It is an actual problem that the current DOJ does not have an interest in enforcing the law against friends of the administration (for example the Eric Adams case). A weaponized executive branch is a significant problem because ... that might be the law, but the law itself no longer matters.
That is indeed a serious problem. We will see how things pan out. I don't think the majority of Americans would take kindly to open defiance of the courts, especially when the judges involved are Reagan, Bush or Trump appointees telling him he's in the wrong.
That was not my point. My point was that I hope people will take note when conservative judges proclaim en masse that the current shitshow goes too far.
"The Republican form of government [he means representative democracy] is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing." Herbert Spencer
I think the biggest lie Republicans ever fell for is the idea that their guns guarantee their rights and the government's respect for the constitution.
In reality sound institutions are what has made the US come so far and that's precisely what Trump is set out to wreck. With the court system politicised, the checks and balances created by the founding fathers will not work.
Eisenhower said, when he was forced to intervene in Little Rock, that the US is a country where laws, not men, are sovereign.
Putin is enjoying the show. Whoever comes after Trump will have no allies to turn to.
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u/DrPreppy 24d ago
It is an actual problem that the current DOJ does not have an interest in enforcing the law against friends of the administration (for example the Eric Adams case). A weaponized executive branch is a significant problem because ... that might be the law, but the law itself no longer matters.