Simply in the previous few days, courts have dominated that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops In Los Angeles is illegal, that his aggressive use of tariffs is unconstitutional and that his administration must restore deleted health information to federal websites.
These are merely the newest of quite a few court docket selections which have been handed down within the opening months of Trump’s second time period, which put the brakes on his brash efforts to expropriate powers delegated to Congress and ignore constitutional guidelines. With the Republican-controlled Home and Senate willingly acquiescing to something Trump calls for and the levers of the chief department firmly within the management of Trump’s toadies and fanatics, the final bulwark towards authoritarian rule is the judicial department.
Judges type a skinny black line defending American democracy, however not at all times with the help of the conservative-dominated Supreme Court docket and infrequently with out the facility to implement their rulings. They could not cease the lean towards a brand new fascism, however maybe they’ll gradual it down lengthy sufficient for voters to return to the rescue within the 2026 midterm election – if that election shouldn’t be rigged by gerrymandering Republican state legislatures by then.
Ultimately, the women and men in black robes might not have the ability to save us from the subversion of our democratic system, however their courageous resolve to guard our constitutional order makes it oh so clear that the rule of regulation is essentially the most important safeguard of a free society.
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