(#5855) After the judges are defied there is nothing left of our democracy

      The last stand for our democracy are our federal and state judges. More so the federal ones who are directly in the firing line of trump and his coup of our rule of law. When the king/dictator trump advances beyond the judgments of the judiciary then there is nothing within a civilized response for us to challenge trump. He will have his dream of ruling America as the only power of direction. Gone will be the checks and balances of government that has held our democracy safe over the last nearly 250 years. The legislative branch has abdicated their role as lawmakers and purse string controllers. With the demise of the judiciary there will be nothing left to contain the carnage that trump will employ.
     Even the press is neutered. As to we the people as the ultimate last stand that has yet to be decided but as it was us just a few months ago that gave trump his power to take ours I don't hold out much hope of a revolt from us. Yet it is what we need to do in order to stop the inevitable destruction of our democracy. The judges are trying now but the allies of trump who are assisting him in his takeover of our form of government are powerful enough to take down the rule of law no matter how correct it is. The rest of us who are powerless to stop the trump takeover are just marking our time for when the jackboots come for us and then force us to kneel or face the grave consequences.
     One thing that hampers us in this unfair battle to save our democracy is that the aggressors are not hindered in their options for strategy. They do as they please as any means will justify the end. We the people on the other hand are not equipped to fight with an all in attitude. Too many of us are not even equipped to fight. We will likely acquiesce to the bullies and do their bidding when it comes down to it. America has lost it's courage and instead is now cowered to survive without individual rights that our foreparents fought and died to give us. Our new American legacy is weakness in the face of aggression. How sad that we did this to ourselves. Yes there is still time to turn this around but that would take much that at this point we don't seem to possess.