The shift from “the President should surrender control of his peanut farm to avoid conflicts of interest” to “eh, this (gestures broadly) is fine, what are you complaining about?” has been really damn fast.
The shift from "The president can't partly forgive some student loans without congressional approval" to "The president's unelected tech support guy can fire entire government agencies without it" took a month or two. Roughly the same time, but clearly not held to the same standard. That seems a lot like the "permission to cross legal boundaries" that the original article mentions.