U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a temporary restraining order on Feb. 13 that ordered the State Department and USAID to restore foreign assistance funds.
You know what’s a sure sign that you live in a dictatorship? The executive branch stops obeying the legislative branch.
All it would take is just one consequence and the house of cards would fall down. But that would require someone with a spine to actually accomplish. I don’t see it happening.
Republican senators shit the bed after January 6th. That was their last realistic chance of putting a stop to the MAGA crazy train. They could’ve found Trump guilty at his 2nd impeachment trial without anyone blaming them for it.
Instead they gave Trump a pass and abandoned the idea of separation of powers. Since then, it’s forced the Trump-packed Supreme Court to agree with them that the President is above the law and can’t be checked by anyone.
Now it’s too late. Congress can’t hold him accountable. The courts can’t. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.
All it would take is just one consequence and the house of cards would fall down. But that would require someone with a spine to actually accomplish. I don’t see it happening.
Republican senators shit the bed after January 6th. That was their last realistic chance of putting a stop to the MAGA crazy train. They could’ve found Trump guilty at his 2nd impeachment trial without anyone blaming them for it.
Instead they gave Trump a pass and abandoned the idea of separation of powers. Since then, it’s forced the Trump-packed Supreme Court to agree with them that the President is above the law and can’t be checked by anyone.
Now it’s too late. Congress can’t hold him accountable. The courts can’t. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.