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NYT reporters warn Trump's prepped to trigger massive Constitutional crisis
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The Emergency Is the Method
Power, Not Confusion
The reporting describes an administration prepared to use emergency declarations, sweeping pardons, blanket resistance to congressional subpoenas, and control over enforcement to insulate itself from scrutiny. The central fact is not Donald Trump’s temperament. It is that Republican lawmakers have enabled him by surrendering powers that belong to Congress.
Congress Chose Compliance
Trump did not neutralize Congress alone. An “utterly compliant” Republican House and a largely compliant Republican Senate helped make…
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