The United States is already facing a constitutional crisis, according to the professor of history and politics at Denver University, Rafael Ioris. In an interview, the expert stated that this situation was already planned since before the election of Donald Trump.
According to Ioris, Trump signaled that he would impose a new logic on the exercise of power in the country. “He has been valid from good advisors, including in the legal area, who present a unified power thesis in the executive,” explained the professor.
Historical contradiction
The expert points out that this approach represents a contradiction to the history of the United States, a country that implemented the ideas of the Enlightenment and Montesquieu on the separation of powers. This system has served the country well in the last 250 years, but now faces an attempt to reorganization.
Ioris points out that Trump seeks to reorganize the country in various dimensions, including his presence in the world, the US economy and, surprisingly, the very functioning of political institutions.
“He is forcing the bar, saying that the executive would almost be a unique power, that he would have the power to define how to exercise appeals, the exercise of judicial decisions or not,” he said.
Uncertainties about the future
The teacher raises questions about how this crisis will be resolved. He points out that the executive actually has more power to implement decisions, but questions who will make Trump comply with something if necessary. Although impeachment could be a solution, Ioris evaluates that the current political context does not seem conducive to such a measure.
“It is a crisis that seems to last for a while. At some point, something will have to be decided,” concluded the expert, indicating that Either Trump’s power will be strengthened with this new interpretation of the functioning of political institutions, or there will be pressure from Congress and the judiciary to re -regiment things in normal standards.
