Velshi starts now.

Good morning to you. It's Saturday, February the 15th, day 26 of Donald Trump's second term.

Since returning to the White House, President Trump and his administration have moved aggressively to expand the powers of the executive branch

and fundamentally remake the federal government, and it's putting the Constitution

through a stress test. In less than one month, the president has signed a number of executive

orders to undo Biden-era actions and to enact his own policies, including some that have

dubious legal merit. One such order seeks to end birth own policies, including some that have dubious legal merit.

One such order seeks to end birthright citizenship, a right embedded in the 14th Amendment

of the Constitution. Four different federal judges have blocked it from taking effect so far,

but the case could end up in the Supreme Court, which is likely what the Trump administration

wants. The administration has also taken

numerous norm-breaking steps in an effort to completely upend how the federal government operates and

to test the limits of the president's powers. We've seen one crucial example of this rapidly

unfolding in just the last 72 hours. Last night, the Department of Justice moved to dismiss a serious and ongoing criminal corruption

case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. But the move was preceded by plenty of drama that resulted

in at least seven resignations within the Department of Justice, including Daniel Sassoon,

who was the top prosecutor at the Southern

District of New York. Sassoon resigned on Thursday after acting Deputy General Amel Bovet

ordered her to drop the Adams case earlier in the week. Bovet argued that the case interfered

with Adams' ability to help carry out Trump's immigration crackdown.

Danielle Sassoon refused to dismiss the case.

Now, the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Adams case is roiling New York politics

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