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Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws

July 3, 2025 at 11:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 239 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/07/03/trump-claims-sweeping-power-to-nullify-laws/

“Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show,” the New York Times reports.

“In letters to companies like Apple and Google, Ms. Bondi wrote that Mr. Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his ‘constitutional duties,’ so the law banning the social media app must give way to his ‘core presidential national security and foreign affairs powers.’”