The vice president’s tweet ‘made no sense because the legitimate powers of the president of the United States is not determined by the president of the United States or the vice president,’ Scarborough argued. ‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough accused Vice President J.D. Vance of “trolling” when he questioned the judicial branch’s authority after a federal judge temporarily prohibited DOGE from accessing government systems.
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Responding to Vance’s remark, Scarborough said: “The tweet though was circular. It made no sense. And it made no sense because the legitimate powers of the president of the United States is not determined by the president of the United States or the vice president.”. The Supreme Court determines “what the legitimate power of the president is, of the vice president is, of what Congress is,” he continued. “That is the way it has been since John Marshall was the first Supreme Court justice. This is trolling.”.
Both Vance and Lee graduated from law school, which made their outbursts even more “remarkable,” the ‘Morning Joe’ host said. “This is all planned,” Scarborough said. Seemingly referring to Republicans, he continued: “They decided they were going to do these things that pushed the boundary of the law that went over the line.”. There’s a long history of judges blocking presidential actions, he argued: “This is how things are.”.
“So when you say a court cannot stop a president from doing what’s in its legitimate power to do, well, yes, of course that’s true. But it is the court that determines the contours of that power. It’s that simple,” Scarborough said, adding: “Remarkable that these people went to law school.”. The question of who determines the president’s powers “is 100% settled and has been for 222 years,” Goitein said, referring to the 1803 Marbury v. Madison decision. “The core feature of the U.S. Constitution is its separation of powers.”.
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