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This doesn't seem in any way legal
Says who? Under the US legal system, anything is legal if the SCOTUS agrees with it. If Trump declared himself Führer tomorrow they'd validate that as constitutional. At this point suing the US government for its blatantly unconstitutional acts is merely a delaying tactic.
Americans must stop twiddling their thumbs while expecting Trump's DoJ/SCOTUS/congress to work for the American people and start resisting because the key institutions have already fallen to fascism.
I mean it's a somewhat rhetorical question. I think the extant legal doctrine the US exists under is effectively "whatever power decides" is legal.
Not true. When Biden decided to cancel student debt, the court system said "no". The SCOTUS isn't subservient to "power" in general, it's subservient to powerful fascists. Big difference. Trump has spent a decade following the Nazi playbook and acquiring complete personal control over all branches of government and people don't seem to have fully realized that yet. That's why things are way worse this time around. When he started his first term the SCOTUS was conservative and corrupt but not yet fascist. This time it's fully loyalist. In case you forgot, he also had already placed a bunch of loyalists in key judicial roles that Biden didn't fire.
He's made sure the law won't stop him, and now he's purging his enemies to make sure the institutions won't resist his unlawful orders. It's not a "both sides" issue, it's not even just a "the rich are winning" issue. They might get the green light to deport every union leader, but they'll be ruling over a kingdom of ashes and blood by the time this is over. Assuming the billionaires aren't caught up in the purge; plenty of that in autocratic regimes, oligarchs infighting is a great way to ensure loyalty because that makes them incapable of organizing to stage a coup.
It is if you sign