Experts say Trump’s CPB order ‘should have no legal effect’
Legal experts say that President Trump exceeded his authority with his executive order last week that directed CPB to end funding to PBS and NPR.
Trump has “no authority under the Constitution to take over the board’s functions and basically do them himself,” said Peter M. Shane, a professor at the New York University School of Law..
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