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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone know - why is Donald Trump trying to destroy the Federal Government? [View all]HelpImSurrounded
(560 posts)Read "Republican Gomorrah" to see how this 70 year plan was developed and has been getting executed.
All the attacks on the judiciary, on "judge made law" etc for the last decades are designed to pave a path to overturning Marbury v Madison. Overturning Roe v Wade and eliminating the "penumbra of rights" was a critical step on that road.
Trump was an accidental catalyst to this process. Mitch McConnell has done near-irreparable damage to our judiciary. The fascist Supreme Court is HIS doing, not Trump's.
But Trump has enabled the NatCs to accelerate their plan to the point that they can now attack and undermine congress. Congress has abdicated its power and authority for decades starting with their power to decide when and where we go to war and now rendering itself toothless to provide checks on an out of control president.
In the 1970s Nixon brought a test case where they tried to claim that the president could suspend the constitution for "reasons of National Security". THAT court unanimously said "No." THIS court has now given the executive nearly absolute immunity.
The goal is destroy our system of government for a white christian theocracy. The worst part is that Trump doesn't even know that, he's just happy to be the center of attention. He doesn't care what happens as long as he's the autocrat.