"Overstepping his exec authority" “We’ve never seen a pres. so comprehensively attempt to arrogate & consolidate so much of the other branches’ power." -S Vladeck R MOC ceded some of its core duties to Trump (+DOGE), handing off -leg branch’s spending auth to the WH & standing aside -agencies: shuttered +dismantled indep measures of checks & balances, fired IGs & installed loyalists at the DOJ *to carry out his retribution -targeted prv law firms... #Coup #Resist #USPol www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-power-courts-crisis.html