It’s not that Trump should pretend courts don’t exist. But Trump should restore constitutional order by rejecting the demands of lawless authoritarians masquerading as nonpartisan arbiters of the truth.
The Founders never intended for one branch of government to have power over another. Thomas Jefferson made as much clear in an 1804 letter to Abigail Adams, writing that “nothing in the constitution has given them a right to decide for the executive, more than to the Executive to decide for them.”
“The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the legislature & executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch,” Jefferson said.
[Source](https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/29/trump-should-buck-rogue-judges-not-buckle-to-them/)
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It’s not that Trump should pretend courts don’t exist. But Trump should restore constitutional order by rejecting the demands of lawless authoritarians masquerading as nonpartisan arbiters of the truth.
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The Founders never intended for one branch of government to have power over another. Thomas Jefferson made as much clear in an 1804 letter to Abigail Adams, writing that “nothing in the constitution has given them a right to decide for the executive, more than to the Executive to decide for them.”
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“The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the legislature & executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch,” Jefferson said.
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