MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: The Supreme Court likely to further presidential power, destroying independent agencies. Trump's pattern of abuse of law and order, criminal and civil justice, is his method to replace the rule of law with the rule of Trump. If any of the rules, laws, and regulations stand in his way of getting what he wants done, he succeeds most of the time. One of Trump's weapons is to subvert the rule of any law: attack first, get away with it until he gets sued, and he will keep on appealing until he gets the judgment he wants. When it comes to acting unlawfully, Trump shoots first, then waits until someone tells him" no" in the Supreme Court or even a lower court, and maybe not even then if he can find a workaround. (ask Abrego Gracia how that works)..
He has already usurped the legislative powers of Congress, treating executive orders like the law he expects to you to obey. This is not like a frog in boiling water analogy, gradually, without the subversion going unnoticed. It is more like sticking the Constitution in a microwave to burn to a crisp, and any opposition has yet to find the cancel button. The destruction of the rule of law has all been accomplished in 11 months.
If there is one fundamental characteristic that separates a dictator/autocrat/king from a democracy, it is the degree to which law is respected and complied with in advance, this is. Otherwise, the subjects/citizens of Trump's rule are at the mercy of his fear and favor. Pay homage, contribute treasure, and expect in return, the head of government will favor you. This is a reward for loyalty: you get out of jail reward even if you pleaded guilty or were found guilty by a jury of peers. This is the definition of corruption. This is the rule of law replaced by a wannabe tyrant of a dictator, issuing pardons daily to those he favors and making an example of how others are to act in the future, if they know what is good for them. This makes a mockery of the legal system, including the findings of juries. Justice is no longer blind; the blindfold has been ripped off. Do not worry about committing a crime on Trump's behalf; you too, will be pardoned, is the unstated message. Even the worst of the worst get pardons if they were acting to benefit Trump such as violent January 6ers or the central American king pin of cocain smuggling, How Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Landed a Trump Pardon - WSJ Hernández had been convicted in March 2024 by a federal jury for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, with prosecutors stating he used his presidential power to facilitate the transport of more than 400 tons of cocaine through Honduras.
What has enabled Trump to operate in this manner is the grace of a 6-3 Supreme Court, which anointed him King, ruling that he was above the law and could not be prosecuted for crimes committed while executing his executive functions. Trump took this bit in his mouth like a runaway outlaw horse gone berserk, out of control, and full of aggressive kicks, strikes, and bared teeth.
Before the Supreme Court became the ultimate player, there was an enabler. The GOP dominated Senate was the prime mover of measures that resulted in the 6-3 Supreme Court. For over the past ten years, their leaders kept Democrat nominees from even getting a vote, and then, when in the majority, got their Federalist Society vetted "conservative' choices on the Bench.
Like a rider of a tiger, the GOP Congress now fears to dismount, since Trump, the tiger, will turn and attack and destroy anyone in his political party who would try to contradict his wishes or pronouncements, and he has the teeth to rip his victims apart with no one standing in his way. Ask Marjorie Taylor Greene how that works. Only now are a few voice being raised, brave enough to withstand the threats of violence by MAGA thugs, revenge in denying money approriateed by Congress, or insults and rages by Trump, acting like the mad Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland shouting "off with his/her head" at whoever dare challenges his power.
The rule of law has been replaced by the law of the ruler.
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