Revised and updated from the original post to reflect SCOTUS use of the emergency docket to give Trump even more power 10//8/2025.
Will the Supreme Court's legacy be" they killed off democracy'?"Trump's "I can do anything I want" attitude had at first been fed by the friendly Supreme Court ruling that he cannot be prosecuted for a crime while in office, and recent 6-3 Court decisions. Those are now on full display and a matter of public record. Trump is now consolidating power and seeking more, acting and ruling as if he is already a dictator, with little in sight to stop him. The Court, if supporting this ideological direction, a unitary government, is the chief force causing the replacement of democracy of, by and for the people, with an autocracy, dictatorship, or "king". a government of, by, and for the president, and it is laying the groundwork for its own irrelevancy. It is time to educate the public about the dangers of the supporters of a unitary government that destroys checks and balances that protect us from such dictatorships and tyrannies.
How is this happening? It is the culmination of efforts by ultra-conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society to end a government with checks and balances, and put all of the control of government in the executive's hands. This is called the "unitary" form of government, reducing the judiciary and legislative branches to supportive roles of the executive. In short, making this a country ruled by an autocrat, a dictator, a "king", in sheer defiance of the intent and construction of the Constitution we have known for 250 years.
The challenge to those in opposition to Trump the Dictator is putting this into simple, understandable language that gets this across, and then harnessing voters in 2026 to put a stop to this. The best the opposition can do is to put it in terms of: Trump and MAGA are destroyers of democracy, replacing it with a dictatorship with ONE UNITARY-Branch led by a president with no limits to power... Stop him in 2026. Restore the independence of Congress and change its leadership.
Over half the country opposes this kind of autocracy per any poll and Trump's recent comments have painted all those oppose him as the enemies within ...sheer insanity, delusional, and dangerous, but only we the voters still have the power in 2026 to end it, since Congress and even the Supreme court dominated by MAGA are in his pocket.
So far, the 6-3 Supreme Court has lived up to the expectations of those think tanks by siding with the "unitary", all-powerful "president" whenever the issue was before them. The Court needs to be challenged and called out for its bias, which will end democracy as we know it. More cases will be before them soon and into 2026 to give the opportunity to educate the voters on what and who is responsible. The Court, if supporting the unitary government replacement of democracycracy of, by and for the people, is laying the groundwork for its own powerless irrelevancy.
There is a method of enacting an ideology in the madness: it is called the unitary form of government executive, which does more than make the president in total control of agencies and people in the executive branch. It also defangs checks and balances, making Congress and the courts powerless. This permits the president to act like a dictator or, in kinder terms, a strong man. In messaging to the public, that needs to be made the object of focus, the enemy of democracy, so to speak. It is a concerted effort of the right that embraces this "unitary government" to give the president unlimited power, which dictators crave. The role the Supreme Court majority plays in making this happen is documented in this: The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power
Now the Court has used its emergency docket to give Trump more power, again and again. The Supreme Court's heritage could be known as the enabler of the end of democracy, of, by, and for the people, and instead gives the permission slip to a power-hungry president, allowing it to become a government of, by, and for Trump. This emergency docket permits snap decisions to be made without hearing oral arguments. The record since Trump took office in nearly every instance, granting Trump what he wants and, in effect, giving Trump more power. The ultimate culprit of enabling the death of democracy is the death is the Supreme Court, specially stuffed with Justices who seem to be fellow travelers of the ideology as screened and given a stamp of approval by far-right think tanks. The rule of law is being replaced by the rule of a single branch of government and its head, the president in the persona of Donald Trump and those who may follow him
Per a Reuters report:"Since Trump returned to office on January 20, the court has acted in 23 cases on an emergency basis involving his policies, siding with him fully or partially 21 times, with one case declared moot." The Reuters report describes the 21 cases involved.
"In doing so, the court has expanded how it uses its emergency power, following at least six different legal paths to side with Trump, usually in decisions powered by the conservative justices, '" Reuters.
Over the years, during and since Trump's first term, the GOP Senate leadership has managed to install a Court dominated by ideologues of various extreme think tanks, such as those favored by the Heritage Foundation and the Foundation, the originators of Project 2025, screened \for ideological purity. In the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to pick justices approved by the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation. The GOP-dominated Senate engineered a way to make this happen by refusing to consider Democratic backed nominees, denying them to even get a hearing, waiting until a time when their nominees would be approved and supported by a GOP majority.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-05-01/trump-next-supreme-court-nominee-will-come-from-conservative-list#:~:text=At%20the%20height%20of%20the,grass%2Droots%20and%20establishment%20Republicans.
