“There is a division in our government between the federal branch and the judicial branch.
No judge, and the judicial branch, cannot tell me or the president how to conduct foreign policy,” Rubio said.
“No judge can tell how I have to outreach to a foreign partner or what I need to say to them.
And if do reach to that foreign partner and talk to them, I am under no obligation to share that with the judiciary branch.”.
Rubio betrayed what seems to be the Trump administration’s actual beliefs about the U.S. government: that the presidency is more like an absolute monarchy that isn’t subject to congressional or judicial oversight.
The conservative-controlled Supreme Court seems to have inspired that belief last year in its ruling on presidential immunity.
Now, as President Trump deports immigrants without evidence or due process, we are seeing the actions of a president who believes he is above the law. »