For Trump, the Law Is Not Relevant

And Stephen Miller conducts a "purge" of the Department of Homeland Security. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       The President of the United States Told Law Enforcement to Break the Law   We're through the looking glass now, but in theory the president's job, as head of the Executive Branch, is to execute the laws passed by Congress. Presidents from both sides of the aisle, including Barack Obama, have stretched this interpretation and expanded executive power over the years. But nobody has shown such outright disdain for the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution as Donald Trump, American president. While Obama issued some borderline-constitutional executive orders, Trump has gone at the law head-on. Read More           CJ Wallace's New Cannabis Brand Honors His Late Father, The Notorious B.I.G.   CJ Wallace was five months old when he lost his father. And while his dad's memory lives on through platinum records, grainy freestyle videos, dorm room posters, Instagram captions, and the larger-than-life persona of The Notorious B.I.G., it was the man, Christopher Wallace, that CJ had long sought to know and understand. That search led him a number of places—talking to family, friends, even portraying his father in 2009's Notorious—that would ultimately inspire CJ to launch Think BIG, a social movement and company centered around cannabis and its uses as a tool for "creativity, contemplation, and healing." Read More           The 12 Best Dopp Kits to Streamline Your On-the-Road Grooming Routine   A dopp kit makes traveling infinitely easier. It helps keep your regular grooming routine in place, which makes every trip feel a little more grounded. Here are the 12 best ones you can get. Read More           This Whole China-Mar-a-Lago Story Is Sketchy as Hell   So how do you prepare for a road trip? Make a checklist? Toothbrush. Phone and laptop chargers. Lee Child novel. Well, a Chinese woman named Yujing Zhang brought along "Chinese passports, a flash drive containing malware ... and thousands of dollars" for her weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago, the Winter Emolument of the President* of the United States. Read More           Rian Johnson Is Totally Cool with J.J. Abrams Re-Writing Rey's Parents in Star Wars: Episode 9   Since the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017, director Rian Johnson has been haunted by one of his biggest decisions in the film. No, not Luke drinking colorful milk from the teat of a space cow; Johnson has been haunted by his decision to reveal that Rey's parents were just a couple of space bums, who left her alone on a shitty desert planet. Read More           The Esquire Interview: Eric Swalwell   On Monday, Rep. Eric Swalwell became the latest Democrat to declare he's running for president. Swalwell, a 38-year-old congressman from northern California and member of the House Intelligence Committee, is well-known to cable news junkies for his frequent appearances over the last two years discussing Trump and Russia. Off-camera, he has been bouncing between Iowa and New Hampshire for months. Ryan Lizza talked to the Swalwell as he prepared for yesterday's announcement. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2019 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019