""By "denigrating the judiciary, Trump is basically trying to weaken one of the only remaining pillar that is standing up to prevent the total authoritarianism that he desires," Cobb said. "And that war is very dangerous for us all. We need a very strong judiciary, particularly at this time, where the constitutional stresses are extreme and Trump's abuses of power are unprecedented.""
""Now that Congress "handed [Congressional power] to Trump in a basket with a bow on it, which is dangerous," it is up to the courts to stop a unitary executive. "The courts don't have the ability to say what's best for America. They can't look at a case that way," said Cobb. "They have to say what does the Constitution require, and the Constitution really is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump is, somebody whose desire is to accumulate and abuse power.""
Donald Trump is characterized as evil, with attacks on the judiciary described as one of the greatest threats to democracy. Congress has been rendered neutered and has effectively ceded its powers to Trump, enabling a unitary executive. The Constitution was designed to have Congress act as the first line of resistance to an abusive president, but congressional abdication has forced courts into that role. Courts must apply constitutional requirements rather than decide what's best for America, yet the Constitution may be inadequate for unprecedented executive abuses. A strong judiciary is essential while constitutional stresses and abuses of power escalate.
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