Beryl Howell: “Humphrey’s Executor remains not only binding law, but also a well-reasoned reflection of the balance of power between…”

The president's efforts here to take over an organization outside of those bounds, contrary to statute established by Congress and by acts of force and threat using local and federal law enforcement officers, represented a gross usurpation…

An American President is not a king.

The president's interpretation of the scope of his constitutional power — or, more aptly, his aspiration — is flat wrong.

A President who touts an image of himself as a ‘king’ or a ‘dictator,’ perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.