Fox News Politics Newsletter: Biden Autopen Pardons Amount to 'Constitutional Scandal,' Expert Says

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- Putin mum on Trump's 50-day ultimatum, Kremlin officials claim Russia 'didn't care'

- Senate GOP braces for test vote on Trump's $9.4B clawback package

- RNC Chair Michael Whatley claims Zohran Mamdani is the 'face of the new Democratic Party'

Constitutional legal scholar Randy Barnett admonished Democrats' rhetoric claiming democracy is at risk under the Trump administration when "the biggest constitutional scandal in US history" played out under the Biden administration with the use of the autopen. 

"For all the talk of a ‘constitutional crisis' or threats to ‘our democracy’ having the executive branch systematically run by unknown subordinates of a mentally incompetent president is the biggest constitutional scandal in US history – it’s called into question the legality of official acts done in his name but without proper authority," Barnett posted to X Monday. 

"Southern secession was a ‘constitutional crisis,’" Barnett added in a follow-up message Tuesday. "This is a constitutional scandal…" READ MORE.

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JUDICIAL REJECTION: Federal judges refuse to permanently appoint interim U.S. attorney in New York

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RADICAL TAKEOVER: RNC Chair Michael Whatley claims Zohran Mamdani is the 'face of the new Democratic Party'

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