Opinion | What Really Saved the Republic From Trump? - The New York Times - 0 views
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an informal and unofficial set of institutional norms upheld by federal prosecutors, military officers and state elections officials. You might call these values our “unwritten constitution.”
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anti-Muslim travel ban, the courts have been too unwilling to look beyond form to ferret out unconstitutional motive.
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More generally, Mr. Trump has tended to move fast, while the courts are slow, and to operate by threat, which the courts cannot adjudicate.
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