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Qutzupalotl

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18. If the country had shut down, so would the courts

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:42 PM

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except for a handful of emergency cases.

The judicial is currently the only branch of government functioning enough to provide a check on the executive. Without the courts, the destruction by President Musk and Figurehead Trump would accelerate even more — and we would have NO recourse. The fired employees would have stayed fired. Renditions to torture sites would have continued. The shutdown would continue indefinitely, providing them more cover.

There was no good outcome. Schumer likely chose the least bad option. Instead of attacking him, we should direct our fire to the real domestic enemies.

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