A CRASH COURSE IN ARTICLE II. Among other things, the second Trump administration is giving the political world an education in the meaning of Article II of the Constitution, the article that establishes the executive branch and lays out the president’s powers. A lot of people do not like what they are learning.

“The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America,” it begins. The article outlines the process for electing the president, establishes qualifications for office, creates the oath of office, and details the process for removing the president. It lists the president’s powers, both sole powers, such as serving as commander in chief of the military and the power to pardon, and powers he exercises with the advice and consent of the Senate, such as making treaties, appointing judges, and appointing officers of the United States. Article II also says the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”

Donald Trump came into office in January knowing that his opposition — Democrats, their associated activist groups, lawfare specialists, and media allies — would do everything they could to stop his initiatives. Before the recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is Trump’s sole, albeit really big, legislative achievement to date, all of Trump’s accomplishments in his first months in office have come through his exercise of the executive authority laid out in Article II.

The most successful strategy the anti-Trump coalition has used so far is what might be called Lawfare 2.0. For years, the coalition pursued impeachment, lawsuits, and........

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