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Hahahaha,
Remember when SCOTUS gave ambiguous power of a king to the president?
Looks like there is gonna be more power struggle than previously implied.
ARREST HIM.
no no, asking nicely will surely work.
I'm sure he will learn his lesson this time.
Who has the authority to do that?
Way too far down the list but you need to arrest the actual civil servants implementing this. Trump is immune but the people actually violating the law aren’t.
Trump can pardon them but that comes with an admission of guilt and the inability to hold their jobs.
Contempt, that's literally what it is
Ok, the last time he violated a judge's orders, the charges were much more serious and he was facing potential jail time, both from the criminal trial he was a part of and the gag order imposed on him.
He all-but told the judge to go fuck himself on a daily basis right outside the courtroom, violated the gag order ten fucking times, and received exactly no punishment. And that was when he was a criminal defendant.
He's now President of the United States, has all three branches of government in his back pocket, and was basically anointed as a king by the Supreme Court, who declared he's all but immune from prosecution.
And this judge thinks he's going to obey his orders this time? He told you guys to fuck off on the daily when he was a civilian, and y'all did exactly nothing about it. Now he's POTUS. The fuck is he planning on doing about it now when he violates his orders again? Send out more orders? Trump could literally tell this guy to go fuck himself and his orders with a chainsaw live on television and there's fuck-all he can do about it.
So you want the judge to give him a pass?
I want the judge to put in writing actual consequences that will be followed through on when Trump refuses to comply.
the hottest take i think I have ever seen. well done.
"and this judge thinks"
You can't just bitch any time someone tries to do something. Does this judge think he's going to single handedly rein in this fascist administration? No, probably not. Should he try anyway? Absolutely.
We don't need more Robert Muellers.
I’m sure he’ll listen this time judge.
I'm actually really hoping he doesn't. It's better we get this over with sooner than later. Piss the courts and the legislature off before he has gathered enough of a foothold
i'm actually with you on this one. i'm tired of the dread. let's get this fucking shit show over with. i need to know if humanity prevails or not. if not, that's fine. we were an inferior species that deserves whatever we get. it's just a shame what ecological destruction our downfall is going to wreak. the plants and animals didn't deserve it.
i just can't go on knowing that what we're living in right now will continue. if it does, we are truly in hell and i must have done something very wrong a long time ago.
Speed run the end of democracy! LFG!
The democracy part was already over when he ignored Congress, this is just accelerating the time period from no longer being a republic to the deciding moments of what will become.
It is literally in their playbook, ignore court orders. Dark Gothic MAGA is terrifying
This video is prophetic and I highly encourage everyone to watch it. It sounds like a conspiracy theory except we see virtually all of it happening in front of our own eyes right now.
Curious if there will be a "straw that broke the camels back" moment with america and this president or is everything he ever does just going to be taken by the public. Im sure the french would have a guillotine out by now
I just wanna know where all the “I need guns to fight back against tyranny” people are. They’re reeeeal quiet.
Responsible gun owners don’t crow about their weapons.
Sure, but there are PLENTY of irresponsible ones screaming that nonsense every time a school shooting happens. It’s not like they’re rare specimens.
They won't do shit, to them that's not tyranny because their team won.
a not insignificant portion of those people support the current administration. tyranny to them is Dems in control of government.
No, there won't be one. Can only hope some generals of us armed forces decide to try a coup or start a civil war.
Fascism is not exactly sustainable. If not the people or the military, he is bound to piss off someone close to him enough to betray him eventually.
The issue is how many lives will be lost in the process.
I'm very curious to what will be the "moment"
Yeah. This is definitely what I would call "the cool zone".
In the moments between bouts of existential dread, I am at the edge of my seat!
This is the camel not the straw.
Or what? This clown gonna convict the other clown of a felony?
"mom tells infant to 'cut it out' more at 6"
More like "Mother tells adult son to stop robbing the homeless person"
Trump is only 1cm...according to Stormy. When is that?
It will be really interesting for the supreme court to decide if a president can be held in contempt of court.
It doesn’t even need to go that far. The next step after failure to comply with a court order would be dispatching the US Marshalls. They report to the DoJ, so I’d say that’s pretty unlikely.
Scholars and pundits are saying that act of inhibiting their own accountability will be the official end of the US government as it was designed, and the official beginning of an authoritarian regime.
So the circus continues. Another day, another contempt-of-decency performance from the executive branch’s greatest hits. McConnell’s ruling isn’t just a legal smackdown—it’s a neon sign flashing “constitutional arson in progress.”
Funny how “irreparable harm” gets shrugged off like a minor paperwork error. The admin’s playbook? Gaslight, obstruct, project until the courts buckle under sheer audacity. Democracy’s not just teetering—it’s doing backflips off a cliff while they bet on which branch breaks first.
where is the fucking non paywall link to this bullshit?
I think the judge is mistaken. This is an official act. That means it’s not constrained by things like rulings. In fact, law just isn’t applicable. They really should put more effort into staying up-to-date. /s
Edit to add sarcasm tag?
One would hope that’s not necessary!
And yet here we are
The internet has taught me that there is no such thing as sarcasm that everyone can detect.
People on the autism spectrum tend to have a hard time understanding sarcasm. I see tone indicators as an accessibility aid and I love to see people using them.
Ya'll have primed him to ignore your shit because nothing serious has ever happened to him from the courts. You fucking baffoons. Lay in your bed.
Or else....??
Another strongly worded letter?
I guess in a perfect world, impeachment and removal from office. If that fails then military coup? I don't see either of those things happening.