In the case of this president, as you know, he is blowing through all of those guardrails, Right? So issuing executive orders to dismantle agencies like usaid, he doesn't have the authority to do that. He [Trump] doesn't have the authority to impound funds, which is a violation of not just federal law in terms of the Anti Impoundment act and other federal laws that were passed in the wake of Richard Nixon's resignation 60 years ago, but also in violation of the Constitution. So he is. The executive orders that he has issued are unlawful. And you don't have to take my word for it, of course, that you've got countless federal judges, by the way. (02:43–03:10)
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Asserts that Trump lacks the authority to impound funds, violating federal law and the Constitution.
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