The article discusses the anticipated actions of a potential second Trump administration, focusing on the potential for a flurry of executive orders, pardons for January 6th defendants, and the escalation of culture wars.
While none of us knows exactly what Trump 2.0 will look like, the expectations are for an onslaught of headline-grabbing executive orders and announcements. On Fox News, Bret Baier said Friday that he’s “been told that it’s going to be shock and awe,” as “they’re going to throw a lot in the first day, and maybe a couple of days, that will have to be digested.
” Presumably, “shock and awe” will include executive orders on deportation, as incoming “border czar” Tom Homan has used similar language in speaking about immigration-related day-one plans. But as Axios shows, Trump has made 59 different day-one promises, from settling the Russia-Ukraine war to increasing drilling to ending birthright citizenship (a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment). We can expect attempts to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and feed into other culture-war obsessions, like transgender athletes. And then there is Trump’s promise to pardon many of the January 6 defendants, which is particularly troubling to democracy-watchers, as it may create a narrative that lawbreaking done in Trump’s name is permissible. “If Trump pardons January 6 rioters,” law professor Joyce Vance wrote on the Brennan Center’s blog, “he would be using the pardon power to erase an attack on Constitution and country.” Such a move could only empower right-wing extremist groups whose members were involved, like the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters militia. “Research shows that this use of the pardon power can damage the rule of law in the United States,” academic Michael H. Becker wrote for The Conversation. “It undermines one of the tools against violence that law enforcement can bring to bear—deterrence.” Even if some of Trump’s day-one ideas are merely concepts of a plan, this all paints a picture of a second-term agenda being put into motion at breakneck spee
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