The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.
Elie Mystal explains why he thinks Chief Justice John Roberts is a “far more dangerous” threat to democracy than Donald Trump. “If you are a nonwhite citizen, he is the person stopping you from voting. Not Donald Trump, not Stephen Miller, not the Republican Party in the White House. It has been, and it always has been, John Roberts.”
The White House Historical Association, a nonprofit set up by Jacqueline Kennedy to preserve the building’s character, has declined to criticize the president’s changes.
By Monica Showalter A true Trump achievement. How many previous presidents have promised to cut the size of government, and then didn't?
Chief Justice John Roberts built his reputation as an institutionalist while authoring some of the most radical expansions of executive power in modern U.S. history. Elie Mystal of The Nation puts it bluntly: “If you are a nonwhite citizen, he is the person stopping you from voting. Not Donald Trump, not Stephen Miller, not the Republican Party in the White House – it has been, and it always has been, John Roberts.” Mystal says Democrats must pursue Supreme Court expansion. “If you don’t control the Supreme Court, you control nothing.”
The Supreme Court’s green light for Trump’s ballroom has emboldened the administration to start building Trump’s arch without approval from Congress.
JD Vance stated the Trump administration's commitment to preserving the tradition of nine Supreme Court justices and pushed back against Democratic proposals to alter the Court's structure, expand statehood for political advantage, and change fundamental constitutional rules.
Completion of the project comes as construction resumes on the White House Ballroom, a passion project for Trump that has faced legal scrutiny. The Supreme Court recently gave the green light for the administration to continue building.
A proposed garden of heroes is following a familiar path in which facts on the ground move faster than anyone can keep up.
President Donald Trump has backed plans including permanently fencing Lafayette Square that were previously rejected to maintain public access to "People's House."