‘Why Doesn’t Somebody Stop This?’

Julia Azari: “In just over a month, the Trump administration has established a dynamic in which they take unpopular actions driven by the executive branch, then pull back selectively in response to public outcry, court orders (maybe? sometimes?), or other forms of organized opposition.”

“But they keep doing it, with actions that corrode the Constitution from multiple angles: banning media outlets from press conferences; engaging in staggering corruption; making what amount to serious policy decisions through DOGE, a rogue body not authorized by Congress. This leaves the Constitutional order badly weakened, like a car that’s still running, but marred by spreading streaks of rust that map out its eventual demise.”