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Sozan said states such as California are “acting as a very important bulwark against the new imperial presidency,” and that Bonta and other state attorneys general “are going to play a key role in the months ahead,” too, as Trump “tries to test the boundaries of the law and of court precedent and of democracy.”

The reason these facially absurd autopen claims are so vitally important to the emerging theory of the imperial presidency is that they reveal precisely how cynical Trump’s view of boundless presidential power really is.

Trump has been back in the White House for two weeks and is already remaking the federal government — and trying to create an imperial presidency.

He’s trying to create an imperial presidency — and he’s ruling by decree.

However, there still exists the Senate minority and the filibuster, a free press, a sizable segment of the business community that will not profit from changes to the status quo, the American political penchant to “throw the bums out” in the next election — and most notably, the rule of law to act as boundaries on an imperial presidency.