In his first month of office, President Trump ordered a series of major changes to the federal government. Some are within the scope of presidential power traditionally understood, but many seem to deliberately violate regulations to test whether the restrictions imposed by Congress on the White House are constitutional.
The scope of presidential powers may be hazy, and the super tribute of the Supreme Court's Republican appointments can expand them. Still, many of Mr. Trump's actions have not been clearly restricted by legality, and some scholars say the country is experiencing a constitutional crisis.
This is by far the biggest move of the Trump administration.
⚠️The action seems to be inconsistent with specific regulations or violates the constitution.
🚫Action partially or completely temporarily blocked by the judge.
action None of these symbols It seems more likely to fall into the mainstream understanding of presidential power, but it may still be unusual or should face legal challenges.
⚠️🚫 Access to sensitive data systems Ministry of Finance. The states filed lawsuits that Elon Musk's efforts and an initiative called the Ministry of Efficiency or Morality violated the Administrative Procedure Act, the Privacy Act of 1974 and other regulations. Mr Musk's team also seeks access to a large amount of data across the government, including prompting lawsuits at the IRS and Social Security. ((one Federal Judge Temporarily restricted the political appointments of Mr. Musk's team and Mr. Trump, and there is no access to Treasury data.
⚠️🚫 Relocation to demolish the U.S. international development agencies, including furloughing thousands of employees. A coalition of federal workers filed a lawsuit that only Congress can disband the institution and fold its residue to the State Department as Mr. Trump tried to do so. ((The judge blocked some)
⚠️🚫 The head of an office was fired, which protected the whistleblower and fired members of the National Labor Relations Commission, Performance System Protection Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Privacy and Civil Liberties Supervision Commission. Congress created these institutions independent of the White House, and it is understood that the president cannot immediately fire their leaders without the cause of misconduct. In some of their regulations, the limitation is clear. Several fired officials have sued, conducting potential Supreme Court tests on the restrictions. (The judge has ordered Some Those ones Officials Now it's restored. )
⚠️ Make the agent in charge immediately Dismissal of some professional federal employees Disobey the protection of civil service. Mr. Trump's executive order immediately canceled a Biden administration statute to prevent such shooting, but the order may have violated the Executive Procedure Act. (This is a law governing the rulemaking authority of the administration.) The union representing federal employees has been prosecuted.
⚠️ Offer acquisitions to federal workers. The proposal says workers will take administrative leave by the end of September and pay by the end of September, but may conflict with laws regarding leave and severance payments for federal workers. Congress has not used the money for acquisitions either. (The judge suspended the plan, but Then stop pausefor technical reasons. )
⚠️ Order the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff Stop most jobs. Congress created the agency, so it will take action to close it. The union representing federal employees has sued, saying employees are now unable to perform the agency’s tasks, as legally written.
⚠️ Up to 18 inspectors were fired. A law requires a 30-day notice to Congress and to be removed in written detail, case-specific reasons, but Mr. Trump ignored it. Some of them filed a lawsuit, saying the firing “violated federal regulations.”
⚠️ More than 20 Justice Department prosecutors were fired. There are laws designed to protect civil servants and their senior professional officials, who require certain procedures.
⚠️ Authorize Elon Musk to major overhaul the administrative department. Several lawsuits have been filed, arguing that Mr. Musk and Mr. Moral lack legal legal powers to undertake efforts to narrow down and demolish federal agencies.
The road to be established. Overall, creating a new unit is within Mr. Trump's power. The former presidents regularly create new departments within the president's executive office. The Governor is not a cabinet-level department; technically, it is a renaming and reuse of the American digital service, which itself was created by President Barack Obama.
Order the FBI to hand over a list of everyone who worked on the January 6 case. Agents filed a prosecution, saying they believe the government intends to reveal their identities, which could put them and their families in danger. ((The judge temporarily blocked the public release of his name.)
Frozen federal recruitment. The previous government has frozen recruitment.
Security permits were ordered for some, without typical scrutiny, and then stripped them from others. The President has the right to issue and revoke security permits.
The head of the Transport Safety Administration and the Coast Guard commander fired the Director of Consumer Financial Protection. Congress created these positions to serve fixed terms that are not necessarily handed over the moment the new president takes office. But the President has the right to do such work.
Dismissed Thousands of trial workers Cross-federal labor force. Probation workers (usually but not always in their first year of work) do not have all the protections that other civil servants do.
