Q1: Since the Judicial branch is supposed to keep an eye on the other two branches, and all three are controlled by the GOP, what is there to do? In the end any legitimate complaint that makes it to the SCOTUS will be tossed out like yesterdays McDonalds wrappers out of Clarence Thomas’ window.
Q2: I see Bernie Sanders on X talking about everything that is happening with no solutions and no place to start and no one to look up to. WTF is happening? Even GOPs with little kids are having buyer’s remorse as they are quickly losing all their lifelines and food for their children. Even if the dems have no solutions someone could try to stand up for us and offer us advice on how to navigate through this.
You’re not gonna like my answer, our chance to do something was back in November. Our chance to keep this from happening was in November. As a nation we chose the opposite path. We chose the opposite path, knowing full well what Trump was going to do. He didn’t hide it. He didn’t disguise it. He didn’t pretend to be anything other than who he was. And yet the nation still voted for him .
As a nation, we knew if we voted for Republicans and for Trump, this would be the result.
He directly said he wanted to remove birthright citizenship.
Let’s put that in slightly different terms.
We voted so that:
A president of the United States could remove the benefits of a constitutional amendment, Or could remove a constitutional amendment altogether via an executive order. We voted so that a president could do that without congressional oversight, unilaterally, via an executive order.
How anybody who believes in democracy would say that that is a good idea and could not see the red flag is completely beyond me.
There is literally no excuse.
We voted so that not only could Trump do this, but any president could do this. Think about it , if you give President Trump the ability to remove the benefits a constitutional amendment via an executive order, you give every single president from now on that same ability.
I don’t care which side of the aisle you’re on that doesn’t end well.
One side could say well I don’t like the second amendment and remove the benefits of the second amendment. One side might say I don’t like protesting and seriously limit your ability. Or your ability to speak out against the government.
Hell, they could even limit your ability to vote that’s in the constitution and part of that is in the constitutional amendment so how is this a good idea?
Yet as a nation, this is how we voted.
Once you give a politician ability to do something, they will not give up that power without a fight and they will keep using that power.
This does not end well , it will not end well , and we are only seeing the beginning.
Republicans control the house, the Senate, the presidency and a fair amount of the federal court systems. We also have a fair amount of red states.
There is zero ability to undo this.
Absolutely zero.
Even if we somehow voted out Republicans come next election do you think the Democrats are gonna give up this ability? I’m sorry to tell you this no they won’t. They’ll use it. By the way, I don’t believe Democrats will win the next election. I believe Republicans will take the midterms. I believe they will take the presidency come next presidential election. And new president will have two terms. Which means we will have 12 years as a Republican lead country.
By that point people will be so used to the new system. People adapt quickly, and I doubt you will even get the pushback needed.
You’re asking, how do we fight back?
I’m sorry to tell you this we are well and truly fucked.
Maybe in 60 years, we might see a turnaround. I doubt it though.