Could the Supreme Court, in a ruling against Trump, state that while they do not have means to enforce a ruling, that the right remedy via the Constitution would be Impeachment and Removal by Congress?
It seems to me that kind of message, if they were willing to deliver it, would hold serious weight and would at least assert how the Constitutional mechanisms are still in play. I'm not sure the conservatives would do this, but they should.
While I greatly appreciate this analysis and explanation of the options available to the courts, in the end I think the judiciary is no match for a lawless Executive with the backing of virtually the entire Republican party. Of course we need to pursue every option available through the legal system, but I think fellow Contrarians should have learned the lesson of the last several years. The ball is in our courts. We must stop expecting to be rescued. There's plenty of room to debate how ordinary citizens should respond to this assault on democracy, but we should not debate that the solutions rests with ordinary people to stand-up and resist.
In order to file a bar complaint, does the member of the public have to be a resident of the state that the bar association is in? Or, in the case of nationally known and prominent cases, can anyone file?
Could the Supreme Court, in a ruling against Trump, state that while they do not have means to enforce a ruling, that the right remedy via the Constitution would be Impeachment and Removal by Congress?
It seems to me that kind of message, if they were willing to deliver it, would hold serious weight and would at least assert how the Constitutional mechanisms are still in play. I'm not sure the conservatives would do this, but they should.
Could this happen? Would it matter?
How about putting the AG and her lackeys in jail for contempt? Since we evidently cannot discipline POTUS, his ass kissers will do.
While I greatly appreciate this analysis and explanation of the options available to the courts, in the end I think the judiciary is no match for a lawless Executive with the backing of virtually the entire Republican party. Of course we need to pursue every option available through the legal system, but I think fellow Contrarians should have learned the lesson of the last several years. The ball is in our courts. We must stop expecting to be rescued. There's plenty of room to debate how ordinary citizens should respond to this assault on democracy, but we should not debate that the solutions rests with ordinary people to stand-up and resist.
In order to file a bar complaint, does the member of the public have to be a resident of the state that the bar association is in? Or, in the case of nationally known and prominent cases, can anyone file?