Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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FRONTLINE goes inside the high-stakes showdown between President Donald Trump and the courts over presidential power. Trump allies, opponents and experts talk about how he is testing the extent of his power; the legal pushback; and the impact on the rule of law.

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0:13.4	Right now, here is the audio cast of Trump's Power and the Rule of Law.
0:44.6	Thank you. and the rule of law. The United States Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to continue with their cuts to the Department of Education.
0:53.3	The showdown over the power of the president. The Constitution vests all of the executive power of the federal government in a single person, the president.
0:56.0	Do we have the rule of law or do we have royal decrees? That's what's at stake here.
0:58.0	You're not going to scare us and we're not going to stop.
1:00.0	Our constitutional structure is definitely stressed.
1:03.0	Now on Frontline, Trump's power and the rule of law.
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1:56.8	empowering world-changing work. President Trump is at the Capital One arena for his inauguration parade.
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