s ill-considered immunity ruling

Oct 28, 2024 •

Act Now to Prevent Trump From Weaponizing the FCC Against Political Opponents

If reelected, Trump will be even more dangerous because previous presidents have left a bad precedent of regulatory abuses that he'll turbocharge

Oct 15, 2024 •

Trump’s Schedule F Will Create a Civil Service that Serves His Whim Not the Rule of Law

We urgently need reforms to prevent an executive from issuing executive orders to turn bureaucrats into loyal foot soldiers

Oct 6, 2024 •

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