The only SAFE course is for the court to supply whatever figleaves of putative legal affirmation Trump calls for. Because after he takes power the careers, and indeed the very lives of the individual justices, will hang upon whether the new regime cares to tolerate them. Given who Trump is, and given the ambitions and intentions of the c…
The only SAFE course is for the court to supply whatever figleaves of putative legal affirmation Trump calls for. Because after he takes power the careers, and indeed the very lives of the individual justices, will hang upon whether the new regime cares to tolerate them. Given who Trump is, and given the ambitions and intentions of the coterie of sycophants and Svengalis surrounding him, dissent and independence in any quarter will be treated as dictators always do. The Supreme Court of the United States, having nothing more to rely upon to enforce its dictates than moral suasion, should not expect to be any exception. The entire system including the court will, indeed must, fold up like a wet paper napkin when the choice presents itself to stand for erstwhile rule of law or look ahead and embrace the new order.
The safety of the Court lies only in disqualifying, thus effectively disempowering him while they have the chance. Disqualified, he (and his minions) will be impotent (I refer you to point 1. above); as a candidate, he would have more power; as President, far more, indeed the power to destroy them. Of course he will use it. Folly not to destroy a threat you cannot appease.
The only SAFE course is for the court to supply whatever figleaves of putative legal affirmation Trump calls for. Because after he takes power the careers, and indeed the very lives of the individual justices, will hang upon whether the new regime cares to tolerate them. Given who Trump is, and given the ambitions and intentions of the coterie of sycophants and Svengalis surrounding him, dissent and independence in any quarter will be treated as dictators always do. The Supreme Court of the United States, having nothing more to rely upon to enforce its dictates than moral suasion, should not expect to be any exception. The entire system including the court will, indeed must, fold up like a wet paper napkin when the choice presents itself to stand for erstwhile rule of law or look ahead and embrace the new order.
The safety of the Court lies only in disqualifying, thus effectively disempowering him while they have the chance. Disqualified, he (and his minions) will be impotent (I refer you to point 1. above); as a candidate, he would have more power; as President, far more, indeed the power to destroy them. Of course he will use it. Folly not to destroy a threat you cannot appease.