Out Of Control

NY Times: Trump’s Acts Show the Urgent Need to Curb the Imperial Presidency - The end of the Mueller investigation reveals that post-Watergate guardrails set up against executive overreach have been smashed and need replacing. By Ian Bassin and Justin Florence - Mr. Bassin and Mr. Florence served as associate White House counsels.

Whatever one’s feelings about the end of the Mueller investigation, the Barr letter makes one thing clear: The guardrails that were established after Watergate against these types of abuses have been smashed. We still need to see the full Mueller report, but unless corrective steps are taken, Mr. Trump and Mr. Barr will have changed, perhaps profoundly, the shape of presidential power, and in troubling ways.