Inside of two weeks, SCOTUS has given itself authority to:
- cancel legislation it doesn't like
- overrule regulatory bodies it doesn't agree with
- and after the fact legalize actions taken by a President.
Given that it's already got final say on the actions of the rest of the judiciary, that now consolidates the power of all three branches of American government under the authority of the Supreme Court.
In other words? It's a judicial coup.
Revolutions have been fought over less.
He has immunity for much more than that. I think he is too weak to take the steps necessary to resolve this though.
@the_Effekt @ArneBab Again - he doesn't.
What's an official act? Who decides that? Show me the law that says the President can *redacted* SCOTUS members because if you can't? That's up to a judge to decide; and oh btw? SCOTUS can override any judge in the land if they want to hear the appeal.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Can the SCOTUS decide on their own firing?
After they were fired?
The executive orders of the president can do quite a lot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order#Legal_conflicts
@the_Effekt
"In 1935, the Supreme Court overturned five of Franklin Roosevelt's executive orders (6199, 6204, 6256, 6284a and 6855)"
Very first line of your own link.
@AnarchoNinaWrites These didn’t throw out the SCOTUS. Are they the SCOTUS, if the president threw them out?
On the other hand: would then the rule of law take the final nail in its coffin and civil war break out?
And will that happen anyway if Trump wins?
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