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We Now Know What ‘Above the Law’ Means
There’s a flaw in the system and Trump knows it
We’ve got a real problem here. What if a sitting President gets a court order and simply refuses to obey it? And what if that President has a Justice Department purged of anyone not loyal to him, led by an ultra loyalist Attorney General?
That’s where we are at folks, and we are screwed royally. But, maybe not. Trump’s willingness to ignore court orders is actually starting to bother some Republican Congress members. I guess they may possibly be starting to realize how bad this could get for all of us if they give Trump a free pass.
Unfortunately the Supreme Court already gave him a free pass with their unlimited immunity for any crime committed as part of an official act while in office. That effectively shut down one of the two checks and balances on the Executive branch in the Constitution.
But a handful of GOP senators came out, expressing fears about the only remaining check, the United States Congress, if Trump is allowed to ignore the rule of law. I don’t know why they suddenly realized what he is up to because he has ignored the law for most of his life, using lawyers and lawsuits to stall and fight off the courts.
So, why now? First, Trump’s freezes and layoffs and department closings are causing chaos in just as many red states as blue states, and Congress is getting barraged with calls from constituents.
Voters, in other words, and midterms get closer every day. At the rate we are going, a lot of people are going to be getting angrier as the effects of Trump and Musk’s actions kick in.
As we are already seeing, there are widening circles of negative impact as those effects ripple out into the economy. That may explain why these senators, including Senate leader John Thune, are speaking out, finally. Hopefully as they test the waters of critiquing their fearless leader, others join in.
Hope springs eternal.
Meanwhile, another legal kerfuffle is getting attention, the dropping of legitimate corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams in a political deal by the DOJ. This is beyond blatant as the documents dropping the charges actually state that it is so Adams can…
