"Is Trump About to End Democracy in the USA?" | naked capitalism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : President Trump loves direct control and so it strikes me that invoking the Insurrection Act is very likely.
61% : And the FBI is on a McCarthy-like venture looking for "domestic terrorism" among anti-Tesla protests.
58% : There is a copy on my blog, but let's look at the key words, which are in section 333 of that Act, and they say this.
55% : The latest Trump salvo against legal protections and civil rights is expected to come on or before April 20, as in Easter Sunday.
55% : One should note the narrowness of Trump's proclamation that could lead to the Insurrection Act being invoked.
55% : This means the Insurrection Act may be initially more focused.
52% : When Trump believes that he can use the Insurrection Act, and he believes that he can use the power of force to literally dictate terms to the USA, anything could happen.
51% : Waging Nonviolence gives the background: With President Trump constantly flooding the zone, there's a chance to think ahead about the possible implementation of the Insurrection Act.
50% : "If an action so hinders the executions of the laws of the United States, or opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States, or impedes the course of justice under those laws, then the Insurrection Act can be invoked.
50% : " And what happens when the Insurrection Act can be invoked by the President?
49% : Those two fair-minded people were JD Vance, the Vice President of the USA, and Pete Hegseth, the Fox News commentator who happens now to be Secretary of State for Defense.
49% : It means that the President can either call up the army or what it describes as a militia, which these days is thought to be the National Guard, but it is not said as such in the Act, to enforce the law as the President sees it.
48% : The report will offer "any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.".. The Insurrection Act is a dusty law that has gone without updates for 200 years.
47% : ICE is effectively kidnapping green card holders who have only exercised their freedom of speech, such as Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk.
47% : Those, in my opinion, are the two crisis points in the US legal system that are now facing Trump, amongst many other court cases that are going on, these two stand out to me and what I think is that Trump is going to do something extreme in reaction. 90 days ago, or at the time of recording this, almost 90 days ago, Trump signed an order and that order required that two of the most fair-minded people in the USA should look at whether there was an emergency or crisis amounting to insurrection in the USA, which would require that Trump could declare a state of emergency, meaning that the Insurrection Act of 1807 could be brought into force, basically suspending the rule of law and allowing military law to apply.
47% : How long will many of Trump's long-term political opponents be out there enjoying their day-to-day activities? How many of those who are now appearing daily on media shows in the USA criticising Trump on things like MSNBC, and elsewhere, will be able to do so for very much longer?
44% : One of Trump's presidential actions calls for the Secretary of Defense and Homeland Security to submit a joint report by April 20.
44% : So let me explain my reasoning.
43% : Now, let me move to my second example of the reason why Trump might end democracy in the USA very soon.
43% : Would they now do it again, legally, according to Trump, under the Insurrection Act, to oppress the powers that are trying to uphold the rule of law in America?
40% : Do you think that in practice, Judge Boasberg and Governor Newsom are, totally innocently, and totally, appropriately, but nonetheless, provocatively providing Trump with the excuse to actually go ahead with what he has always wanted.
38% : It therefore appears that Trump would relish the opportunity to use the Insurrection Act more broadly against opponents.
37% : The headline from Richard Murphy may seem overwrought, but Trump actions have been so wildly out of bound that nothing is impossible.
36% : " In other words, what he's saying is that Trump and his cohort in his regime- and that's the right word for his government - have deliberately ignored the ruling of a federal judge and are therefore in contempt of court.
36% : Could it be that President Trump could, in fact, call up a militia?
34% : Originally published at Funding the Future Will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to enforce his rule, via a militia if need be, ending democracy in the USA in the process?
31% : They want to overthrow the entire process of disruption that Trump has created.
29% : Judge Boasberg was the person who said to the federal administration that Trump could not deport people to El Salvador without there being proper due process in place.
24% : Do you think it likely that they're going to disagree with Trump?
16% : And what he is saying, absolutely and indisputably legally correctly, is that Trump is not allowed to impose tariffs in the USA without the approval of Congress, and Trump has never gone to Congress to seek that approval.

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