Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe told CNN OutFront on Thursday that President Donald Trump does not treat himself as bound by the law.

Host Erin Burnett noted that White House reporters regained grounds access 11 hours late and that one journalist was blocked from the state dinner. Tribe said Trump had pledged to follow court orders yet ignored them that morning, with access still withheld hours after a ruling against selective exclusion of CNN, MS NOW and Politico. He added that journalists could not cover President Xi’s arrival or the dinner in any real sense.

Tribe said no past ruler held comparable power, that Congress now follows Trump because of its MAGA faction, and that the pattern amounts to dictatorship.