Immigration,
Government,
Constitutional Law
Feb. 14, 2017
The rule of law
One of the most basic aspects of the rule of law is that no one, not even the president, is above the law. Yet, Trump has claimed that no one has the authority to review his actions and has attacked the courts that have done so.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The most disturbing aspect of the first three weeks of the Donald Trump presidency has been his utter disdain for the Constitution and the rule of law. One of the most basic aspects of the rule of law is that no one, not even the president, is above the law. Yet, Trump has claimed that no one has the authority to review his actions and has attacked the courts that have done so. Trump's claim, that he alone gets to decide and that his actions are unreviewable, should frighten us all and sho...
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