Can Trump Really Tear Down the Statue of Liberty? His Lawyers Say Yes.

A single exchange in last Friday’s DC Circuit argument laid bare the Trump administration’s strategy in a series of recent cases: push through deeply unpopular and frequently illegal measures and make certain the public can’t do a thing about it.The exchange concerned Trump’s most cherished goal of remaking the White House—the people’s house—in his imperial and garish image.Recall how we got here. Last fall, with no congressional authorization and no completed legal process, the administration s...