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19 Feb 2025


NextImg:Trump’s New Executive Order Sparks Fierce Backlash: ‘Full-Blown Power Grab’
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Donald Trump’s latest executive order raised serious red flags for critics on social media, who feared its effect on the rule of law and warned it could signal a constitutional crisis.

White House secretary Will Scharf announced Tuesday at a press conference alongside Trump at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, that Trump was essentially bringing independent agencies under the control of the White House with increased supervision and therefore reestablishing “the long-standing norm that only the president or the attorney general can speak for the United States when stating an opinion as to what the law is.”

Legal experts and political opponents pushed back and argued it was an unconstitutional move by the Trump White House, especially given how several of Trump’s executive actions from his first weeks back in office are now facing legal challenges.

Critics called the order “a full-blown power grab wrapped in authoritarian cosplay” and a coup.

Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega posted: “I’m sorry but this just makes me want to laugh hysterically.”

BREAKING: Trump just signed an executive order declaring that only he can decide “what the law is.”

A full-blown power grab wrapped in authoritarian cosplay.

This isn’t how the Constitution works. The courts exist for a reason, but Trump is out here acting like a king with a… pic.twitter.com/m69JF5KyaY

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) February 18, 2025

I'm sorry but this just makes me want to laugh hysterically. https://t.co/S8oWqZ5y9K

— Elizabeth de la Vega ???????????? (@Delavegalaw) February 18, 2025

Trump issues new executive order: Only the president can speak for “what the law is”It was fun doing democracy with you.

Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T01:33:35.039Z

Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that only the president can speak for “what the law is”

(This is not how the Constitution works) pic.twitter.com/LvWstSIfeJ

— FactPost (@factpostnews) February 18, 2025

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T00:28:25.641Z

A Trump official just announced that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that ONLY the President and Attorney General can speak for “what the law is.”

They are trying to start a constitutional crisis.pic.twitter.com/F9UPICJEg4

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) February 18, 2025

Wow. The US is now officially a dictatorship. So quick.Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order stating that “only the President and the Attorney General can speak for what the law is.”

IndiaWilloughby (@indiawilloughby.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T22:42:10.072Z

A Trump official from OMB just announced that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that “only the President and the Attorney General can speak for what the law is.”

Can people please stop saying stuff like “this might lead to a constitutional crisis”?

WE’RE THERE. NOW. pic.twitter.com/WxwOqlZ4W2

— Andrew—New YouTube Channel @LiveFromTheResistance (@AmoneyResists) February 18, 2025

Donald Trump just signed an executive order declaring that only the president or the Attorney General can speak for “what the law is.” Yeah, they’re telling us what they plan to do.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T01:32:38.811Z

Today Trump signed an executive order proclaiming that only he and his attorney general have the legal authority to say what the law is. Full-blown dictator stuff. It's only a matter of time until he declares martial law and starts arresting his political opponents.

Bad Choices Make Good Stories (@badchoices.us) 2025-02-19T01:25:03.603Z

Never has been, isn't, and never will be the "norm" that the president or attorney general gets to dictate "what the law is".That's the judicial branch and Trump can't be allowed to revise facts. #Demvoice1

Jerrad Christian (@jerradchristian.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T00:43:54.754Z

Trump says he decides what the law is. Here’s Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison (1803): “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”

Somebody in the Musk-Trump administration should read that decision. pic.twitter.com/w4SD7NCXXd

— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) February 19, 2025

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What in the ever loving fuck?

Trump has just signed an executive order that says only the President and Attorney General can speak for “what the law is.”

Dear MAGA: you can’t be a patriot if you are rooting against the Constitution.

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— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) February 18, 2025