Why Trump and Musk are set to trample all over the courts
The judiciary poses the ultimate test of whether the president will break the system as the pair set about slashing government spending and cutting staff.
But if Donald Trump obeys the courts, the US republic will stand. America’s system is designed to accommodate almost anything except a return to de facto monarchy. Whether America’s president wants to render the judiciary irrelevant is key to the republic’s fate.
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Financial Times
Edward Luce is the Washington columnist and commentator for the Financial Times. He writes about American politics and the economy.
