Vice President JD Vance expressed a view on executive power on Sunday that alarmed politicians and legal experts. “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.

Experts and officials expressed alarm on Sunday after Vice President JD Vance suggested federal courts “aren’t allowed” to limit the White House ’s “legitimate power.” The controversy began on Sunday morning, when Vance tweeted his views on executive power.

The declaration by the vice president came as court orders have temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s agenda.

A slew of court rulings in recent weeks have hampered the Trump administration’s moves on issues like birthright citizenship and shutting down USAID.

Republican Vice President JD Vance claimed federal judges aren’t allowed to act as a check and balance on the President Sunday, taking his boss’s attacks on the U.S. Constitution to a new level. “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation,