Wehle says that decades-long accumulation of authority has brought the Executive Branch close to treating the President as “above the law.”
“Trump’s authority is at its apex when it can be tied to the Commander-in-Chief power,” Wehle says.
Republicans control both the House and Senate, she says, and Trump could have attempted to get Congressional approval for both the ballroom and arch projects by rallying his own party’s support—but he didn’t.
Instead, the Administration has opted to add military justification to its efforts, she says, which “makes it more convenient for the court to reinterpret the Constitution around unaccountable…
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