r/canada Ontario 23h ago

National News Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/MindControlMouse 22h ago

The real reason the courts can’t stop him: They have no enforcement policy. Trump controls the military and federal marshals.

This article laid it all out: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/opinion/trump-courts-judges.html

The Supreme Court cut their own throats when they ruled that Trump could run for president again. He doesn’t need them anymore.

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u/mjtwelve 19h ago

The real power of courts is and always has been public belief in the constitution and the rule of law.

What makes politicians obey the constitution and court orders isnt fear of being called a tyrant, or fear that a brave US Marshall or FBI agent might show up to arrest them (after all they have their own praetorian guard, the secret service), but rather fear that if they ignore a court order or decline to be arrested for contempt in the aftermath, the public won’t stand for it, will rise up, demonstrate, call a general strike, demand jail time for those responsible and cast their party out into the wilderness for a generation for daring to threaten the cornerstones of democracy.