Trump has constitutional authority to battle DC crime

People can disagree about whether President Donald Trump had to send the National Guard to help fight crime in the nation’s capital, but it seems to have already reduced crime rates in the city. And most people who live or work in the District of Columbia, as we do, surely welcome the increased security.

But not all. One person who doesn’t seem to get it is — wait for it — D.C.’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb. This is the same prosecutor who has pledged never to try a juvenile as an adult, no matter how heinous or brutal the crime. On August 4, he filed a federal lawsuit challenging the president’s authority, a suit that one prominent legal scholar described as simply “delusional.”