The courts have no mechanism to enforce their decisions except the executive, so there’s no check on the executive misbehaving if Congress decided to not remove him from office for ignoring the courts, and since Congress is complicit nothing will be done unless some radicalized shooter aims slightly more to the left next time.
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Photuris@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoJudges can make rulings “blocking” Trump’s actions. But he ignores those rulings and keeps on going.
At some point, push will come to shove; meaning, these judicial rulings will have to be enforced, somehow.
There’s not really a good vehicle for enforcing the law on rogue presidents. Unless someone is willing to physically arrest and detain him, possibly muscling past secret service in order to (attempt to) do so.
If someone will be willing to enforce the law, and can successfully do so, the Constitution may be saved.
If not, we de facto have a king, regardless of de jure court rulings.
fox@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Rodneyck@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
And thus enters the fine line of being a tyrant. I never vote for the two-party/uni-party system, but is quite amusing to see the outcomes destroy democracy from both sides. Amusing in the most terrifying way.
floo@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
That’s kind of the problem with the courts is that they have no enforcement mechanism. They rely on the executive branch consenting to their ruling, not flipping the bird at it. The only recourse at this point is for Congress to impeach him. We all know how that would go…