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Moving at a rapid-fire clip, Donald Trump has been concentrating power in his hands, pushing the bounds of executive authority while effectively muzzling an array of voices that pose threats to his agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump is using the multiple levers that a president commands both to neuter institutions he has scorned and reward others that align with his worldview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One by one, he is bending ostensibly independent actors under the weight of his power. So far, Trump has targeted the legal community, universities, the arts, career government employees and the press and brought them to heel in some measure, willingly or not. Law firms with even indirect ties to past investigations of Trump now face punitive measures that could put them out of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Trump prevails by the end of his term, he\u2019ll have influenced who votes in American elections and who does not, who gets to stay in America and who must leave, who pays off their student loans and who gets relief, who gets to question the president and who doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s facing pushback, but working to sweep it away. A pliant Congress has largely forsaken its oversight role since Trump thundered back into office, leaving the courts as the main impediment to his ambitions. And Trump is challenging their authority with a resolve that has nudged the nation closer to a constitutional crisis than at any point in the last half century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pessimistic about government\u2019s ability to hold Trump to account, one U.S. senator said a mass uprising may be the only means of derailing his plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, popular mobilization\u201d is the only way to tame Trump, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said in an interview. The nation\u2019s fate may come down to \u201cthe people on both the right and the left rising up in protest and demanding reform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressuring universities and law firms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he sets about to remake the country, Trump has employed a mix of blunt tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pushing into social and cultural realms that past presidents largely avoided, he used federal funds as leverage in pressuring Columbia University to make changes that could reshape what students learn about the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. (Columbia\u2019s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, resigned last week.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an operation that could chill free speech, the Trump administration has been picking up foreign students and sending them to detention centers over what appears to be their involvement in the pro-Palestinian protest movement last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the students have been in the U.S. legally, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that he has revoked more than 300 student visas to date and is not about to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas,\u201d Rubio said at a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One student targeted for deportation is Momodou Taal, a Cornell University graduate student and U.S. visa holder who took part in protests at the school supporting Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff said the university \u201chasn\u2019t gotten direct notification\u201d that the student\u2019s visa was revoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to talk about this because we don\u2019t know the basis upon which many of these actions are occurring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf someone is being targeted for expressing their political opinions, of course that would be concerning,\u201d Kotlikoff added. \u201cIt\u2019s something that we would urge and provide counsel for people to take the appropriate steps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump cowed a prestigious law firm \u2014 Paul Weiss \u2014 into pledging millions of dollars in pro bono work on behalf of causes he\u2019s championed by threatening measures that could have cost the firm substantial business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an executive order targeting the firm, Trump singled out one of its former partners, Mark Pomerantz, who had worked to develop a criminal case against Trump during a stint at the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office several years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m the biggest proponent of President Trump and I was stunned at how rapidly they collapsed,\u201d said Steve Bannon, a former senior White House official in Trump\u2019s first term. \u201cThis just tells you we\u2019ve got to do it to every university and you have to do it to every law firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday night, Trump signed another executive order punishing a different law firm that has crossed him. He yanked government contracts with WilmerHale and imposed other sanctions, citing in part its hiring of Robert Mueller and two other attorneys who took part in a Justice Department investigation into allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 election on Trump\u2019s behalf. Mueller retired from the firm four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWilmerHale rewarded Robert Mueller and two of his colleagues by welcoming them to the firm after they wielded the power of the federal government to lead a partisan \u2018investigation\u2019 against the president and others,\u201d the action reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two other lawyers that Trump mentioned, James Quarles and Aaron Zebley, co-wrote a book about the case, \u201cInterference,\u201d that was published last year. Quarles is listed on the firm\u2019s website as a retired partner; Zebley as a partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump denied any wrongdoing, and he was not charged in the investigation. He repeatedly dismissed the Mueller investigation as a \u201cwitch hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WilmerHale sued the Trump administration on Friday, saying the president\u2019s actions against such firms is \u201cunprecedented and unconstitutional.