Posted on 03/19/2025 10:23:57 AM PDT by 4Runner
No, Trump is playing the long game. He has to, there is no way this congress would back him up in a real crisis.
Under what I’d call some specious thinking we ended up with such fiascos as “The war on drugs” and “The war on terror” and “The war on poverty.” These were hailed as the one and only way the nation could address these issues. I’d argue every one of them was a disaster and a cover for lots of wasted spending and political pork. Let’s not try anything that drastic. It’s frustrating to fight every black robe who ever sat on the bench. But perhaps that’s the fight we need to end to win the other fights.
“With a CONGRESS temperamentally unable or unwilling to act “
See, that’s the beauty of their tactic.
They’re exploiting a weakness in the American system: if one judge alone is willing to walk out on the plank just far enough to bend the rules to almost the breaking point, they can control virtually everything without having to convince 218 Representatives to vote “yes” on it, a process that takes weeks and months.
If anyone thinks this isn’t a coordinated tactic being run on the back channel, they’re living in La-La Land.
IMHO, Trump, and the American people, no longer have "the long game" as an option.
No. He’s not that dumb.
If he were to do that then Trump would immediately lose all political support and be portrayed as a tyrant. Lincoln got away with a lot of that during the Civil War, but that was another era.
The U.S. has been in a low simmer state of martial law since the beginning of the cold war. The President has extraordinary powers in the event of extraordinary circumstances. Whether Trump pulls that particular grenade pin remains to be seen.
No, dear, why would he do that?
“The U.S. Constitution doesn’t explicitly mention martial law, nor does it define who can declare it, but it does grant Congress the power to regulate the military’s domestic use, and the President, under the Insurrection Act, can deploy troops to suppress domestic rebellion.”
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The “calling forth” clause, case law, and black letter law all require that civil authorities at the local or state level, have exhausted their ability to engage and repress an actual rebellion. It’s duration is only until the civil functions of government, including the courts, police, etc, are restored.
It didn’t workout well for that South Korean president.
This fight against judicial tyranny is not up to the executive branch alone. Only if and when Congress realizes they are also subservient to rogue judges, will anything ever be done
There are not enough soldiers to enact martial law on the USA.
Possibly and only if he could be assured of military loyalty, Trump could use massive force in an area heavily plagued by leftist terrorism. In 1962, Kennedy used 30,000 regulars to suppress anti-integration rioting at the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi encouraged the rioters, who threatened to kill Federal marshals sent to protect a black student wanting to enroll. State police protection was withdrawn.
If he does, I suspect we’ll have all out civil war.
What are the proper remedies?
“This fight against judicial tyranny is not up to the executive branch alone. Only if and when Congress realizes they are also subservient to rogue judges, will anything ever be done”
Bears repeating
They won’t. Many of them don’t care because they got their piece of the pie. Now they sit and do nothing.
My tagline is the answer. PURGE the evil from the government and corporations. What else do we have to lose?
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