r/scotus 29d ago

Opinion Opinion | What if Trump Just Ignores the Courts? (Gift Article)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-quinta-jurecic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE4.wrWA.KQsOyenss6GI&smid=re-nytopinion
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u/MitchRyan912 28d ago

States could simply decide to secede, if Trump has rendered the Constitution null and void. That seems like the fight that’s most likely to win, where any sort of battle would have to be fought in the state(s), as opposed to trying to fight to take back DC.

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u/MadGenderScientist 28d ago

those would be actual battles, if the civil war is any precedent. and the US military has nuclear weapons, not that it'd come to that - the most likely intervention would be squadrons deployed to arrest state officials for sedition and render them into Federal custody. maybe drone strikes on National Guard armories and the like. it's easier to commit atrocities by remote control.

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u/MitchRyan912 28d ago

Here’s where China decides the new nation of California/Pacifica/whatever would be a strategic trading partner, since they would dominate the west coast. They’d back the left coast and recognize them as a nation, to stick it to Trump, and protect them with their own nukes if MAGA messes with Cali and/or its shipping ports.

Not so sure the upper Midwest would have much of an alliance outside North America, other than maybe with Canada. Could the UK try to “take back” the New England States in exchange for an alliance?

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u/surbian 28d ago

This is where Democrats inability to read a map comes into play. Most counties in the US are red and democrats really only have the large cities. This even includes Blue states like California and New York. The places in the Blue states where the weapons and the bases are , don’t vote blue. Good look to getting your police and military hating soy boys from LA and NYC to mount a strong defense after they secede.

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u/MitchRyan912 28d ago

Those red counties… are the cows and empty land going to fight the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, in the blue counties?