Trump's continued face-off with the courts has some questioning whether the U.S. has reached the point

of a constitutional crisis. On that and more, we turn to the analysis of Brooks and K-Part. That's New York

Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Kephart, Associate Editor of the Washington Post. Good evening,

gentlemen. Nice to have you both. I want to talk about

President Trump and the courts. I mean, the president has wielded his authority in, I think, by any

measure in an extraordinary way, slashing budgets and jobs across the federal government, targeting

billions of dollars at colleges and universities, threatening major law firms on immigration.

We've all been following that remarkable process.

But the courts, David, in many instances, have stood up to the president.

Do you think that they are doing their appropriate role of check and balance?

Yeah, I think they are.

The question is whether Trump pays any attention to the courts.

And so to me, watching the Trump administration, just so questioning administration, say, you know,

we've decided stoplights don't apply to us.

Yellow lines down the middle of the middle of don't apply.

We're just going to roll over it, and you stop us.

And when you think constitutional crisis, you think like two sides facing off on the

barricades.

But I've actually lived through a constitutional crisis.

When I was at the Wall Street Journal, I covered the end of the Soviet Union.

And it was obviously very different in many ways.

But one thing was interesting, the mental adjustment I had to make.

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