No Appeal

Coal is a dirty energy source, nuclear power is too dangerous for America (though in France they handle it with little trouble to speak of, but then the French can make bullet trains and did make supersonic airliners), and both coal and nuclear energy are dying in These States.  So how do you keep Mr. Peabody's coal train and Mr. Neutron's reactors humming along if you're Donald John Trump, champion of coal and nuclear power and President of the United States?  You might issue a directive to the Energy Department telling them to keep coal-powered and nuclear-powered electricity-generating plants from closing based on national security reasons, which would stifle competition from alternative-energy power sources, even though a more diverse energy portfolio would enhance national security by allowing some electricity-generating plants to run if others were disabled.

So much for the free market.

Lawsuits are expected to be filed against this directive, but Trump, still flexing his presidential prerogatives, has made it clear that this, like the Veterans' Day military parade, is what he wants, and there's no stopping it.  There is no appeal to a Trump decision.  What he wants is what he gets.  That's why Rudolph Giuliani says Trump can pardon himself and doesn't have to answer subpoenas.           

It won't be long before the Democratic Party and all minor parties are outlawed by a Republican congressional majority happy to appease Trump.

For national security purposes, of course.