Trump flirts with a blow to run over US Justice decisions

In conflict time, US presidents have already hit the Supreme Court, such as Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of the civil war in 1861, Franklin Roosevelt in World War II in 1942 and George W. Bush after 11 September 2001. But the presidents ended up giving the executive’s decision.

An example involving Trump himself occurred in his first term, when he lowered a decree forbidding citizen from some Muslim majority countries. The decision was suspended by federal judges, who were ignored by the government. Until, in June 2018, the Supreme Court, 5-4, gave Trump a cause.

One thing is most of the US Judiciary summit being aligned with Trump on a conservative rosary, another is to accept that the president may disrespect decisions made by herself. It would be the equivalent of the nine ministers to give a necotapa in themselves (I looked for a more ridiculous comparison than the shooting in the foot, as it can be involuntary).

When it comes to coup d’état, the historical image refers to a line of tanks occupying cities. But the use of troops is unnecessary. For a coup, it is enough for the executive branch to govern in the shiver of the Constitution, ignoring court orders and laws. If Trump runs over the Supreme Court, the United States will be entering unknown and dangerous territory.

For the economy, it means that there will no longer be legal certainty to do business in the US, which means escape and investments and partnerships, unemployment, crisis, in short, the disgrace that everyone knows. For democracy, it is the first step in installing an authoritarian regime.

We know this script well because we had a president who systematically threatened to break down court decisions of the Supreme Court, although it had no courage to it. But that, in erasing the lights of his government, he planned and underway an attempt to coup d’état.