Trump declares Biden’s autopen pardons “void,” ICE fabricates warrants to jail U.S. citizens, and deportations under a 1798 law defy federal courts. This episode exposes the unraveling of legal norms—from weaponizing the DOJ to retaliate against critics, to ICE agents barricading restaurants and rewriting the Constitution on the fly. How far can executive power stretch before democracy snaps? We dissect the human toll of vendetta politics, the rise of extrajudicial force, and the chilling precedent of retroactive nullification. When presidents act like autocrats, who holds the line?

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