A survey of legal experts finds deep concern about presidential overreach, persecution of enemies, and unchecked abuses of power. The stakes are framed around November, when the integrity of the legal system will be tested. Supreme Court and conservative appellate courts are described as granting President Trump broad permission, while lower-court judges have issued rulings intended to check violations of civil and constitutional rights, especially regarding immigration. The slow-walking of responses to those rulings and the ignoring of rulings Trump believes he can disregard contribute to perceptions of lawlessness. The survey reports that even Republican appointees view the current president as the greatest threat in decades to the rule of law.
""The nation is strong as is its commitment to the rule of law," said one appellate judge, a Republican appointee. "The current president presents the greatest threat in decades.""
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