'No dictators': Top Democrat signals effort to restrain Trump if he wins White House

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is pushing back against the Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling, suggesting Democrats are eyeing ways to limit former President Trump’s abilities that were expanded by the high court’s decision.

"It is up to Congress, the representative branch of the people, to defend the constitutional order against presidents who would trample the freedoms of the people," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said at a press conference alongside former GOP Rep. Joe Walsh.

"This declaration is about protecting the freedoms of the people by closing statutory loopholes that could allow a president to exploit the executive power to trample constitutional freedom and liberty."

He’s helping to spearhead an effort urging members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to sign a "No Dictators Declaration."

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Raskin, who held the press conference backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday, did not mention Trump by name.

The website for the effort similarly stresses that "this isn’t a partisan issue."

When explaining the "five pillars" of the pledge, however, Raskin alluded to a host of accusations that have been lodged against the former president.

"It's got five main pillars to it – one, limiting the president's power to declare bogus domestic and foreign emergencies to seize power and bypass congressional authority. Two, restricting the president's ability to use the Insurrection Act to deploy the military domestically against the people," Raskin said.

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"Three – preventing the adoption of partisan, personal and