There’s been a lot of chatter about how, by moving in so many directions simultaneously in its first weeks, the Trump Administration completely confused its opponents on the Left. The shorthand applied to this effect is “flooding the zone.” And it does seem to have flummoxed the Democrats… for a little while.
But there’s no such thing as a sword that can cut your enemy yet can’t cut you. The Democrats have responded with their own version of “flooding the zone:” left-wing District Court judges have issued a flurry of injunctions and orders intended to halt the MAGA initiatives, or at least confuse the Administration about whether the judicial branch has the authority to override presidential executive orders. Fresh reports of such leftist judicial intrusions arrive daily.
These injunctions and orders have little to no Constitutional basis, yet they’re having the desired effect. Executive branch deference to judicial decrees has been a feature of conservative administrations. The jurisdictional monkey wrenches they’ve thrown into the works have slowed many Administration moves. Some may prove impossible to overturn, especially given Chief Justice John Roberts’ reluctance to take them up quickly.
Perhaps we ought to have expected it. The Biden Administration put quite a lot of leftists on the federal bench. What else do the Democrats have, besides their pet judges and the filibuster? Attacks on Tesla dealerships?
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So double down. AI can generate Executive Order boilerplate a whole lot faster than real-life judges can stonewall the flow.
And, for Pete’s sake, find out what someone has on Roberts. Dead girl or live boy or whatever. Impeach him, get someone else in his place, and get on with life.
Even more useful long term: who is blackmailing or extorting Roberts?