The more important take from this article is that Trump has escalated his claims and now claims that nothing he does is subject to judicial review at all.
The scary part is that there is a non-zero chance that the Supreme Court could rule in his favor. And at that point, God help us all.
I am optimistic the SCOTUS won’t take the bait. Not because they’re against Trump, but rather because they don’t seem as eager to surrender their own power than Congress is. Even in their notoriously pro-Trump rulings last year, they took care to keep the Judiciary involved in interpreting the extent of the Executive’s powers.
And all his GOP underlings will fall in line and support his outrageous statements.
I’m pretty sure that would effectively end all state mandates to participate in the Constitution, effectively dissolving it.
It’s very clear that Trump does not realize that dissolving the Constitution means states no longer need to adhere to the joined Republic. That agreement IS the Republic. If it no longer exists, then States are their own territories, and DC is nothing.
States activate their reserve guard forces, assume control of stationed assets, and stop sending DC money. That’s it. Then it’s every state for itself, and guess where all the good shit is he thinks he’s just going to order around? In those “Coastal Elite” states he’s always belittling.
No incoming money, no people to order around, and only his little cavalcade of dipshits who no longer have positions of power…
As somebody else had mentioned, he’d be killed in a heartbeat, and then the groveling and backtracking would immediately begin to try and undo what he’s done.
“It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.”
-Supreme Court, Marbury vs Madison
…all I want is a President who can assume the duties of a President. Starting to feel like a unicorn.
I just want an adult at this point. Preferably a non-ancient one but I’ll take what I can get.
And no President can ignore the Courts.
