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George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽If the White House decides it can defy the will of the courts, then the people must defy the will of the White House.
Cybso 
(he/him)@georgetakei Wasn't this the reason for the 2nd Amendment, for which the NRA has already sacrificed thousands of children?
Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺
at home in my head (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image #tyranny #NRA #2A #revolution
Jürgen Hubert@cybso @georgetakei The reason for the 2nd Amendment was putting down slave rebellions, obviously!
volkris@cybso no, it isn't the reason for the 2nd Amendment.
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽@georgetakei
The military swears alliegance to the constitution. A president that attacks the court is no longer a president, he is the enemy of the constitution.
The military swears alliegance to the constitution. A president that attacks the court is no longer a president, he is the enemy of the constitution.
Mike Pfeifer@NMBA @georgetakei the president also swears allegiance to the constitution. If he can break that oath, why can’t they?
JD@MikePfeifer @NMBA @georgetakei seems logical, but as a former service member, I've got plenty of friends that are itching to disobey unlawful orders. Look at how top brass resisted last time : https://democrats.org/news/top-military-brass-continue-to-rebuke-trump/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/politics/military-leaders-trump-floyd-protests/index.html
Granted, this time around concerns are valid. However, I think there are efforts to get some solid ground to stand on happening behind the scenes:
@JDGeoShack @NMBA @georgetakei I sure hope so. I do know that all the former military people in my family all seem fairly eager to be on the side of Trump. With any luck that will only be former and not active duty.
@MikePfeifer @NMBA @georgetakei unfortunately, my parents are the same. They still think the GOP is the same as it's been when they were younger. I keep telling them that this is not true and they and other folks need to realize this NOW. Some matter of pride or selfishness or combo of those...I struggle to understand why.
Nazani@MikePfeifer @NMBA @georgetakei
Military recruitment hasn't been meeting goals, & nobody wants to invade Panama, Greenland, or Canada. Currently 25% of the military are POC- if they know they're not going to get merit-based promotions, why would they re-up?
Military recruitment hasn't been meeting goals, & nobody wants to invade Panama, Greenland, or Canada. Currently 25% of the military are POC- if they know they're not going to get merit-based promotions, why would they re-up?
yuhasz01General Strike or US military takeover/coup......either way fascist POTUS will be "deposed".
Christoph Petrausch@yuhasz01 @georgetakei I'm not that convinced. I thought somebody like Trump ne er gets a second term. But reality is different...
@hikhvar @yuhasz01 @georgetakei reality is really shittastic. It's up to all of us to make a difference. We still can. 🖖
Doug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦@georgetakei Every military officer in the US, as I understand it, is taught that it is not an offense to disobey an illegal order. Mark my words: this guy is going to trigger the most serious constitutional crisis the US has ever faced. The only Q: Will his bought-and-paid-for toadies on #SCOTUS knuckle under and violate their oaths?
Whasdah 
@georgetakei well, that's indeed the question, thanks for bringing it up. In most #bananarepublics it's not the citizens forcing the #dictator out, it's the #army taking over. We'll see if the #US qualifies.
In Search of a Better WorldWhat happens when the executive ignores the judicial? You get your face on the $20 bill.
As #AndrewJackson said:
"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey@georgetakei The clearest call to arms I've seen so far.
xs4me2Close the fence around it, don’t let them in or out and cut the electricity…
Stargeezer Smith@georgetakei
It would seem that the courts could enforce their decisions in spite of Trump. If his orders are deemed illegal, those who received those orders cannot carry them out. So the underlings should already know they are not obliged to carry out illegal orders.
It would seem that the courts could enforce their decisions in spite of Trump. If his orders are deemed illegal, those who received those orders cannot carry them out. So the underlings should already know they are not obliged to carry out illegal orders.
Jay Thurber Show (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image I thought The Onion was supposed to be satire
Dave Neary@georgetakei It wouldn't be the first time... the courts in the 1830s were ignored by Jackson on several occasions.
Patch You Up@georgetakei Everything the Nazis did in their consolidation of power was technically legal under their constitution and it took them about a decade to achieve full control. Now we're seeing how quickly it can go when the leader just ignores the constitution and a significant chunk of the population supports it. Speedrunning the end of an empire.
Oreo Speedwagon II 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦Following every person who boosted this post. You're the folks walking around with eyes wide open and ready. Kindred spirits.
Hans 🙋♂️
StarravenMust defy the will of the Supreme Court as well, most likely.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️@georgetakei I'm with you! #resist 🖖
Harry@georgetakei Fun fact from Wikipedia - "A high crime can be done only by someone in a unique position of authority, which is political, who does things to circumvent justice." You can't more directly circumvent justice than to ignore a directive from a member of the judiciary. Impeachment is the appropriate next step.
Darwin WoodkaWe have rule of law or we don't, they don't get to be exempt
SpaceLifeFormGOP Congress needs to get off of their ass if they want to keep their job.
CBinNYC@georgetakei Actually….the people must remove the people in the White House…sooner rather than later.
SearingTruth"The truth is that the Constitution fails to defend itself, enduring only in the brave hearts of those who would uphold it."
SearingTruth, A Future of the Brave, 2005
@georgetakei 100% this. Let's hope they will!
@georgetakei That's the social contract up in smoke right there!
Cedar Fen Farm
Cedar Fen FarmAll it takes is a couple of heros.
Aral Balkan@georgetakei You mean domestic courts, right? International courts have always been fair game as far as I can tell.
People don't seem to realize that pretty much EVERY administration defies the will of the courts in their terms. #Biden did, #Obama did, going on back. There were ALWAYS occasions where presidents did things in violation of court order.
It just doesn't always get much press coverage, for better or worse.
Such defiance isn't new or outside of the structure of the #Constitution. No, the Constitution anticipates and provides for a solution from Congress.
In the end, it's up to the people voters elect to represent them in Congress to judge appropriate responses, ranging from defunding through impeachment.
So hold your representatives accountable. They escape accountability all too often.
Kevin Karhan 
@georgetakei EXACTLY and by "exactly" I mean by all means necessary...
I'm not responsible how people interpret this!