Akshai Vikram, a JD candidate at Columbia Law School, examines how President Donald Trump’s second administration has expanded executive power in controversial ways, prompting growing bipartisan concern and calls for Congress to reclaim authority and protect civil liberties. Mr. Vikram argues that Congress must not only roll back specific statutes that enable executive overreach but also strengthen judicial remedies for rights violations and reform doctrines like qualified immunity, state secrets, and judicial injunctions to restore constitutional balance.