Gary Franks: Trump is eerily close to getting his wish — King powers
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
The premise of “King powers” assumes that any attempt to rein in the administrative state is a dress rehearsal for monarchy. That is a familiar media shortcut: treat executive action as illegitimate when it challenges the permanent machinery of Washington, but benign when it expands it. Conservatives worry less about personalities and more about incentives.
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The premise of “King powers” assumes that any attempt to rein in the administrative state is a dress rehearsal for monarchy. That is a familiar media shortcut: treat executive action as illegitimate when it challenges the permanent machinery of Washington, but benign when it expands it.
Conservatives worry less about personalities and more about incentives. Unelected regulators and prosecutors already exercise sweeping authority with thin accountability. Restoring a president’s ability to direct the executive branch is not coronation. It is constitutional accountability. If power is dangerous, it is especially dangerous when it is insulated from voters and scattered across agencies.
The real test is rule of law, not vibes. Use of emergency authorities should be narrow, transparent, and reversible. Immigration enforcement, trade, and border security implicate national sovereignty and public trust in ways that pundits often wave off as mere populism.
A stable republic depends on separation of powers and a government that answers to the people. The choice is not king versus saint. It is accountable authority versus bureaucratic drift.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.