Week Two of the New Era – we may not make it to a year
Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2025, the new president has issued hundreds of executive orders attacking the role of Congress and taking a big ax to the Constitution itself. Through his EOs, he has prevented NIH from communicating with the public; halted previously approved research funding, heavily impacting university research programs; froze previously approved federal spending from being disbursed at all; banned birthright citizenship - and much more. Some of these actions are in the courts. With regard to the EO banning birthright citizenship, a judge, appointed by Reagan, said this was the most unconstitutional order he'd ever seen . We'll see how the Federalist Society ideologues on SCOTUS approach this issue. On Inauguration Day, pressure from Elon Musk sparked the resignation of the head of the FAA . The first fatal plane accident in 16 years happened less than two weeks later. An American Airlines plane, carrying competitive ice skaters, collided with a military ...