Los Angeles fires

Saving Disaster Law From the Imperial Presidency

Trump’s efforts to deconstruct disaster relief have serious legal flaws

In recent days, Trump has said that he won’t provide relief for the LA fires unless California changes its voting laws and its water regulations. And he also suggested that he’d like to abolish FEMA entirely. The first of those proposals seems clearly unconstitutional. The second one is both a terrible idea and beyond his legal authority.

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