As Donald Trump’s administration crashes through norm after norm of decent governance, a terrifying belief is emerging within it that the courts are illegitimate if they try to stand in his way. This past week, Trump himself, his vice-president JD Vance and his chief crony Elon Musk all inveighed against inconvenient federal judges. With the Republican-controlled legislative branch largely absenting itself from oversight, the lack of a judicial check on executive power is a hideous proposition.
隨著唐納•川普(Donald Trump)政府不斷打破正派治理的一個又一個規範,其內部正在形成一種可怕的信念,即如果法院試圖阻礙川普,它們就是沒有合法性的。過去一週,川普本人、副總統J•D•范錫(J D Vance)及其主要親信伊隆•馬斯克(Elon Musk)都猛烈抨擊了「礙事」的聯邦法官。由於共和黨控制的立法分支已經基本上放棄了對行政分支的監督,司法分支不對行政分支進行制衡是一個令人不寒而慄的命題。