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![Text from an article discussing Trump's power struggles, judicial challenges, and implications of Vance's views on legitimacy and dictatorship. ""What Trump is trying to do is steal all the power to administrate government from Congress, and then use the judiciary to unravel the law," he said. "Trump is challenging just about every constraint on his power and then hoping the courts will declare all the statutes that constrain him unconstitutional."
This throws the ball back to the courts. "The question is really whether the courts are willing to stand up to constrain illegitimate power, or instead get rid of statutes and congressional control by saying what the president is doing is legitimate," said Driesen. "The main thing is that he's disobeying statutes right and left, usurping congressional power of the purse and that's illegal. It's just contrary to law and contrary to the constitution."
Vance, for his part, is legitimising a dictatorial power grab with his assault on judges.
"[Vance's post] is propaganda that serves the function of helping establish a dictatorship while avoiding taking responsibility for that," he said. "Vance says courts should not control legitimate power, but ... most of these powers [Trump is seizing) are not legitimate. By suggesting that the court should stay out, he's suggesting that they should refrain from constraining the illegitimate power grab that's involved in establishing a dictatorship.
"It's a framing that serves to legitimise things that are not legitimate."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2gxmxeuo24dkc5ie2ixxag6/bafkreihopv6ufm2onu5n4h2hvctbtfwlpjsqkuv2ixzvcnz5dth6gvk7cy)
