Americans must rely on the lower courts to defend attacks on the Constitution under this presidential administration, argues Fordham Law Dean Emeritus Matthew Diller in this op-ed for The Hill.
Three months into the Trump administration, the rule of law in our nation is being tested in unprecedented ways as an avalanche of executive orders and declarations ignores both statutory and constitutional requirements. The White House is waging a campaign of intimidation and retribution intended to silence critics and remove opposition both within and outside the government.
The scale of the administration’s actions is staggering and transforming our national government by fiat.
Read “Lower courts are the nation’s battlefields to defend the rule of law” in The Hill.
