Unitary Executive Theory and Trump’s DC Militarization

Once a fringe belief, the Unitary Executive Theory is being used by the Trump administration and right-wing political analysts to justify handing the president absolute authority over federal agencies. Expansion of presidential power threatens to further marginalize congress, the courts, and American democracy. 

In this episode we look at the history of the Unitary Executive Theory and how it’s being invoked in the present. Then we take some time to explain how Washington DC’s strange history allows for Trump to militarize the city over a fictional emergency.

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