He doesn't give two shits about judges of any kind. In reality, like Congress, they can't enforce one damn ruling or law they make. Not one. It's the will of the people that's holding back the coup. We sometimes, many times, view government agencies, the military, etc., etc. as mindless monoliths that take orders unquestioningly. In reality, they're not machines. They're made up of people just like us, not mindless automatons. They're people who can say no, that's unconstitutional, and we're not going to do it.
Right now, this regime thinks those people will say no. At least enough of them to make any coup attempt fail. And this time, the fall out of failure won't be Merrick Garland's incompetent slow walk. It may be arrest or even a walk to the rose garden and gun shots. Crazy as that might seem, who could have guessed 15 years ago we'd be here right now? At this point, damn near anything is possible.
Outside of the military, the regime really has limited power to do much of anything other than cut off funding to states and municipalities. Federal law enforcement in the US is very small compared to the US population since law enforcement is primarily a state and local thing here. Other than scaring us with a few ICE raids, there's really not enough of them to do much. And the regime certainly hasn't been on a hiring spree.
The US military is the real power broker in the room. But again, not a monolith. It's made up of people and its officer corps is under attack by the regime. That might be the dumbest thing Trump has done, since US military officers, particularly those from the service academies, are a very insular group who take care of their own, have below zero respect for Hegseth and his toadies, and for the most part take their oath seriously. Hegseth is an insect to them. A gross insult to people who cherish chains of command. Think about it. How would you feel if management grabbed some unqualified drunk guy off the street to lead your department? I doubt you'd be happy or obedient. They also live by oaths and ours isn't to a president. Ironically, it might be the military's old boys club that saves the Republic.
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