Sometimes the constitutional crisis is sneaky, shrouded in the darkness, and gradually revealed. At other times, it announced that it was very big. Donald Trump authorized Elon Musk to appoint the task of parliamentary expenditure agencies explained in Article 1 of the Constitution.
Musk wrote on his social media platform: "This is a shooting that the American people must defeat bureaucratic agencies, bureaucratic rule and restoration of democracy, and people's rule." "We will never have such opportunities. Now or not. Your support is critical to the success of the people's revolution. Some unknown emergencies fight.
Why is it precise, this is so important, this is correct? As Musk said, if they are full of waste and fraud, Congress may be able to reduce or eliminate problems through legislation. If that is not enough, they can try it later. Instead, Musk quoted a vague crisis that needed to suspend normal action and concentrated his strength in his own hands. According to various reports, he was trapped by a small number of young engineer teams in the architecture of Eisenhower. They have neither government experience nor questioning the power of his impulse. Land.
This situation exposes a well -known defect in the design of the Constitution. The famous founder failed to foresee the rise of political parties. They assume that each branch of the government will be jealous of their power and check others. However, political parties have established a different incentive system. In this system, members of the legislature can use it as a presidential employee. Trump persuaded the Republican base that his interests were no different from the party's interests and transferred his domineering apprentice The relationship between the role of the boss and his joint party in Congress is more useful to use these incentive measures than any other president in history.
Theoretically, Congress should resist Musk's decision which federal plans to live and die. In fact, its members largely shared Trump's goals to a large extent, and to some extent, they correctly worried that opposing him will bring major challenges. More importantly, this special constitutional crisis has an inherent party asymmetry. If Trump and Musk successfully capture wallets from Congress, they will effectively reset the rules of the game to support their rights. Congress's expenditure power will be redefined as the upper limit on the expenditure, but it is not a floor. In this world, the president can cut expenditure without exposing the responsibility of Congress, which will give the small government conservatives the opportunity to implement their long -term hopes but too afraid of voting.
Therefore, although a small number of conservative intellectuals including Wonk Brian Riedl, including the Manhattan Institute, and Jack Goldsmith, a professor of law and former Bush-Management lawyer Jack Goldsmith, all describe Musk's ambitions as unconstitutional, but great Most institutions provide him with good support to keep quiet. Thom Tillis, Senator of North Carolina, acknowledged that Musk's project may not be a strict constitution, but still tell the news website Known "No one should worry about this."
What makes things more disturbing is the chaotic and legal gray area that Musk is running. Musk and his team are working secretly without hearing or public debate. according to wiredThey obtained the right of access to the Federal Payment System of the Ministry of Finance, aside from long -term staff responsible for supervision and ignored their security agreement. Democrats suspect that Musk is violating many federal laws, but without any supervision, it is difficult to tell him what he is doing. In any case, Musk may not have much reason to care about obeying the law. Trump has released large -scale forgiveness and commuting for the January 6, thinking that he will represent him to protect illegal behavior.
At the same time, Musk used Trump's habit of opposing his behavior inherently. He called the US International Development Agency, which is a decades of historical plan and supports both sides (a criminal organization). The X user released the name of the young engineer who cooperated with Musk, and previously reported wiredHe replied: "You have committed sin." Since then, the X user's account has been suspended.
In fact, the identity of the strong public officials is not a crime, especially if these officials bear public power without formal channels. Nevertheless, Musk was in a vague but sinister information posted on X (naturally) because of his threat from Edward R. Martin. It seems to violate the laws against Doge employees. It remains to be observed, but at the same time, he threatened through legal luster and contributed to the threats around Trump and Musk, just like some kind of Tom Hagen.
The court will finally decide on Trump's bold power. They are likely to confirm the level of expenditure authorized by the constitutional authorization of Congress. But the Constitution eventually meant any meaning that the Supreme Court judge said. The more conservative judges in the court often use the right -wing explanation of the text they can reasonably defend, and occasionally they cannot justify them.
More importantly, Musk seems to be intuitive, and he can destroy plans and bureaucratic culture faster than the system. A large number of officials and customers rely on these plans will be fired in chaos and financial risks. The fear of fear caused by the fear of the entire federal institution can destroy the institution and destroy their institutional knowledge. Slow reconstruction pain; damage is rapid. When he insists that his work must "or never happen now", this may be what Musk thinks of dynamic Musk.
Even the most dedicated small government conservative party members are not as processes as they are now: a few political novices, many of them drink alcohol from the harsh waters in the right -wing conspiracy theory, tear in the federal budget, and tear the accidental budget to tear the budget. The decision on waste products. Indeed, the process of not being elected has designed this process. Trump and Musk worshiped their power. The real emergency reason is to return the power to the legislature before the damage becomes irreversible.