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David Lopez, University Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark

3 ways Trump is acting like a king and bypassing the Constitution’s checks and balances on presidential authority

Donald Trump's efforts to expand presidential power defy the Constitutional separation of powers. zimmytws/iStock via Getty Images

I learned basic civics in my public school. But mostly, because it was more interesting, I also learned civics after school watching the animated series “Schoolhouse Rock,” often with my abuela – my grandmother – who took care of me.

Back then, “Schoolhouse Rock” had a wonderful episode, “Three Ring Government.” In singing narration, the characters explained “about the government, and how it’s arranged, divided in three, like a three-ring circus.”

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