The States Dispute Is the Latest Manifestation of Trump’s Distorted View of His Own Power

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“If anyone still thinks President Trump can’t find lawyers to write down justifications for his zany notions, that person needs to think again.”

, and he served in the Obama administration as senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council. Prior to that he served as deputy legal adviser to the NSC and counsel to the assistant attorney general for national security. He has been warning us for a very long time to take quite seriously, and quite literally, the.

That strikes me that way, too, Dahlia. However authorities are allocated within particular states—and that of course can differ state to state—the basic control over opening or closing schools, or requiring residents to shelter in place apart from essential outings, or imposing social distancing, all seem to fallinside

What’s an example of something Trump could legitimately order, related to COVID-19, under his Article II powers? International travel restrictions, presumably? What else? I don’t like wasting your brain cells this way, but is it even relevant that a few short weeks ago the same president implied that he had no power over the states and the governors needed to put distancing measures in order?

 

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