BACKGROUND
1) Clemens Wergin, “‘Sehr alarmierende Anzeichen’ – wie sich Trump aus dem Handbuch autoritärer Regime bedient; Regieren per Notstandsverordnung, Einschüchterung von Medien und Justiz, Loyalität als oberstes Gebot – systematisch versucht US-Präsident Trump, die Gewaltenteilung der amerikanischen Demokratie zu untergraben. Doch sein Vorgehen hat eine Achillesferse.Die Welt, den 11. Abril 2025 (08:54 Uhr);
2) Clemens Wergin, “‘Very alarming signs’ – how Trump uses the handbook of authoritarian regimes; Governing by emergency decree, intimidation of the media and the judiciary, loyalty as the highest priority – US President Trump systematically tries to undermine the separation of powers of American democracy. But his approach has an Achilles heel, Die Welt, April 11, 2025 (8:55 am CEST).
Thev underlying issue is Trump’s unconstitutional invocation of emergency powers as ablegal basis for his executive decrees.
The courts are looking at whether thevsubstance of hisvdecrees are unconstitutional. It is notbclearvtgatbtgeybarece examining whether the purported legal authority upon which they are based has been validly invoked–e.g., whether tge declaration of a nationalmemergenvy is justified by the facts, and whether the inherent limits in suchbemergency powers have been observed.
cf. March 23: 1933…Enabling Act granting Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.