It (was) also settled precedent that he can't stop spending money required to be spent by Congress (settled during Nixon's term), but the supremes decided it's different now. Same for firing heads of supposed independent federal departments, which was supposed to prevent presidential manipulation.
And the s.c. created presidential immunity out of nothing. For now the president has unchecked power, the conservative dream of a unitary executive.
This will all end when a Democrat is in power again. This is not a sarcastic exaggeration, one way they teed this up was shadow docket decisions like the Kavanaugh rule (ice can arrest/kidnap you based on appearance), it's not a precedent as shadow docket so they can reverse it any time.
In the normative sense of "another atrocity like this cannot occur", then yes.
However your comment instead sounds like you are dismissing it as a non-concern... in which case I suggest you wake the heck up. We've had months now of seeing President and his cabinet actively and willfully breaking federal and Constitutional law, with the entire Republican legislature complicit.
It wouldn't even the first time states tried to remove him from their ballots either. [0]
It (was) also settled precedent that he can't stop spending money required to be spent by Congress (settled during Nixon's term), but the supremes decided it's different now. Same for firing heads of supposed independent federal departments, which was supposed to prevent presidential manipulation.
And the s.c. created presidential immunity out of nothing. For now the president has unchecked power, the conservative dream of a unitary executive.
This will all end when a Democrat is in power again. This is not a sarcastic exaggeration, one way they teed this up was shadow docket decisions like the Kavanaugh rule (ice can arrest/kidnap you based on appearance), it's not a precedent as shadow docket so they can reverse it any time.
Yet.
Trump can do whatever nobody will stop him from doing. Who's going to stop him from running again?
He can if SCOTUS says he can
In the normative sense of "another atrocity like this cannot occur", then yes.
However your comment instead sounds like you are dismissing it as a non-concern... in which case I suggest you wake the heck up. We've had months now of seeing President and his cabinet actively and willfully breaking federal and Constitutional law, with the entire Republican legislature complicit.
It wouldn't even the first time states tried to remove him from their ballots either. [0]
[0] https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/03/supreme-court-rules-state...