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"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?" [View all]
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Walter Olson
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Just out from me at Cato: in its case against Maryland federal judges, the Trump administration is advancing the dangerous and open-ended argument that legal checks on a president's actions "diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him." Whoa! /1
Do Legal Checks on a President’s Power “Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him”?
The administration is arguing that when courts restrain Donald Trump’s actions in the name of the law, they “diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him” as a “representative of the people” wie...
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August 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Just out from me at Cato: in its case against Maryland federal judges, the Trump administration is advancing the dangerous and open-ended argument that legal checks on a president's actions "diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him." Whoa! /1
Do Legal Checks on a President’s Power “Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him”?
The administration is arguing that when courts restrain Donald Trump’s actions in the name of the law, they “diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him” as a “representative of the people” wie...
www.cato.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just out from me at Cato: in its case against Maryland federal judges, the Trump administration is advancing the dangerous and open-ended argument that legal checks on a president's actions "diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him." Whoa! /1
— Walter Olson (@walterolson.bsky.social) 2025-08-08T21:50:39.317Z
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