http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/52579f0bd484aa75 https://verfassungsblog.de/undoing-the-american-rechtsstaat/ Undoing the American Rechtsstaat - What U.S. Law Is (Not) Prepared For Emerson, Blake eng 2025-05-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Donald Trump Presidentialism Rechtsstaat Rechtsstaatlichkeit US Supreme Court Rechtsstaat Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Donald Trump’s return to the forefront of U.S. politics brings an urgent constitutional question back into focus: Can the American administrative state survive another presidency driven by executive absolutism? Recent developments before the Supreme Court, especially in Trump v. U. S., suggest that long-standing norms and legal safeguards are under siege. This post explores how a second Trump term might exploit structural vulnerabilities in U.S. public law, with consequences that extend far beyond American borders.