As Elon Musk leads his horde of younger techie marauders on a lawless rampage via all of the federal companies that present very important providers to the American individuals, burning and pillaging as he goes, the query on sane and patriotic minds is: “Can somebody cease him?”
My provisional reply is not any.
As many have identified, empowering an unelected billionaire to swiftly dismantle federal agencies and randomly fire thousands of workers is illegal and unconstitutional. Whether or not one likes the paperwork or not, these governmental entities and applications have been created over a number of many years by a succession of congresses, and Congress, alone, has the authority to vary or abolish them.
However President Donald Trump doesn’t care. He and Musk have egos the scale of Mount McKinley (or is it Denali?) and so they have discovered a darkish secret: in case you are daring sufficient and are given sufficient energy, you possibly can ignore the Structure, do no matter radical factor you want and there could also be nobody who could make you cease.
Members of the Home and Senate are those whose constitutional powers are being sundered, however Congress is within the fingers of Republicans who’ve consumed gallons of Trump Kool-Help. A majority of them are dunderheads who consider the right-wing fantasy of the dreaded “deep state.” The remaining are odious cowards who refuse to threat their political careers by rejecting even essentially the most outrageously unqualified and harmful Trump cupboard appointees.
As for the Democrats in Congress, they’re decreased to impotent gestures. Sure, they band collectively to present all-night speeches on the ground of the Senate that delay a affirmation vote for a couple of hours. They lead chants in entrance of small crowds of protesters outdoors closed federal buildings. However Musk doesn’t hear them. He’s too busy destroying support applications that help American farmers and feed ravenous individuals in Africa.
The Justice Division may halt Musk’s demolition derby, however you could have observed that the division accountable for defending the Structure is now staffed by Trump’s attorneys.
However the courts! The courts will save us! Sure, a number of federal judges have dominated that elements of the chief department blitzkrieg are illegal, however, if Trump and Musk ignore them, who will implement these rulings? Trump’s servile lawyer normal? And, if Musk or another Trump administration official someway will get convicted of illegalities, will Trump not merely pardon them?
Hey, how concerning the conservative Supreme Court docket? That query solutions itself.
So, it’s left to the American individuals to lookup from their cellphones, wake from their social media stupor, put aside what they’ve heard on Fox Information and are available to assistance from their nation. I assume that would occur, however I’m not betting on it.
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