"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?"

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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

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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1. Does this apply to any president ?

Or just a repug one ?





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[TommyT139]

2. Rethugs are planning

...that we can never find out.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. If they vote for a Fascist dictator, then yes -- because Fascist dictators are only there to break laws -- all laws. nt

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4. What kind of useless hump huffed enough glue to think this up?

No. Votes have been counted and certified. A court order is not a time machine.
A president is elected to do a job. Certain authorities are granted to enable the president to do the job. None of those authorities include the ability to redefine the job.