The DC Two-Step
The first step in dealing with the DC Democrat power base is to repeal home rule.
I’m as frustrated as anyone about these peanut brained progressive District Court judges indulging in their power fantasies.
But I have been giving this a lot of thought over the past many days, and I have come up with a take that might seem a bit counterintuitive.
I believe this too, shall pass – but with dire consequences for these judges and their courts. I felt the same way as Insurrection Barbie (an X account I follow - she wrote this is going to be a constitutional crisis) when this started and if Trump had taken the bait when it first began, I would still feel that way - but he didn't and I don't. Trump's restraint is exactly what he should do.
Why do I believe that?
What I see happening is this: the public is getting a wider and deeper view of what many would consider an arcane process, one that they never really spent a lot (or any) time thinking about, largely because the vast majority of Americans never directly experience the court system, its processes or the law – because they don’t break it in the first place - and that is the worst thing for these activist judges. Combining that with the robust online debates about the situations and rulings, ranging from the outlandish to the sober, have aided in more people than ever understanding what is happening – and what is at stake.
Sunlight is just part of the greatest disinfectant; knowledge is the kicker.
Despite the left trying for decades redefine “fairness” to strip the comprehension of it from them, I believe the American people still possess an innate sense of fairness (the primary reason Trump was reelected) and other than the cheerleaders in the media and the true believing lefties, most Americans see this as unfair. They may not understand the specific reasons for the unconstitutionality of it all, but they believe the Constitution is fair, so they are making a connection due to the obvious unfairness of these national TROs against executive actions that polls show (depending on the poll) between 60% and 80% of Americans support.
The earlier rulings and orders sparked the fire and now, I have no doubt that with each amazingly partisan and anti-citizen ruling and order that gets handed down, these judges are just pouring gasoline on the fire – a fire that is rapidly consuming the respect, credibility, and authority of these judges and their courts.
This is not going to end with the Constitution being harmed or the nation suffering a constitutional “crisis.”
I’m not sure Congress has the stones (or the votes) to go after the judges directly – but I’m betting that the DC District Courts are going to pay a heavy price – first, I think home rule will be removed from DC and it would be a heavier lift, but the DC District Courts eliminated.
The D.C. District Courts - formally the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals - were established under the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970. Congress does have the power to alter or abolish any institution it created for D.C., including the courts, if it doesn’t violate other constitutional constraints (e.g., due process or equal protection under the Fifth Amendment). Repealing home rule wouldn’t automatically eliminate the courts—it would require a separate act of Congress to dismantle or reorganize them. Without home rule, Congress could choose to maintain the courts, modify their jurisdiction (e.g., shifting more cases to federal courts like the U.S. District Court for D.C.), or abolish them entirely and replace them with a different system.
Absent dissolution, I still believe eventually Congress will find ways to reform or at least neutralize the biased and activist judges.
This is also bad for the Democrat defenders of these actions. I’m also thinking that bill is going to come due during the 2026 mid-terms. I could be way off on this, but I’m thinking this situation and President Trump’s patient, deliberate approach is going to add to the GOP majority.
I know the Democrats think they are winning, but the longer this goes on, the worse it is for them. They don’t see it coming, but that isn’t new these days. They don’t even know what a woman is.
I’m NOT going to share this article because I don’t want the light to go on in ANY Democrat’s mind. 😁😁😁
Our judiciary retains the trappings and mentality of an entitled feudal nobility. In what other government office must the subjects rise upon the entry of a robed official and where speech out of turn can be penalized as “contempt of court” and offenders jailed indefinitely at the whim of the aristocrat of charge of his “court?” In what other country are the courts established below the level of the national Supreme Court allowed powers of judicial review allowing district and appellate courts to create their own idiosyncratic case law that can vary considerably from jurisdiction to jurisdiction until uniformity is achieved by the final ruling of cases appealed to the Supreme Court? This system is chaotic and allowing its jurists lifelong tenure “in good behavior” allows no external check on their powers that are often simply asserted rather than legislated by popularly elected representatives?