Democrats shift strategy from impeachment to Article II constitutional challenges against President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies in his second term.
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DemocratstenaciouslyworkingtothwartthesecondTrumpadministrationseeminglyhavethrownouttheirplaybookfromthepresident’sfirstadministration—abandoningrepeatedattemptstoimpeachPresidentDonaldTrumpinfavorofbroadeningtheirfocusonleveragingArticleIIoftheConstitutiontoimpedeMAGApolicies.
Democrats,sincetheearlydaysofTrump’ssecondpresidency,haveaccusedhimoftakingstepsthatamounttoa“grossoverreachofpresidentialauthority”orlaunching“illegalpowergrabs,”mostnotablyinresponsetosomeofthemorethan200executiveordersthepresidenthassignedthisterm.LawsuitschallengingtheadministrationalsohavefocusedlanguageonclaimsTrumpisexceedinghisexecutiveauthority,sparkingsomepoliciestogettiedupinthecourts.
ArticleIIoftheConstitutionlaysoutthefoundationforthebalanceofpowerbetweentheofficeofthepresidentandotherbranchesofthegover
