Representative Jamie Raskin’s latest broadside against presidential authority reveals just how desperate the Washington establishment has become. In a calculated move to preserve the bloated administrative state, the Maryland Democrat is now openly encouraging federal bureaucrats to resist lawful executive orders from President Trump—a stunning admission that the deep state intends to continue operating as a government unto itself.
Speaking with characteristic arrogance, Raskin declared that federal employees shouldn’t automatically follow presidential directives, claiming “just because Trump tells you to do something, it doesn’t mean it’s lawful.” This isn’t legal advice—it’s a battle cry for bureaucratic insurrection against the will of American voters who delivered Trump a decisive mandate for change.
The timing isn’t coincidental. As Trump prepares to implement sweeping reforms across federal agencies—from securing our border to eliminating wasteful spending—career bureaucrats are being given their marching orders by Democratic leadership. Raskin’s message is clear: resist, obstruct, and delay at every opportunity, regardless of constitutional authority or electoral outcomes.
What makes Raskin’s comments particularly revealing is his fundamental misunderstanding of executive power under Article II of the Constitution. Federal employees serve at the pleasure of the President, not at the whim of congressional Democrats who lost the election. The Founders designed our system with clear lines of authority precisely to avoid the kind of bureaucratic chaos Raskin now advocates.
This coordinated resistance campaign exposes the establishment’s deepest fear: that Trump will successfully dismantle the unaccountable administrative apparatus that has operated beyond constitutional constraints for decades. The same agencies that weaponized government power against conservatives, suppressed information about Hunter Biden’s laptop, and slow-walked immigration enforcement are now being positioned to continue their partisan operations under the guise of “lawful resistance.”
Raskin’s strategy extends beyond simple obstruction. By creating legal uncertainty around presidential directives, Democrats hope to tie up Trump’s agenda in courts packed with activist judges who view themselves as super-legislators. It’s the same playbook they used during Trump’s first term, when routine immigration enforcement was suddenly deemed “unconstitutional” by district judges in liberal strongholds.
The economic implications are staggering. Every day that bureaucrats resist implementing America First policies costs American workers jobs and opportunities. When federal agencies refuse to enforce immigration law, American wages suffer. When environmental regulators ignore presidential directives on energy production, American families pay higher prices at the pump. Raskin’s resistance isn’t just political theater—it’s economic warfare against working Americans.
Perhaps most telling is Raskin’s dismissive attitude toward Trump’s constitutional pardon power, suggesting it won’t protect federal employees who follow presidential orders. This reveals the establishment’s panic over Trump’s ability to shield patriots from the kind of politically motivated prosecutions that have become routine under the current Justice Department.
The historical parallel is unmistakable. Just as Franklin Roosevelt faced resistance from entrenched interests during the New Deal era, Trump confronts a permanent bureaucratic class that views itself as the true government, with elected officials serving merely as temporary inconveniences. The difference is that today’s administrative state has grown exponentially more powerful and less accountable than anything the Founders could have imagined.
Constitutional conservatives should view Raskin’s comments as an opportunity rather than a threat. By openly advocating bureaucratic resistance, Democrats are admitting they cannot win through democratic processes. They’re revealing their true allegiance lies not with American voters, but with the globalist agenda that has enriched elites while hollowing out our industrial base.
As Trump prepares to restore constitutional governance, patriots can expect the resistance to intensify. But Raskin’s desperate gambit will ultimately accelerate the very changes he seeks to prevent. American voters didn’t elect Trump to negotiate with the deep state—they elected him to defeat it. The coming battle for constitutional government has never looked more winnable.
