"They are velociraptors testing the fence. They're looking for holes. They're looking for weaknesses. They're checking to see where they can push the envelope," Brescia said of the Trump administration. "I think for now, the system has largely held but we'll see as these cases get to the appellate courts, and ultimately, many of them are likely to

Ray Brescia, a professor at Albany Law School, called the theory being pushed by Trump allies that the executive branch should operate free of judicial checks "preposterous." ????????????  

"The entire premise of our constitutional system of limited government of checks and balances and separation of powers involves deference to judicial determinations of what the law says and complying with it. This goes back to the beginning of the republic," said David Schultz, a constitutional law professor at Hamline University. ?????

The escalating clash between the new administration and the courts has some legal experts sounding the alarm, and is prompting fears of a potential constitutional crisis. ????? ???????  

"We will comply with the law in the courts, but we will also continue to seek every legal remedy to ultimately overturn these radical injunctions and ensure President Trump's policies can be enacted," she said. ????????????