\u201d Later in the day, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration\u2019s move to cancel contracts with the firm and forbid federal agencies from hiring its employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no doubt that this retaliatory action chills free speech and legal advocacy, or that it qualifies as a constitutional harm,\u201d the judge wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of six elite law firms have come within Trump\u2019s crosshairs. Another one \u2014 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom \u2014 sidestepped an executive order and accompanying punitive action by reaching what Trump termed Friday \u201cessentially a settlement.\u201d The firm is to provide $100 million in free legal services as a condition of the agreement, Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The firm\u2019s executive partner, Jeremy London, said in a prepared statement: \u201cWe engaged proactively with the president and his team in working together constructively to reach this agreement. The firm looks forward to continuing our productive relationship with President Trump and his administration. We firmly believe that this outcome is in the best interests of our clients, our people, and our firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘It’s all gas, no brakes’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a different front, Trump issued an executive order earlier this month that may dissuade people from working at public service organizations that take part in activities of which he disapproves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move would potentially deny student loan forgiveness to those working at groups supporting undocumented immigrants and transgender care for youth, or taking part in protest activities deemed a \u201cpublic nuisance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is a consolidation of power in the presidency which is unprecedented,\u201d said Matthew Platkin, New Jersey\u2019s attorney general. \u201cWe\u2019ve never seen a president assert this kind of control over the press, universities, free speech, law firms, people who disagree with him, the judiciary, the election system and the personnel who make up the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re following the authoritarian playbook, which is to do as many things as fast as you can to the point where it\u2019s almost impossible to keep up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another institution facing newfound pressure is the free press. The Trump White House ended a long-standing practice of letting journalists choose who among their print and radio peers are admitted into a tight pool covering smaller presidential events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the White House is adding more right-leaning outlets and exerting more control over who gets in and who doesn\u2019t. Among those admitted into the Oval Office on Friday for a Q&A with Trump was One America News Network, whose reporter asked the president, \u201cWhat has made you and your team so effective in finding, locating, apprehending and deporting these violent, illegal migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love this guy,\u201d Trump said \u2014 not for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barred from the room was The Associated Press, the wire service that raised Trump\u2019s ire in refusing to amend its style guide to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the \u201cGulf of America,\u201d Trump\u2019s new name for the body of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the arts are falling within Trump\u2019s ambit. He revamped the board of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and assumed the chairmanship, meaning he is now something of a tastemaker when it comes to music and theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a board meeting earlier this month, Trump said he doesn\u2019t like the sorts of people the center has previously honored for their lifetime artistic achievements. One of the names floated as a possible future honoree was Sylvester Stallone, who last year referred to Trump as \u201cthe second George Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the past, I mean, these are radical left lunatics that have been chosen. I didn\u2019t like it. I couldn\u2019t watch it. And the host was always terrible,\u201d he said, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the Trumpian takeover, the show \u201cHamilton\u201d canceled a planned appearance at the Kennedy Center, giving rise to a series of ironies. A musical about the architects of America\u2019s delicate system of checks and balances is boycotting a president who is testing those same constitutional guardrails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers that \u201cenergy in the executive\u201d is crucial to good government. Two centuries later, the question is whether Trump is spending too much energy too quickly, with too little forbearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of this happened last time,\u201d said Chris Edelson, an assistant professor of government at American University. \u201cWhat\u2019s dangerous now is he [Trump] seems to be having more success with this. You have companies settling lawsuits with him. Columbia and Paul Weiss are going along with this. That\u2019s dangerous stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it will appease him,\u201d he added. \u201cHe will want more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump allies want much more. Now that his methods have met with some success, Trump should feel emboldened to go further, Bannon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGo to the big state universities and tell them to either purge your faculties of these radicals or we\u2019ll cut you off from the money,\u201d Bannon said. \u201cThese people have no pushback. They talk a big game, but once you cut back the money, they fold. They\u2019re addicted to government cash. So use the addiction against them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all gas, no brakes,\u201d Bannon added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Election changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, there is no sign that Trump is letting up. A sweeping executive order that he signed Tuesday would upend the nation\u2019s election system \u2014 a particular interest of a president who still insists he won the 2020 election that forced him from office. Some of Trump\u2019s supporters, Bannon included, want to find a way for him to run again in 2028, though the Constitution forbids a third term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order demands that the Election Assistance Commission put in place a proof of citizenship requirement that would require people to show a U.S. passport or similar document to register to vote. Nearly