The easiest way to turn a democracy into a dictatorship or one-party state without bloodshed is to corrupt a country’s supreme court. Unfortunately, this is happening here. This court has said the president can ignore laws that made agencies independent. It has said judges can enforce the Constitution only in their state. It has allowed people to be deported without giving them a hearing even after telling the administration people must have hearing before deporting them. They have overruled judges without holding hearings. They have done almost all of this in secret without hearings or letting the public know who voted for their rulings.
Repeatedly, lower courts have ruled that this administration is likely to lose a case and ordered a stop to its actions while the case is being held. This is to prevent harm to those contesting the action. Equally repeatedly, the Supreme Court has overruled these courts and said the administration can continue its damaging actions until the case formally goes before it. Even if it rules in a year or more the president exceeded his authority the damage will have been done. Effectively, the court is letting the president ignore the Constitution for as long as possible without making formal rulings. These actions have made Congress and the courts inferior to the presidency. This Trump court is not working for the American people or protecting the Constitution. They are protecting President Trump at the expense of the Constitution. This is how democracy dies.
Walter Hamilton
Portsmouth