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Curt,
Any thoughts on this conflict between the Trump admin and the judiciary? As far as I know, the courts have nearly no ability to enforce their rulings that limit the President, should the executive decide to just outright defy them. What do you think will happen if Trump just decides he's had enough of the courts?
For clarification: I'm not an alarmist to the extent that I think Trump wants a Kim Jong Un -style dictatorship. In regard to authoritarianism, I think he's motivated more by his ego that his sense of his role in society. But, he's clearly an authoritarian, and I think whatever he's going to do to solidify the executive department's power and control, he's going to do it sooner rather than later. Certainly before the mid-terms. So every day when I check the headlines, I'm expecting to see that the Trump admin has made a broad public statement that they will no longer be abiding by the courts' rulings. As usual, it will the be carefully worded for plausible deniability, and it will be his typical "float the idea and test the waters" statement, which he will pull back, later on. But by the end of 2026, I think we'll see very big changes in the relationship of the executive to the other branches.
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