Congressional Republicans are sycophants who allow Trump to do as he pleases.
Congressional Democrats have been ineffectual in countering Trump's illegal/unconstitutional actions.
So, we're left with the judiciary to check executive power.
"The author of the restraining order, the chief judge in the federal court of Rhode Island, John McConnell, could not have been more clear. He pointed out that Congress, which under the US model holds the 'power of the purse', had assigned much of the money, and that Trump, as executive, had no power to withhold it.""McConnell called the funding freeze 'arbitrary and capricious'. He found that it violated the principle of the separation of powers established in the constitution and negated the 'will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations'"."Now Gertner is observing Trump’s belligerence towards the courts unfold with mounting concern. 'There’s been nothing like this in American history. There have been people who threatened not to obey the law, especially post the civil war, but this is a sustained attack on the courts we haven’t seen before.'”“'He who saves his Country does not violate any law,'”Trump posted on Musk’s X earlier this month, channeling Napoleon Bonaparte. The comment, combined with overt threats that Trump and his people have made against judges who dare stand in their way, have prompted a question that previously would have been unthinkable: is the president willing to defy the rule of law itself"?"At the same time, he has made plain his displeasure at being contradicted by judges. That sentiment has been amplified by the vice-president, JD Vance, who notoriously stated that 'judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power'”."At worst, the president and his deputy have introduced a note of menace into the conversation. In recent comments from the Oval Office, Trump effectively warned the courts not to interfere in what he claimed was his anti-corruption agenda.""He implied that if provoked he would instigate Department of Justice inquiries into individual judges, saying that it would be a 'very serious violation' if they tried to stand in his way. Other top Republicans have talked darkly of impeaching judges who try to rein in Trump’s lawless behavior.""Threats of violence aside, Trump’s goading challenges arguably the most important fundamental underpinning of American democracy. In 1803, the then chief justice of the supreme court, John Marshall, delivered a ruling that has come to be seen as critical to the success of the American experiment. The decision, Marbury v Madison, established that the courts were the final arbiter of the law because they alone had the power to declare congressional statutes unconstitutional."https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/09/trump-assault-rule-of-law
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LOL - anti-corruption agenda...from Mr. Corruption himself!
Yep, we let the fox into the henhouse. This is what you get. Would be nice if Congress (GOP) wasn't afraid of him, but the intimidation factor is legit. Amy Coney Barrett felt it this week - the MAGA regime has to keep the Supreme Court justices in line.