Ed Markey: Edward J. Markey is a US senator from Massachusetts.

OPINION

Elon Musk’s place in the Constitution

Article 3.5, a never-before-used provision with unlimited authority to remake our constitutional order with Musk as the unelected and unaccountable leader.

Textbooks teach students about the three branches of our federal government, created in the US Constitution as separate articles defining the powers of each. Article I is Congress. Article II is the presidency. Article III is the judiciary.

But Elon Musk believes he doesn’t need to answer to any of those branches. Not to Congress, not to the courts, and certainly not to his newly bought presidency. It’s almost as if Musk believes that he has his own special place in the Constitution.

In Musk’s world, the Constitution contains an Article 3.5, a never-before-used provision with unlimited authority to remake our constitutional order with Musk as the unelected and unaccountable leader.

This is why we Americans must stop Musk and President Trump through legislation, lawsuits, and sustained vocal opposition. We must say no to all nominees who will do Trump’s bidding; no to the costlier, sicker, unhealthier future that Trump and Musk are creating; and no to the illegal, unconstitutional Musk-ocracy.