What a Full Trump Government Could Look Like - Full Show

Steve Scaffidi is joined in-studio by attorney James Santelle to help make sense of the election from a legal perspective. They discuss president-elect Donald Trump’s plans with the potential majority in Congress and Senate and circling back to the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision now that Trump will be back in office in January. The Major Questions Doctrine: Steve and Jim discuss Trump’s potential executive orders and how the Supreme Court says that many of those decisions will have to be made by Congress like with the border as well as the possibility of Donald Trump pardoning others as well as himself and what that actually means for Trump to do before he can do it. Steve and Jim next discuss the power Trump and the Republican party as a whole to confirm whoever they want if they have power across the government. Jim and Steve next discuss the balance between states' rights and the federal government when one gets upset and the Supreme Court ultimately intervenes. Eric Hovde could have the ability to sue on the results of the U.S. Senate Race due to a third-party candidate. Steve asks Jim about the legality of this and what checks and balances will mean going forward and what happens to Trump’s trials before inauguration day. CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Be civics students and be attentive in the news, do your research and listen to the Political Power Hour.