democratic governance

The Imperious Presidency

Executive Orders by Biden and Trump speak volumes about their perspectives.

It’s not a surprise that Trump has little respect for expertise and immense antagonism toward those he views as his enemies.  What’s striking, however, is that way that these attitudes leak into even the most formal government documents, where they shape the official justifications for presidential actions.  To borrow a phrase from Justice Scalia, sometimes a wolf comes in sheep’s clothing. But “this wolf comes as a wolf.”

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