Legal experts warn of 'constitutional crisis' as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump - eviltoast
Vice President JD Vance wrote Sunday on X, "Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power."

Summary

Legal experts warn of a looming constitutional crisis after JD Vance suggested judges lack authority over Trump’s “legitimate power.”

His remarks follow a federal judge’s ruling blocking Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department data.

Musk also called for the judge’s impeachment, fueling concerns the administration may ignore court orders.

Scholars argue this undermines judicial authority and could trigger a systemic breakdown, but with Republicans controlling Congress, impeachment as a remedy appears unlikely.

  • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Here is a clip of JD Vance in 2021 saying this is exactly what he would tell Trump to do when he wins in 2024:

    https://youtu.be/1SeJdbzBACE

    “I think that what Trump should—like, if I was giving him one piece of advice—fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people. And when the courts—because you will get taken to court—and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say, ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it"

    Can’t say he didn’t warn everyone