Luke Broadwater

Well, that's the constitutional crisis that all these legal scholars keep talking about. The courts themselves don't have a military. They don't have a police force. They are reliant on the executive branch to enforce their orders. The Justice Department reports to Donald Trump and the president under Trump.

Well, that's the constitutional crisis that all these legal scholars keep talking about. The courts themselves don't have a military. They don't have a police force. They are reliant on the executive branch to enforce their orders. The Justice Department reports to Donald Trump and the president under Trump.

his new leadership team has taken multiple steps to remove the Justice Department's independence and to make sure that it would be his Justice Department and not an independent wing of government. And so what happens if a court orders the Justice Department to carry out some sort of order or discipline against the executive branch, and they decide not to follow it.

his new leadership team has taken multiple steps to remove the Justice Department's independence and to make sure that it would be his Justice Department and not an independent wing of government. And so what happens if a court orders the Justice Department to carry out some sort of order or discipline against the executive branch, and they decide not to follow it.

Well, now the courts don't have any enforcement power, and that is the constitutional crisis.

Well, now the courts don't have any enforcement power, and that is the constitutional crisis.

Right. Under past administrations, you wouldn't think twice about that. You would think, of course, they would. But if there's a pattern developing where judges' orders are ignored, well, now that becomes a real open question.

Right. Under past administrations, you wouldn't think twice about that. You would think, of course, they would. But if there's a pattern developing where judges' orders are ignored, well, now that becomes a real open question.

Yeah, I mean, in the current political environment, there is essentially no chance of the Republican House and Senate impeaching and convicting Donald Trump.

Yeah, I mean, in the current political environment, there is essentially no chance of the Republican House and Senate impeaching and convicting Donald Trump.

That might have been possible under earlier iterations of the American government. You know, it certainly was possible a few decades ago when Congress was about to impeach Richard Nixon. Right. But Donald Trump has completely co-opted the Republicans in Congress. There is no independence there anymore. There is no appetite to stand up to him on any measure.

That might have been possible under earlier iterations of the American government. You know, it certainly was possible a few decades ago when Congress was about to impeach Richard Nixon. Right. But Donald Trump has completely co-opted the Republicans in Congress. There is no independence there anymore. There is no appetite to stand up to him on any measure.

And so if you are looking for a check on President Trump, it will not come from Congress. And the last place it can come from is the federal courts. And so that's why so many people are watching this case and and trying to figure out what exactly will happen if the Trump administration, in fact, defies a court order.

And so if you are looking for a check on President Trump, it will not come from Congress. And the last place it can come from is the federal courts. And so that's why so many people are watching this case and and trying to figure out what exactly will happen if the Trump administration, in fact, defies a court order.

Well, the American system of government, our democracy, is set up to have three co-equal branches. And if two of the branches have become subservient to the executive branch, well, then I do think you really need to question whether we are, in fact, the kind of democracy, the kind of government that our founders intended.

Well, the American system of government, our democracy, is set up to have three co-equal branches. And if two of the branches have become subservient to the executive branch, well, then I do think you really need to question whether we are, in fact, the kind of democracy, the kind of government that our founders intended.