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MSNBC Legal Expert Delivers Gut Punch to Dems’ Narrative
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- Liberal legal scholars claim Trump’s governmental reforms have instigated a “constitutional crisis.”
- Legal analyst Danny Cevallos warns against hastily labeling the situation a constitutional crisis.
- Trump’s administration is appealing several injunctions related to executive orders and governmental reforms.
In a recent discussion, legal analyst Danny Cevallos provided a sobering perspective on the latest Democratic narrative painting Trump’s governmental reforms as a “constitutional crisis.”
Cevallos cautioned against the reckless use of the term, emphasizing that executive orders alone do not fulfill the criteria for such a crisis.
“I think we need to be careful with the term constitutional crisis because, as I define it, that would be a situation where the Constitution doesn’t have an answer and there is a pressing conflict,” Cevallos explained.
He further elaborated that the current situation, characterized by a “flurry of executive orders,” is indeed “irritating for the courts” and “challenging,” but does not yet constitute a crisis.
The analyst pointed out that a genuine constitutional crisis would arise if a court order were issued and the administration refused to comply, a scenario for which history offers no clear solution.
Cevallos reflected on the Trump administration’s previous strategies, noting, “On the first half of it, issuing a bunch of executive orders, not only do we know that the courts can handle it, they already did this back in 2017.”
He described the administration’s approach as chaotic and problematic, likening it to pruning a bonsai tree, where the courts would trim the excesses of hastily issued orders.
This perspective comes amid accusations from Democratic lawmakers, who claim that Trump and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chair Elon Musk are driving the nation toward a constitutional crisis through their efforts to streamline government operations.
The Trump administration is currently appealing several injunctions imposed by federal judges, including those related to the DOGE, an executive order terminating birthright citizenship, and a freeze on foreign aid.
These legal battles follow litigation initiated by Democrats and unions representing government employees, further intensifying the political discourse surrounding the administration’s actions.
Let us know what you think, please share your thoughts in the comments below.
mountainman
February 12, 2025 at 7:08 am
I think that the DOGE committee are doing the right thing. If the democrats want to continue with this wasteful spending, they will be shown the door while the economic situation for the republic will vastly improve, and other countries will be forced to take care of themselves and not rely on others to take care of their own problems.
Diane M Carbo
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 am
President Trump and Musk must continue and complete this audit. They are on the right track. This is one step to making American great again We have a fiscal responsibility to balance our budget, create transparency and accountability to the american pubic
dmh
February 12, 2025 at 8:49 am
What the Trump Administration and its (unconstitutional) DOGE are doing is by no reasonable definition an “audit.” An audit is a systematic examination of the financial records of the entity being audited. A random and wholesale reduction of an entity is not an audit
IlligitimateBiden
February 12, 2025 at 6:59 pm
You Must be a democrat!Common senseless!!
Kevin C
February 13, 2025 at 10:01 am
Stop complaining DMH.
DOGE IS doing a legitimate audit. As a result of their findings, they are clearing out the trash and waste. That’s not just Constitutional, but it’s sensible and practical. Just as Spring Cleaning is necessary, what DOGE is doing is even more important and necessary.
For all too long corrupt Liberal Democrat party members, along with their supporters, have been pilfering Federally funded programs for personal benefit. Now that house cleaning has commenced, these people are whining & squawking about the changes occurring, as if it is some constitutional crisis. It’s not. The only crisis occurring is their back pockets getting thinner by the day. Their ill-gotten gains are being exposed and they can’t stand it. Good… they deserve all that is going to come down the pipeline to them and more.
Lewis Fulk
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 pm
The President is exactly on the right track. This is something that should have been done years ago! I have seen retribution first hand as it happened to me during the Clinton years. While I was a civil service worker at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Clinton came for a visit and was received rather poorly by the workers. A couple months later it was announced that the operations at CNSY would be moved to Groton and the facilities at CNSY would be closed. I was able to transfer to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL.. So, don’t for a minute think that this hasn’t been done By the Democrats in the past! We MUST get a grip on the spending and stop the waste! We are now spending as much on the interest of our debt as we do for the entire defense budget! What we are witnessing now isn’t “retribution” though. If you work for the government it is understood that your job can be terminated at any time. The big problem I saw with the civil service system was the “good ol’ boy” hiring by the upper management. They would bootstrap all their relatives in to jobs as they became available making it difficult to advance for the average worker! It’s way past time to clean up this mess!