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Is Donald Trump above the law?
Legal experts say the US President’s willingness to defy America’s judiciary threatens a constitutional crisis.
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So far, Mr Trump appears willing to keep testing the limits of his power versus the judiciary’s.
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Stefania Palma
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Mr Donald Trump’s attacks on American judges and his apparent willingness to flout judicial orders are stoking fears of a constitutional crisis in the world’s most powerful democracy, say the US President’s critics.
On March 18, America’s most senior judge made the decision to weigh in, with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rebuking the President for suggesting a judge he disagreed with should be impeached.