half of all Americans don\u2019t have a passport, meaning Trump\u2019s order, if implemented, could disenfranchise millions of Americans. In the order, Trump said the actions were necessary to stop noncitizens from voting, though such cases are rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, the order assumes power that presidents lack, legal experts said. Elections are decentralized, with the Constitution giving Congress and the states authority over how they\u2019re run. Election law experts say the president lacks the legal authority to set new requirements for voter registration or to direct the Election Assistance Commission \u2014 an independent, bipartisan body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial pushback<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An argument that Trump allies make is that he is exercising power that is rightfully his. A slew of congressional legislation in the post-Watergate period curtailed presidential authority. Trump is reclaiming part of it under what\u2019s known as the \u201cunitary executive theory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea is that the president, as the duly elected head of the executive branch, has discretion to fire any of the millions of federal workers serving under him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Trump has been doing just that. Thousands of workers have been pushed out of their jobs as Trump and his aide-de-camp, Elon Musk, work to shrink the size of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polling shows that Americans don\u2019t necessarily want to see a presidency with expanded power. An NBC News survey this month found that 43% of registered voters believe the executive branch already has too much power. By contrast, only 28% said the judicial branch has too much power; while 18% said Congress has excessive power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A White House spokesperson, Taylor Rogers, told NBC News: \u201cWith a mandate from the American people, President Trump is confidently and quickly stripping unelected bureaucrats of government overreach, minimizing the scope of the federal government, and returning power back to the states and money to taxpayers\u2019 wallets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump is taking the additional step of reaching into independent government boards and deciding who should stay put and who should go. He ousted a member of the five-person National Labor Relations Board, Gwynne Wilcox, who had been nominated by President Joe Biden in 2021 and confirmed by the Senate for a term that wasn\u2019t due to end until 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Black woman to serve on the board, which mediates labor disputes, Wilcox sued and a federal judge ordered that she be reinstated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn American President is not a king \u2014 not even an \u2018elected\u2019 one \u2014 and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute, but may be constrained in appropriate circumstances, as are present here,\u201d wrote Senior Judge Beryl Howell in her decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A federal appeals court on Friday handed Trump a victory, upholding Wilcox\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another era, Congress might have been the restraining force in cases where a president oversteps his authority. But Congress has been ceding power to presidents for years, and Republicans who control the House have shown no appetite for reining in a president who\u2019s hugely popular in his own party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, was upfront about it. Limiting Trump\u2019s power over spending is untenable, he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019re likely to see a Republican House and Republican Senate try to limit a Republican president,\u201d Cole said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to limit what a Republican president can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his part, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has voiced no interest in investigating how it came to pass that senior Trump administration officials discussed military plans in a group text chat that included a journalist at The Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone should have lost their job over that, because an errant member found its way onto a dialog between leaders,\u201d Johnson told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That leaves the judiciary as the main governmental bulwark against any presidential overreach. And judges have not shrunk from the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House has bristled as myriad judges have temporarily blocked his efforts to dismantle agencies, freeze spending or deport migrants under a seldom-used 18th-century law that doesn\u2019t require a hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is rogue, activist judges eroding our checks and balance system to purposely stop the president from implementing his agenda,\u201d a White House official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In frustration, Trump has locked onto the view that certain recalcitrant judges should be impeached. That\u2019s not how the system is supposed to work, legal experts say. The normal means of handling unwelcome judicial rulings is appeal, not impeachment \u2014 a point that John Roberts, the Supreme Court\u2019s chief justice, felt compelled to point out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongress could help Trump by trying to restrain his worst impulses,\u201d John Yoo, who was a senior Justice Department official in George W. Bush\u2019s administration and a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told NBC News. \u201cWe don\u2019t use impeachment because we disagree with decisions. That\u2019s not consistent with the original understanding of the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impeaching judges who defy Trump would be exceedingly hard to do, requiring a two-thirds vote in the Senate. If his administration were to defy a court order \u2014 something that Trump has pledged not to do \u2014 that would eviscerate what remains of the checks and balances the founding fathers conceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a single day that goes by, seemingly, without a court order reversing something blatantly illegal the White House has done,\u201d said Murphy, the Democratic senator from Connecticut. \u201cThis is a constitutional crisis, and there\u2019s no parallel in history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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