Comments on: And the assault on the constitution begins in earnest https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/10/30/and-the-assault-on-the-constitution-begins-in-earnest/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mcfly https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/10/30/and-the-assault-on-the-constitution-begins-in-earnest/#comment-42472 mcfly Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:11:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=74303#comment-42472 A year ago this wouldn't have concerned me much, it'd just be another chance for the judiciary to blacken Trump's eye...but we're deeper in the Twilight Zone now, well over our heads, and any presumption of sanity on the part of Trump supporters gives them far, far too much credit. The constitution is meaningless to Trump, and therefore to all the mindless fools who worship at his feet. Do we expect the likes of Kavanaugh to stand up to Trump, and tell him "no," or do we expect him to simply do what he's told (as is now the custom for republicans)? A year ago this wouldn’t have concerned me much, it’d just be another chance for the judiciary to blacken Trump’s eye…but we’re deeper in the Twilight Zone now, well over our heads, and any presumption of sanity on the part of Trump supporters gives them far, far too much credit.

The constitution is meaningless to Trump, and therefore to all the mindless fools who worship at his feet. Do we expect the likes of Kavanaugh to stand up to Trump, and tell him “no,” or do we expect him to simply do what he’s told (as is now the custom for republicans)?

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