The Supreme Court gave the first glimpse into how it will handle a second Trump administration last week by narrowly ordering the State Department to disburse $2 billion in congressionally appropriated funds to USAID contractors for work they had already done. Though the ruling was merely preliminary, it suggested that at least five justices were not willing to give Trump carte blanche.
We’re so fucked. There are no constraints. What are the courts going to do, release the US Marshals upon the people who control them? Good fucking luck.
And I blame every single person who voted for him, voted third party, or didn’t vote. We knew what he was going to do. They had a 900+ page playbook ready to go. This is the fault of two-thirds of our voting-eligible population. Yes, they were set up for failure with decades of propaganda and inadequate education, but that does not absolve them from what they have done.
Not to mention that he admitted flat out that he was going to be a “dictator on day one”. Well, he was. Thanks, my fellow Americans.
Time for me to buy a couple rifles and a lot of ammo.
That said, the US Marshals are all people.
I know if MY employer told me to do something unconscionable, I’d refuse. The reverse is also true.
Everyone believes that they’re the one who is willing to stand alone against evil, unfortunately the evidence is in and that just isn’t how the overwhelming majority operate.
Yeah, but if one does, it sets the tone for everyone else. Source: I’ve had to stand up to my employer.