With this kind of control by ideologues who want a unitary or much stronger executive branch, no wonderTrump feels comfortable he can gamble by letting "his' Supreme Court decide whether his power grabs have gone too far. In the upcoming session, the Supreme Court will decide whether its 6-0 majority, with a recent track record of usually granting the power he desires whenever the issue is before it, will continue to do so. Three major decisions will be looming, if not more, that will decide if the Court caves to his power grab or not. There are some crucial tipping point decisions soon before the Supreme Court this fall. With such power in his hands, Trump has the luxury of being able to ignore the economic needs of those who voted for him and other campaign promises made in 2024, especially those thinking that he would reduce their cost of living.
This is a Supreme Court, comprising those with a 6-3 Trump-favoring majority, packed over recent years with ideologues who are presumed to be loyal to the concept of a more powerful executive branch, a unitary system that undermines checks on executive power. They were screened by "conservative" think tanks like the Federalist Society for their tilt before they were nominated, and their Senate approval process was strategized by GOP leadership to prevent even other nominees from being considered.
Those who have advocated for years for the extremist goal of turning the executive branch into a "unitary" government, which is another term for eliminating the checks and balances that Congress and the Judiciary once had, is a goal of the Heritage Foundation. Until the emergence of Trumpism and Trump himself, who seeks to accumulate more power and wealth for himself (no secret at all), the inclination of the Court was to prevent a wannabe from becoming a full-blown dictator. They are now in control of the appointments to keep power positions, and fellow traveler Trump is using the hammer of a totally politicized justice department to threaten and control past and present "enemies".
The goals of the Heritage Foundation in the 2024 elections were also no secret. It was in print and online, available for all to read. The irony is that the name of this foundation is not a reflection of the democratic heritage of the republic founded by our forefathers, but rather the opposite. It has been the promotion of the executive branch's power, aiming to turn it into a form of dictatorship, while maintaining the form of checks and balances, yet subverting the judiciary's and legislature's ability to effectively check the executive branch's power. The founders of our Republic warned us against exactly what Trump is trying to do and set up a form of government that kept the executive branch in check, giving the power of the purse to Congress, and an executive branch that was concerned about whether laws or governmental actions were in keeping with the intent of the Constitution. The Supreme Court and the independent judiciary were tasked with ruling on whether laws conformed to the Constitution. The duties of the executive branch were outlined in the "take care" clauses throughout the document.
It was the rule of law, not the rule of a king, a tyrant, foreign or domestic, that shaped the founders in devising the Constitution in 1789. Kings and tyrants were to be feared and prevented. That is the heritage we have, not the one the Heritage Foundation's deceptively named think tank supports and now dominates the Trump administration, in tune with their leader, who also wants to be an autocrat, too. (Autocrat: another name for a dictator, as "autocrat" sounds to a degree to be less all-powerful or threatening).
Trump is now consolidating his power in various ways that resemble those of a dictator, testing the limits of his authority until the Supreme Court intervenes. He has indicated he will stand by what the Supreme Court rules, but on that promise, we should not trust, as he has a history of breaking promises to get elected. (i.e., I will reduce your cost of living, end the Ukraine war on day one). Instead he has been obsessed and consumed by getting revenge and frightening with threats into keeping mouths shut or into actual verbal compliance with his purposes
.Now Trump is hell bent by tariffs, labor shortages due to mass deportation, and making sure everyone in government or receiving federal funds, top to bottem is loyal to him but not to the empty pledges of loyalty oaths to the constitution, his attempt to put the federal governent in control of tabulation and methods of voting instead of the states, his attempted firing of officials of once hands off independent agencies, his trampling of civil rights and due process, his attempt to frighten so many into subservience to him by using his department of justice to launch investigations without probable cauise except for the crime of being disloyal to him. and his ordering state governors to rediscrt to give him continued control of the House..
Update: 9 9 2025. The 6-3 Supreme Court just gave the green light to ICE to snatch people off the street because they look Hispanic and sound Hispanic. It is racial profiling, pure and simple. I am disgusted. The voice of dissent, Justice Sotomayor, wrote:"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job," she wrote. "Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." Trump's Supreme Court is chipping away at civil rights with no explanation other than "it's not our job to set immigration enforcement policy," and we need to call them out. That should send a chill through anyone who does not look white.
MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: So is Trump now appealing for the pro dictator vote while he says he is not one?
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