The Coming "Constitutional Crisis."

Democrat lawsuits are yet another unconstitutional scheme to hamstring Trump (and future Republicans).

We are barely into the third week of the second Trump Presidency and another fascist Democrat scheme to thwart the will of the American People has revealed itself. This dastardly plan also doubles as a mechanism to entrench Democrats into a permanent position of Federal power

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If it were not so dangerous for the Country, it would almost be admirable to behold. Democrats play the long game and set this trickery in motion well. This one is a perfect example.

You may have heard that in the last few days, several “judges” have issued injunctions prohibiting various of Trump’s Executive Orders relating to the administration of the Executive Branch from taking effect. For example, today, Paul A Engelmayer, a US district judge for the Southern District of New York, nominated by Barack Obama, granted a temporary injunction sought by New York AG Letitia James and 17 other State AG's blocking the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) from further auditing of the Treasury Department and to return and destroy data (audit findings) so far obtained - citing citizen privacy rights, threat of identity theft, and risk of hacking. You can read the entire order here.

Similarly, late last night, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order preventing Trump and DOGE from placing USAID employees on administrative leave as had been planned. The judge also ordered the reinstatement of some 500 USAID workers who had already been put on administrative leave. You can read the order here.

There have been other similar injunctions with respect to Trump Executive Orders relating to how he governs the Executive Branch and there will be more. They all share one thing in common—attempting to use the Judicial Branch to curtain the power of the Presidency and to award more power to unelected bureaucrats. Since these bureaucrats now lean 99% Democrat, it is essentially instituting permanent Democrat power to a large degree. Put simply, there hardly a need to terminate or re-organize Federal agencies for Democrat presidents because those agencies already operate on and enforce Democrats policies.

The notion that a Federal court could issue an injunction, even temporarily, regulating how the President conducts the business of the Executive Branch would have been laughable before the first Trump administration. It is rapidly becoming a mainstream proposition for those on the Left.

The other thing that most of these injunctions have in common is that the basis for them supposedly is due to some supposed “law.” So, as in the case of Judge Nichols injunction, his basis was the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act Of 2024, which requires that any “downsizing” or “reorganizing” of the State Department or USAID requires consultation with Congress. Again, suggesting that Congress can pass a “law” directing the President as to how he is to run the State Department or USAID, both Executive Branch agencies, would have been mocked incessantly not long ago. Were that not enough, there is clear Supreme Court precedent rejecting the notion that Congress can direct how the President conduct the Executive Branch. In 1926, in a case entitled Meyers v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that the President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body. Congress’ “law” passed last year is in direct conflict with this case. More importantly, Democrats made sure to sneak this into last year’s legislation to set up this fight. Republicans apparently did not notice.

Plainly Democrats have been angling for this fight so that they can use it as a check on GOP power. If there were any doubt, consider that when they last had full power over the Congress, they amended the Inspectors General Act Of 1978 in 2022 to require that Congress be provided “30 days notice” and a “substantive rationale” for terminating Inspectors General. This “law” also was an attack on prior Supreme Court principles and the Constitutional system of separation of power.

Before the Democrat Party was overtaken by fascists, such an open and obvious attack on the Constitutional order would have been unthinkable. Setting that aside, this also would not be happening if the Federal bureaucracy were not so overwhelmingly Democrat. Thus, even if Democrats cared about the Constitution (they do not), they would not be so excited about putting limitations on the ability of future Democrat presidents to reshape the government. Since it is not clear that the Federal government is institutionally (and perhaps permanently) Democrat, they no longer have that (what should be a reasonable) fear.

At this moment, these injunctions are temporary. But, we should expect one or more of them to be issued permanently in the coming weeks. This should set the stage for a Constitutional Crisis. Such a Crisis being understood to be a situation where the Constitution is unable to provide an answer. Trump should create a Constitutional Crisis by openly defying the absurd and unconstitutional rulings. After all, as President Andrew Jackson explained, courts have the power to make rulings, but not the power to enforce them.

If he does otherwise, any single judge can simply interrupt ability to govern and institute the change he was elected to bring for years. Presumably the Supreme Court or other appellate courts would overrule these rogue “judges,” but appeals take a lot of time.

It is sad that it has come to this. It is the inevitable end when one major political party in the United States not only loses all respect for the Constitution, but has become a fascist cult as well.