Occasional re-post. Constraining the executive to comply with the law is *central* to the separation of powers... and far from being self-enforcing, it's been under considerable strain for a long time before the current crisis. www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/u... - ThreadSky

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jacobtlevy.bsky.social • 11 days ago

Occasional re-post. Constraining the executive to comply with the law is *central* to the separation of powers... and far from being self-enforcing, it's been under considerable strain for a long time before the current crisis.

https://www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/01_Levy-2.pdf

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ajgenz.bsky.social•11 days ago

This line made me wince: "It is also necessary that the holders of executive and police power not be above the law"

paolosandro.bsky.social•11 days ago

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webrant.bsky.social•11 days ago

Ah yes, "the separation of powers".

https://bsky.app/profile/jacobtlevy.bsky.social/post/3lhvzfu4ypc2e

patsobkowski.com•11 days ago

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cristoball4411.bsky.social•11 days ago

That's crazy, I didn't even know McDonalds did constitutional lectures.

campbell-armstrong.bsky.social•11 days ago

This president needs to have it forcefully explained to him, what every previous president understood: what the rule of law means – this is a nation of laws not men. That means you, Mr. Trump.

w-dukeoflizards.bsky.social•11 days ago

True. But I'm concerned you overestimate the power a "forceful explanation" could ever have over Trump.

wooble.geoffreyspear.com•11 days ago

Remember when SCOTUS overturned Chevron because we can't trust executive branch agencies with the power to interpret statutes? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

emmenemm.bsky.social•11 days ago

Our problem is that our courts have no enforcement mechanism and that the founders never considered that large parts of the Congress would be in favor of the executive disregarding the courts. When Congress abandons its duties, the President can become a dictator.

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