{"id":545,"date":"2025-05-04T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=545"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:36:59","slug":"schumer-blasts-trumps-response-on-upholding-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/schumer-blasts-trumps-response-on-upholding-the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer blasts Trump's response on upholding the Constitution\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted President Trump on Sunday for saying he doesn’t know if he has to uphold the Constitution amid his sweeping immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

During a \u201cMeet the Press\u201d interview with NBC News\u2019s Kristen Walker, the president said he was \u201crelying\u201d on Attorney General Pam Bondi to guide the administration’s response to a Supreme Court ruling directing his administration<\/a> to \u201cfacilitate\u201d the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a wrongfully deported Maryland man.<\/p>\n

When asked by Welker about whether he must uphold the Constitution when it comes to deportations, Trump said, \u201cI don\u2019t know. I have to respond by saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said. What you said is not what I heard the Supreme Court said. They have a different interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to a clip posted to the social platform X, Schumer said the president \u201chas just admitted that he \u2018doesn\u2019t know\u2019 whether he needs to uphold the Constitution.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is as un-American as it gets,\u201d he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said late last month<\/a> that the U.S. is in a constitutional crisis, with the Trump administration \u201cflouting the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think that the Trump administration is ignoring the courts? Do you think that the country is currently in a constitutional crisis?\u201d Welker asked Van Hollen on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, yes, we are. [They are] very much flouting the courts as we speak. As the courts have said, facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing. And they are doing nothing. Yes, they\u2019re absolutely in violation of the court orders as we speak,\u201d Van Hollen responded, speaking about Abrego Garcia.<\/p>\n

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted President Trump on Sunday for saying he doesn’t know if he has to uphold the Constitution amid his sweeping immigration crackdown. During a<\/p>\n

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