…proves how successful the conspiracy has been.”
“The lack of specific information about each individual actually highlights the risk they pose.”Meanwhile, see the problem clearly:
Something the Department of Justice actually wrote in a brief. In 2025.
My word.
The central problem isn’t that the courts have upheld legally dubious actions, or even that the White House is openly defying adverse rulings. Rather, it seems that chaos and disruption are themselves key to President Trump’s objective.Tl;dr:
The federal courts, to this point, have done a remarkable job of enforcing legal and constitutional limits on the executive branch. And there’s every reason to expect that they will continue to do so. In that respect, the courts may well end up saving the rule of law. But to be fully effective, many of our legal rights depend upon not just judicial remedies, but also political ones. That entails both new legislation and far more aggressive oversight from members of Congress welcome to changing the partisan political environment, and reasserting checks and balances against the other branches of government. All of which will make it a lot harder for presidents to break things in the future.We get the government we allow.
Hey, it worked for Rumsfeld and invading Iraq!
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