But it seems that just as Congress exercised raw power primarily for political purposes, a handful of judges with their own view of the unwisdom of Congress's action are now, under the guise of law, exercising countervailing power in an attempt to frustrate Congress's will and bring this national nightmare to an end.
Trump is exercising raw executive power for political points with his base, and he doesn't care about the rule of law, or precedent, or the appearance of impropriety.
But the force driving this turnabout is not populism; it's Dominion itself, in an exercise of raw power that both acknowledges the new political landscape and demonstrates the company's ability to maneuver through it.
It's an exercise in raw judicial power.
This case is different; it's an exercise of raw judicial activism.
This American Mussolini has captivated Washington by demonstrating the exercise of raw power.American Mussolini?
For Sessions, it is the federal government's investigation of such abuses that amounts to not just an unjustified "exercise of raw power," but a "most dangerous" one.
Twenty years ago, I knew a 14-year-old girl whose classmates, in a similar exercise, carried raw eggs around for a week.
"What we saw yesterday was an exercise in raw power by a man who is prepared to do anything, including dividing his cabinet, to get his own way," she said.
In almost every policy area, the administration's consistent goal has been to eliminate any constraints on their exercise of raw power, whether by law, regulation, alliance or treaty.
