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Trump lawyers tell Supreme Court that Constitution doesn’t apply to the president
(www.peoplesworld.org)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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I think cases like this are a great look at the internal thought process of trumps team. Like, this isn’t them developing a masterful plan and executing on it. This is the first fucking idea that someone in the room proposed after a few drinks.
Like, they don’t understand the laws they’re bumping in to, or even if someone understands it, they’re pretending they don’t so they can tell the boss that they have a plan to make the thing happen. It’s trumps method of running an organization failing because the incentive structure is to tell the boss you can get him what he wants, even if what he wants isn’t possible. So they keep wasting their time and resources chasing stupid plans.
The problem is that this is how fascism ferments, it's not about planning, it's about taking action. So what if it doesn't pass through the courts? For trump and his supporters that's just evidence that the courts are against him. That the courts are not equipped to deal with today's problems. That we don't need courts, we just need to give someone enough power to get the job done.
it is the nature of personalist authoritarian regimes. Anything that presents them with information or outcomes that don’t serve the leaders goals gets turned in to an enemy, even if it’s the dumbest strategic choice possible.
They have an incredibly favorable Supreme Court, and rather than working with it to consolidate power, they are throwing rocks at it for not letting them do what ever they want.