Trump Realized He Can Just Do Things. Who Can Stop Him?

This article employs a libertarian-skeptical lens toward executive power expansion, framing Trump's second-term actions as dangerous authoritarianism and a departure from constitutional limits. While the piece criticizes Trump's executive overreach with sharp language ('tragedy,' 'peril,' 'one-man rule'), it does so from a principled constitutional/civil-liberties standpoint rather than partisan left-wing opposition.

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• This article does not address counterarguments that executive orders are necessary for rapid policy implementation or that many Trump orders have been legally challenged and stayed
• This article does not provide analysis of which executive orders have survived judicial review or how courts have constrained Trump's authority
• This article does not examine whether Democratic presidents' executive actions (e.g., Biden's student debt relief attempts) raise parallel separation-of-powers concerns