The Most Dangerous Branch: Covid-19 v. The Constitution
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How Should the Courts and the Government Navigate This Problem?
In the absence of a functional congress, there's immense pressure on thepe ent to achieve his or her political objectives by drawing on existing executive authority. And that means they are going to push up against, and in many cases, exceed, the boundaries of their power. So i think what we're seeing is an incipient trend where president byden came under a great deal of pressure from constituents with genuine concerns during a pendemic about people being evicted. I'm sure that lawyers within the administration said, you know, boss, this is going to go poorly for us."
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