Beryl Howell: “The chilling effect of this executive order, 14230, threatens to significantly undermine the integrity of our entire…”

The president cannot bring the federal government down on his political opponents ... as he has done here.

Mr. Trump seems intent on pushing the bounds of his office and exercising his power in a manner violative of clear statutory law to test how much the courts will accept the notion of a presidency that is supreme.

His attempt to do so here is blatantly illegal, and his constitutional arguments to excuse this illegal act are contrary to Supreme Court precedent and over a century of practice.

The chilling effect of this executive order ... threatens to significantly undermine the integrity of our entire legal system.