Social media users urged White House counselor Alina Habba to “go back to law school” following her latest wild defense of Donald Trump’s actions since his return to the White House last month.
Habba, an attorney, on Tuesday railed on Martha MacCallum’s Fox News show against what she described as “rogue” federal judges who have ruled against the president’s orders.
They don’t have the authority to challenge the commander-in-chief, she argued.
“Our founding fathers created a document, the Constitution. There’s a separation of powers for a reason,” said Habba.
“The executive branch is the ultimate authority on federal issues,” the lawyer added, ignoring that the legislative, executive and judicial branches exist to hold each other to account and ensure checks and balances.
A user-generated community note on X, formerly Twitter, fact-checked Habba’s comments.
It read: “The executive branch is not the ultimate authority on federal issues and has not been for over two centuries. The judiciary, including lower federal courts, have power to rule on the legality of conduct the executive branch.”
Habba’s claim drew blowback on social media:
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