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WITH SWEEPING ACTIONS, TRUMP TESTS US CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • Mar 21
  • 1 min read



Donald Trump's sweeping assertion of power since returning to the White House is testing the U.S. constitutional system of checks and balances established in the 18th century as the president faces scant resistance from Congress and tensions with the federal judiciary escalate.

With a Congress controlled by Trump's fellow Republicans largely falling in line behind his agenda, federal judges often have emerged as the only constraint on the president's torrent of executive actions since his January inauguration.

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