The Age of American Caesarism

Ex-GOP Senate counsel: “if the Madisonian republic is to endure, conservatives must reckon with our role in bringing the nation to its current breaking point, and work to reestablish the checks and balances that we helped erode.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Greg Nunziante: "if the Madisonian republic is to endure, conservatives must reckon with our role in bringing the nation to its current breaking point, and work to reestablish the checks and balances that we helped erode." Superior analysis in this timely piece. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A fascinating analysis by a conservative jurist of the evolution of American conservative legal thinking that helped create an “executive unbound” and put our constitutional system in danger. @greggnunziata.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This is not American democracy. The central premise of the Constitution is that liberty requires divided authority. The accumulation of power in one branch of government is, as James Madison warned, “the very definition of tyranny.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

entering age of reckoning? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The legal right spent decades empowering the presidency. Now it must reckon with the system it helped create. @greggnunziata.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law, in @theatlantic.com.

American Caesarism -- the idea that America is being ruled by an emperor, not a president. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

If legal conservatives wish to defend the structural Constitution, we must rethink our approach to executive power. So I argue in @theatlantic.com today. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Despite ambitions to change the course of the country, this administration has no real legislative agenda. The president governs by executive orders, emergency decrees, and extortionate transactions, using his power to reward his friends and punish his enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A conservative legal scholar explains how the conservative legal movement created a presidency unbound by legal restraint. “I have become convinced that if the Madisonian republic is to endure, conservatives must reckon with our role in bringing the nation to its current breaking point.”

"in 2024 with the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States the conservatives broke with foundational legal principles and created sweeping presidential immunity out of whole cloth." Republicans created this monster. Now it is destroying the nation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

you know what? I'll take it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

#impeach #jail 👇🤡👇 Despite ambitions to change the course of the country, this admin has no real legislative agenda. The president governs by E.O.'s, emergency decrees, & extortionate transactions, using his power to reward his friends & punish his enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“This is not American democracy. The central premise of the Constitution is that liberty requires divided authority. The accumulation of power in one branch of government is, as James Madison warned, “the very definition of tyranny.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"I have become convinced that if the Madisonian republic is to endure, conservatives must reckon with our role in bringing the nation to its current breaking point, and work to reestablish the checks and balances that we helped erode." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Executive orders, emergency declarations, and unilateral actions lack the durability of Congressional legislation, so policies swing wildly from one administration to the next. Businesses cannot plan ahead, undermining investment, growth, and prosperity." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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'This is not American democracy. The central premise of the Constitution is that liberty requires divided authority. The accumulation of power in one branch of government is, as James Madison warned, “the very definition of tyranny.”' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The new age of American Caesarism - what the right created, they need to undo. Another great 'gift' article from The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Please repost so others can also read great journalism.

“If conservatives truly believe in ordered liberty, constitutional limits, and the rule of law, then the task ahead is clear: We must help check Caesar.” They don’t, and they won’t. These people are not conservatives. They’re radical regressive authoritarians, who care only about power.*

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it's funny you say that, I would have agreed without exception as soon as yesterday, yet here we are today www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A comment on The Atlantic article discussing the president and Caesar: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Once again, an insular article from The Atlantic - Why would Congressional Republicans "reckon with" Trump when they get a bunch of money from his corporate buddies? Seriously, dude - get out of the law library and look out here. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"The Supreme Court seems poised to allow Trump’s removal of a member of the Federal Trade Commission. This could enable the president to fire any federal employee at will, ignore civil-service protections, and eliminate the independence of the Federal Reserve." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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"Despite ambitions to fundamentally change the course of the country, this administration has no real legislative agenda. Instead, the president governs by executive orders, emergency decrees, and extortionate transactions, using his power to reward his friends." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Age of American Caesarism The legal right spent decades empowering the presidency. Now it must reckon with the system it helped create. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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“Julius Caesar styled himself as a servant of the republic, claiming to speak for the people even as he disregarded laws and norms to govern by caprice. The Roman republic did not survive him. …” #GiftArticle #TrumpΤύραννος #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain #DoNothingCongress #JamesMadison #Courage

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“… Julius Caesar styled himself as a servant of the republic, claiming to speak for the people even as he disregarded laws and norms to govern by caprice. The Roman republic did not survive him. …” #GiftArticle #TrumpΤύραννος #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain #DoNothingCongress #JamesMadison #Courage

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The article should be called the Death of the Republic. The ‘conservatives’ are nowhere to be found. Those who wish to limit Trump’s power are hiding under a rock or have completely sold their souls for perceived power.

The Age of American Caesarism @theatlantic.com #SCOTUS The legal right spent decades empowering the presidency. Now it must reckon with the system it helped create. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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"Despite ambitions to fundamentally change the course of the country, this administration has no real legislative agenda. Instead, the president governs by executive orders, emergency decrees, and extortionate transactions, using his power to reward his friends and punish his enemies."

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