"Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power," Vance wrote on X Sunday.

Summary

JD Vance argued that courts cannot overrule Trump’s executive orders, likening judicial interference to an illegal overreach.

Critics, including lawmakers and legal experts, denounced his claims as unconstitutional.

This debate follows recent federal rulings blocking Trump’s executive actions, including spending freezes and an order ending birthright citizenship.

Opposition figures warned against undermining the judiciary, emphasizing checks and balances.

  • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
    66·
    12 days ago

    No, couch boy, that is how it works… A president can’t just do whatever he wants and we all just have to be fine with it. There are still rules. What you’re talking about is the supreme leadership of a dictator. Kindly take your fascist fuckery and shove it up your ass with the rest of Trump’s dick.

    • kinsnik@lemmy.world
      22·
      12 days ago

      well, if the founding fathers didn’t want the president total power and act like a king, they should have named it something different than king and divide the power in multiples branches

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
    22·
    12 days ago

    Its like saying the president can do anything they want, and “the people” can’t do anything about it.

    At this point there is nothing that can be done but mass US wide protests.

    The government works for the people, when it stops doing that its no longer a government, but a dictatorship.

  • Ulvain@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    12 days ago

    Here’s the horrible hiccup: however legitimate a judge and their decision is, it’s only as relevant as it’s enforced. And if the enforcer in chief says “fuck you and your ruling” and puts the judges in prison, what then?

    • Uruanna@lemmy.world
      3·
      12 days ago

      That’ll be the question: who’s gonna come to grab these judges, and who’s gonna stand in the way and say fuck off. And then who’s gonna drop their pants first, or who’s gonna shoot first…

  • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
    71·
    12 days ago

    I don’t think judges are even overruling Trump at this point, just issuing injunctions and restraining orders to put things on hold while they sort out whether Trump is allowed to do what he’s trying to do.

  • Kompressor @lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    12 days ago

    They just keep moving fast and keep doing dictator shit and keep not being stopped and there will be nothing left to save in about 6 weeks. The judicial/law process trying to keep up and chase down everything they’re doing and continue to do just stays in a state of being overwhelmed. There was an amendment for this exact situation but, yknow.

    • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      Hitler dismantled democracy in 53 days. Trump’s been in for 22. “Fascist takeover speedrun, any%”