Russ Vought, the former president’s budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers.
I’d generally call his vision an Americanized version of fascism, and it seems to be shared by a broad swath of the Republican leadership and billionaire donors.
The article is great, but I hate this title.
The “post-constitutional” world in the title is the way Russ Vought describes the current political landscape. It is not, as the title insinuates, something he used to describe the future he aims to create.
This guy is a fascist nut job with a ton of insane ideologies. We don’t need dishonest titles to make him look bad.
But the term is his, and it’s what he’s using to rationalize his plans. He’s not declaring that he/Trump are declaring a post-constitutional doctrine, but that we’re already living in one and thus he’s justified in his radical reinterpretations of it.