Harry Litman - The Outlandish and the Lawless
Conforming to the blueprint of Project 2025, Donald Trump has issued a dizzying and violent series of executive orders that have uprooted the lives of executive branch employees and others around the world.
It’s clear that the volume and pace of these actions are part of the strategy. Some have provoked outrage that faded and gave way to dumbfoundedness at the next dislocating move. Others have virtually eluded public focus in the roaring rapids of the entire package.
They all share a flat disregard for constitutional constraints.
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For one, the administration’s frontal assault on birthright citizenship appears irreconcilable with constitutional text, particularly the first clause of the 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/the-outlandish-and-the-lawless