It isn’t a coincidence for sure. And other than a constitutional crisis, there really is no downside to defying the courts. We already know Congress wouldn’t hurt Donny. At least neither the outgoing nor the incoming. Respecting authority of the courts is a mere political custom.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see them removed already bu is there a good way out? No one’s coming to save us. Not the generals, not the SCOTUS and for sure, not Congress. Just thinking about a Yelstin-sitting-on-a-tank style military backed coup unfolding on steps of the Capitol makes me 😨
Eh! That’s going to be a political landmine - one, what if the generals refuse to leave? Two, the military will forever be tainted as having put their thumbs on the scale. Removing a duly elected President is Congress’ job. You really want one constitutional violation remedied by another?
On the flip side of that; what does the military do when the commander in chief is a domestic enemy of the constitution? Removing him runs the risk of what you rightly stated, plus civil war. Do nothing, risk having a US version of Vladimir Putin. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t 🤷🏾♂️
Sounds like we might have to finally emerge from behind these screens and do some Selma sort of marching in the streets while they serve us refreshments with fire hoses and other sides.
Yep, every commander in the military at that point is sort of on their own. No military lawyer is going to resolve that for you. Follow illegal orders or risk treason by mutinying against your C-in-C. Fun choices! They could resign and that would only help them fill those positions with loyalists.
Having rewatched Ken Burn’s Vietnam War - I came away thinking that generation were bigger heroes than WW2. Because WW2,you only had to fight the Nazis. Vietnam, you had to fight the enemy and your conscience, as many did, and loved ones too - yet they served bravely and with honor. What about now?
And now with extra super strength because POTUS will pardon any official that is sanctioned by the courts. What are you gonna do? Complain to the UN? As inflation cools and stock markets go up because of deregulation, you think people will care? I am betting they won’t till they start missing limbs.
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