Principles matter : the Constitution, progressives, and the Trump Era / Carlos A. Ball.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197584514 (ebook) :Subject(s): Constitutional law -- United States
| United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197584484DDC classification: 342.730090512 LOC classification: KF4550 | .B257 2021Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Using dozens of examples from the ways in which Trump abused presidential powers, this book explains how federalism, separation of powers, and free speech can help mitigate the harms that autocratic leaders in the Trump mold can inflict on both democratic institutions and vulnerable minorities. In doing so, the book urges progressives to follow this rule of thumb in the post-Trump era: If a constitutional principle was worth deploying to resist Trump's harmful policies and autocratic governance, then it is worth defending in the post-Trump era even if it makes the short-term attainment of progressive objectives more difficult.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using dozens of examples from the ways in which Trump abused presidential powers, this book explains how federalism, separation of powers, and free speech can help mitigate the harms that autocratic leaders in the Trump mold can inflict on both democratic institutions and vulnerable minorities. In doing so, the book urges progressives to follow this rule of thumb in the post-Trump era: If a constitutional principle was worth deploying to resist Trump's harmful policies and autocratic governance, then it is worth defending in the post-Trump era even if it makes the short-term attainment of progressive objectives more difficult.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2021).