Elon Musk and the Trump administration are defying the constitutional power of Congress to determine how money is spent in direct defiance of the rule of Law and the US Constitution
The executive can claim it is entitled to test the constitutional limits of its authority.
What concerns me is that the courts may take an "ends justify the means" approach and may endorse a substantial increase in the executive's authority, and/or that the executive may ignore court rulings.
I have no doubt what Trump, Musk and their gang will try to do. I wish I had confidence that SCOTUS will rein them in, that Trump will obey court orders, and that a massive shift of authority to the executive will not replace the system of checks and balances that has served us pretty well.
The executive can claim it is entitled to test the constitutional limits of its authority.
What concerns me is that the courts may take an "ends justify the means" approach and may endorse a substantial increase in the executive's authority, and/or that the executive may ignore court rulings.
I have no doubt what Trump, Musk and their gang will try to do. I wish I had confidence that SCOTUS will rein them in, that Trump will obey court orders, and that a massive shift of authority to the executive will not replace the system of checks and balances that has served us pretty well.