In a February 7th post on Substack (Administrative state or autocratic state), I alluded briefly to a scenario that no one wants to contemplate – namely, what happens if the Supreme Court rules against one or more of the Trump administration’s Executive Orders and Trump simply ignores them?
Thanks, Dick. Very clearly and thoroughly thought through. This is the issue that really keeps me up at night and the one that effectively ends our democracy.
Dick -- I learned today, with respect to the indirect costs on Federal grants, that the attorneys general bringing the suits are ALL from blue states and the remedy sought (halting the lowering to 15% for indirect costs) is ONLY for those Blue States. So it is possible that the 15% might only apply to Red states for whatever length of time the judge deems appropriate. And the speculation I read is that governors in those red states might simply request exceptions from Trump specific to their state(s). -- Oy Vey! -- The scenarios get worse from there.
Thanks, Dick. Very clearly and thoroughly thought through. This is the issue that really keeps me up at night and the one that effectively ends our democracy.
Dick -- I learned today, with respect to the indirect costs on Federal grants, that the attorneys general bringing the suits are ALL from blue states and the remedy sought (halting the lowering to 15% for indirect costs) is ONLY for those Blue States. So it is possible that the 15% might only apply to Red states for whatever length of time the judge deems appropriate. And the speculation I read is that governors in those red states might simply request exceptions from Trump specific to their state(s). -- Oy Vey! -- The scenarios get worse from there.