Aziz Huq Examines How the Rule of Law Shapes Democratic Life
Trump Is Canceling the Rule of Law – and US Democracy
CHICAGO – The first year of US President Donald Trump’s second term has taken a heavy toll on the rule of law. While this bedrock ideal of American governance has long been invoked to capture a broad range of hopes, at its core lie two mutually reinforcing values: that ordinary people can look to the law to predict accurately the consequences of their actions; and that the same law will render predictable the behavior of officials wielding the awesome powers of the state.
Trump’s second administration refuses to be bound by anything so ordinary and mundane as the laws that Congress passes. The Justice Department has stated explicitly that it is no longer in the business of routinely complying with orders from federal district courts or courts of appeal, and the administration has treated laws mandating spending (and more) as optional.
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