David Driesen

Nope. It just means that Trump is at his usual game of falsely accusing his opponents of doing what he is doing. The rule of law is basically gone in the federal government. Its officials obey Trump, not the law.

“The rule of law has collapsed in the executive branch because Trump has established a unitary executive theory and supplemented this with the abuse of emergency powers,” said Member Scholar David Driesen, of @syracuselaw.bsky.social.

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I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that the Supreme Court's jurisdiction should be greatly reduced. It's not just these Justices. Historically, the Court has usually undermined democracy, equality, and freedom.

How Trump Broke The Presidency Trump’s quest to claim all power for himself is drastically reshaping not just his presidency, but American democracy writ large.

The Huffington Post quoted me on the Trump dictatorship:
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

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The dangerous legal theory behind Trump’s power grabs There was no "unitary executive" until some dudes made the idea up to save Nixon.

Mother Jones published a fine article on the unitary executive theory, which quotes me, Noah Rosenbloom, Jed Shugerman, and Jack Goldsmith: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is the most cogent analysis I've seen of Trump's construction of a police state.

Constitutional Commentary just published my article examining Justice Story's views on presidential removal of executive branch officials. The analysis suggests that the Supreme Court practices selective living originalism,. constitutionalcommentary.lib.umn.edu/article/does...

Exactly. But fidelity to law is most consistent with the District Courts. As one moves up the appellate ladder, fidelity to the rule of law, competence, and wisdom diminish, while arrogant political rulings increase. The Supreme Court is indeed actively destroying constitutional government.

The Albany Law Review just published my critique of Justice Barrett's claim that "common sense" supports the major questions doctrine. www.albanylawreview.org/article/1412...

House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.

I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.

The dangerous legal theory behind Trump’s power grabs There was no "unitary executive" until some dudes made the idea up to save Nixon.

Mother Jones published a fine article on the unitary executive theory, which quotes me, Noah Rosenbloom, Jed Shugerman, and Jack Goldsmith: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Leader Schumer released this statement blasting President Bukele's comments and calling on the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.

A threat to one is a threat to all.

My statement on Trump’s outrageous attack on due process and the rule of law:

Schumer: "They've actually put tariffs on penguins but not Putin."

The Judges’ Dream World | The Regulatory Review President Trump’s removal of agency heads without cause threatens the rule of law.

This blogpost argues that some of the D.C. Circuit judges adjudicating preliminary orders in the cases about firing independent agency board members are living in a "dream world" by imagining that these actions are part of faithful law execution. www.theregreview.org/2025/04/09/d...

He does know what he's doing. He is serving Putin by crashing our economy. Do you think that a President who threatens to attack our allies, starts a trade war, supports Russia's war with Ukraine, dismantles the government, and carries out mass deportation of our labor force works for us? .

Why? Do the other pending cases involve contracts that might be litigated in the court of claims?

Yup. So doesn't your fiduciary duty demand your resignation from government?

This is not incompetence. The administration is serving Russian interests by providing opening to weaken our army, our economy, and our government. Why does everybody assume that they are bunglers with good intentions. There is no evidence of good intentions.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk want a shutdown to destroy vital government services faster.

It would be a disaster.

And we have to alert everyone how much pain it would cause the American people.

From my interview on @allinwithchris.bsky.social:

Trump, Musk, and DOGE would use the power of a shutdown to shift into overdrive.

And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.

We can’t let this happen.

Senator Schumer at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, March 18, 2025.

Senator Schumer at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, March 18, 2025.

Today on this Medicaid Day of Action, I headed to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. It’s the only hospital in the Bronx providing comprehensive cancer services, and 2/3s of patients rely on Medicaid and Medicare.

Trump is trying to rip away this lifeline so he can give tax breaks to billionaires.

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.

I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense

I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.

She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.

“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”

Watch to the end…

These are good points, but you folks are acting like this is a normal policy debate with Republicans. It isn't. Trump is establishing a dictatorship and has taken steps to make it a military dictatorship. You need to say that clearly using the same phrase every day to reframe this crap.

Trump said that he would lower costs “on day one,” but he hasn’t done a thing to bring down prices, no matter what he claims tonight.
 
⬆️Wholesale egg prices are up.
⬆️Wholesale coffee prices are up.
⬆️Lumber prices are up.
 
We need lower costs, not tax cuts for billionaires.

Plus there's no real claim that any of these contracts were fraudulent. Saying that they are wasteful can be (and seems to be) just another way of saying Musk does not want the government to spend the money that Congress required the executive branch to disburse.

THE TRUTH COMES OUT

Trump’s White House says the veterans his admin fired were perhaps “not fit” for their jobs.

An obscene way to talk about America’s veterans. They put their lives on the line for us. We owe them a debt we can never repay.

Dems are fighting for them.

Trump is mocking them.

Trump won’t say a thing tonight about his broken promise to bring inflation down on DAY ONE.

Trump won’t talk about how his policies are raising costs for American families.

All to lower taxes for billionaires.

Democrats are fighting for families.