Former President Donald Trump is asserting unprecedented power over the United States government, raising alarm among political analysts and citizens alike. As he starts his next 100 days in office, critics warn that his actions threaten both the country’s democratic principles and its economic stability.
During his reign, Trump has shown that power takes precedence over any rule of law. This pattern is apparent in the most controversial actions they have made. He ordered the Department of Justice to conduct a probe into ActBlue. This platform is a signal not just of the challenge facing Democratic candidates, but an essential building block of their fundraising ability. This decision has been widely viewed as just the latest move to weaken political opposition and usurp power over the electoral process.
From all appearances, Trump seems to be losing more than 120 legal battles and counting. Federal judges, nominated by Republican and Democrat presidents alike, are doing all they can to rein in or stop his overreach. From the beginnings of his administration, Trump has disregarded or sought to overturn court orders rather than comply. This pattern of behavior calls into question the seriousness with which it regards our nation’s judiciary.
In an unprecedented escalation, on Friday Trump ordered the arrest of a Milwaukee municipal judge. This heart-stopping step came back in the course of a case involving one undocumented defendant. This event has turned minds and hearts to question how this administration treats everyone within the borders of the United States. Stories are emerging about three U.S. citizens—two-, four- and seven-year-old siblings—whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported along with their mothers back to Honduras. One of those deported children has now been placed in an unimaginable circumstance. He is terminally ill with stage 4 cancer and was expelled from the country without his prescribed medication or proper medical guidance.
These changes have been deeply concerning. Trump’s regime has asserted the power to deport people without any due process at all and to disregard court orders. The administration’s capacity to kidnap American citizens and transport them to overseas dungeons is undoubtedly terrifying. This action exposes their truly awful record on civil liberties.
Judge J Harvie Wilkinson III, a conservative Reagan appointee, assailed these maneuvers in a recent ruling, declaring,
“If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home? And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies? The threat, even if not the actuality, would always be present, and the Executive’s obligation to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed’ would lose its meaning.” – Judge J Harvie Wilkinson III
Trump’s economic policies have proved deeply troubling from a constitutional standpoint, but they’ve started to take real effect on the economic front. His administration’s decisions have pumped fear into the hearts of business leaders and economic analysts alike about their far-reaching consequences. As President Trump’s approval ratings head into freefall, millions of Americans still refuse to accept how serious things have gotten.
These first 100 days of Trump’s regime has been one of utter chaos and destruction. Hundreds of law firms have united in support of Perkins Coie’s appeal against Trump’s demands, signifying a growing resistance among legal experts to his administration’s tactics.