Then came the dinner, and the White House\u2019s explanation: \u201cThis is a pre-credentialed event. Contrary to what the Fake News wants you to believe, they don\u2019t just get to have free rein into every part of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, nobody asked for free rein, just for the same access Chinese state media received.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when Laurence Tribe \u2014 the Harvard constitutional law professor emeritus, and someone who has spent a career weighing presidential power \u2014 went on \u201cOutFront\u201d<\/a> and told Erin Burnett that he\u2019d looked for historical parallels and came up empty, \u201cThis president does not recognize that he is subject to the law. I was trying to think of parallels in history, but there really are none.\u201d <\/p>\n So Tribe went looking among the monarchs. King George III, the guy the entire American experiment was built to reject? He \u201cdidn\u2019t have this kind of power,\u201d according to Tribe. George \u201ctried to control coverage, but he was responsible to a parliament,\u201d Tribe explained. \u201cThis Congress basically does, because of the MAGA element, what the president wants.\u201d<\/p>\n Yup, the guy the entire American Revolution is about? Less bad than our current president.<\/p>\n But Tribe goes harder. He moved on to Louis XIV, the Sun King, the man who is remembered for building Versailles and saying \u201cL\u2019\u00e9tat, c\u2019est moi.\u201d Louis, per Tribe, also \u201cdidn\u2019t go this far.\u201d The Sun King said he was answerable to no earthly authority and didn\u2019t push it as far as Trump.<\/p>\n The constitutional scholar went looking for historical parallels and ran out of monarchs.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t have this in this country. That\u2019s dictatorship,\u201d Tribe said. \u201cHe would like basically to be not just King Trump, but Emperor Trump\u2026 and I don\u2019t think that the American people are having it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n The country was literally founded to get away from King George. Now a Harvard constitutional law professor says George had more limits on him than our president does. That should be a wake-up call for anyone who cares about the American experiment. It won\u2019t be, but it should<\/em> be.<\/p>\n Earlier:<\/strong> Trump Banned Three News Outlets And Handed Gibson Dunn A Sequel It Already Knows How To Win<\/a> Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Trump Has Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Early Thursday morning, a federal judge ordered the White House to give CNN, MS NOW, and Politico back their access. By Thursday night, CNN was on air explaining that it had been turned away from the state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chinese state media made it in; CNN and MS NOW did not. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. <\/p>\n Some background, for those just tuning in. The White House banned the three outlets last Saturday, with Trump explaining that \u201cMedia Outlets shouldn\u2019t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES.\u201d The outlets sued, and brought in Gibson Dunn, which has won this fight before<\/a>. The White House answered with a whole lot of talking points and not a lot of case law<\/a>. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who handled the Jim Acosta press-pass case in 2018, was not impressed. He issued a 14-day temporary restraining order and noted that the administration \u201cprovided no support for its assertion that any of the disputed stories contained classified information or damaged national security.\u201d Some of the reporting Trump was so mad about was, per the judge, \u201cmonths or years old.\u201d<\/p>\n Then came the dinner, and the White House\u2019s explanation: \u201cThis is a pre-credentialed event. Contrary to what the Fake News wants you to believe, they don\u2019t just get to have free rein into every part of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n Well, nobody asked for free rein, just for the same access Chinese state media received.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when Laurence Tribe \u2014 the Harvard constitutional law professor emeritus, and someone who has spent a career weighing presidential power \u2014 went on \u201cOutFront\u201d<\/a> and told Erin Burnett that he\u2019d looked for historical parallels and came up empty, \u201cThis president does not recognize that he is subject to the law. I was trying to think of parallels in history, but there really are none.\u201d <\/p>\n So Tribe went looking among the monarchs. King George III, the guy the entire American experiment was built to reject? He \u201cdidn\u2019t have this kind of power,\u201d according to Tribe. George \u201ctried to control coverage, but he was responsible to a parliament,\u201d Tribe explained. \u201cThis Congress basically does, because of the MAGA element, what the president wants.\u201d<\/p>\n Yup, the guy the entire American Revolution is about? Less bad than our current president.<\/p>\n But Tribe goes harder. He moved on to Louis XIV, the Sun King, the man who is remembered for building Versailles and saying \u201cL\u2019\u00e9tat, c\u2019est moi.\u201d Louis, per Tribe, also \u201cdidn\u2019t go this far.\u201d The Sun King said he was answerable to no earthly authority and didn\u2019t push it as far as Trump.<\/p>\n The constitutional scholar went looking for historical parallels and ran out of monarchs.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t have this in this country. That\u2019s dictatorship,\u201d Tribe said. \u201cHe would like basically to be not just King Trump, but Emperor Trump\u2026 and I don\u2019t think that the American people are having it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n The country was literally founded to get away from King George. Now a Harvard constitutional law professor says George had more limits on him than our president does. That should be a wake-up call for anyone who cares about the American experiment. It won\u2019t be, but it should<\/em> be.<\/p>\n Earlier:<\/strong> Trump Banned Three News Outlets And Handed Gibson Dunn A Sequel It Already Knows How To Win<\/a> Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Trump Has Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Early Thursday morning, a federal judge ordered the White House to give CNN, MS NOW, and Politico back their access. By Thursday night, CNN was on air explaining that it had been turned away from the state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chinese state media made it in; CNN and MS NOW did not. 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The White House Has A Whole Lot Of Talking Points And Not A Lot Of Case Law<\/a>
Remaining Reporters Should Self-Deport From The White House, Avoid Spreading More Trump Lies<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-620x568.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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The White House Has A Whole Lot Of Talking Points And Not A Lot Of Case Law<\/a>
Remaining Reporters Should Self-Deport From The White House, Avoid Spreading More Trump Lies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n