“This essay argues that the second Trump Administration, despite being more prepared and more aggressive, has not learned this lesson: it continues to elevate executive branch unilateralism over the slower, harder work of legislative or judicial engagement.
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“The first Trump Administration prioritized speed and salience over legal soundness, and its unilateral deregulatory efforts—some fairly characterized as "regulatory slop"—were largely undone once Trump left office.
“The administration's reliance upon executive orders and unilateral action has sacrificed sustainability for speed.
“The Administration's unilateral actions may be consequential, but they are not sustainable: lasting change to environmental law will come only through legislation or judicial ratification, not executive decree alone.
“under President Trump's leadership, the State Department is solely focused on meeting the demands of diplomacy, not playing political games.
“Under the Trump Administration, America’s diplomats are tasked with advocating for our national interests on the world stage — not demonstrating adherence to woke political dogmas,
“Trump is "just gonna have to do a little bit better in some things than he's doing right now,"
“"[T]here is no precedent in U.S. history of a sitting president devising such endeavors in their own name."
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