Guardian -Donald Trump’s spate of executive orders include many aimed at expanding his presidential powers in areas that pose threats to the rule of law and democratic norms in the US, say legal experts.
Trump’s orders include the abrupt firing of 17 agency watchdogs called inspectors general without giving Congress the required 30 days’ notice, the rejection of birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants, which is guaranteed by the 14th amendment, and pardons for more than 1,500 people convicted for their roles in the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
Congressional Republicans have offered scant criticism of Trump’s power plays, but Democrats have accelerated their attacks on Trump’s moves: about two dozen Democratic state attorneys general have filed lawsuits, and federal court judges have temporarily halted two of Trump’s more extremist moves.
The Guardian has learned that a group of inspectors general also are expected to file a lawsuit challenging their dismissals by Trump and are in talks with law firms to that end, according to a source familiar with the matter. More
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