Thus far, the administration has pursued appeals. But remarks from JD Vance and Elon Musk echo authoritarians worldwide<\/p>\n
Will the Trump administration defy the courts?<\/p>\n
JD Vance\u2019s tweet last weekend that \u201cjudges aren\u2019t allowed to control the executive\u2019s legitimate power\u201d has sparked widespread concern that the Trump administration might become the first in US history to do so. At least at this stage, it is not clear that it will come to that, notwithstanding the president\u2019s proclivity for asserting limitless executive power. But as other countries\u2019 experiences show, if he were to adopt the position of the US vice-president, Trump would be crossing perhaps the most fundamental line demarcating constitutional democracy from autocracy.<\/p>\n
Amrit Singh is a law professor and executive director of the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School. David Cole is a professor at Georgetown Law and former legal director of the ACLU<\/p>\n
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