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is Trump about to end democracy in the
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USA i fear he might be and I fear it
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might be very soon that this happens so
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let me explain my reasoning there are
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two causes for my concern and one
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consequence let's look at the causes the
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first is a judge named Judge James
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Boseberg judge Boseberg was the person
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who said to the federal administration
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that Trump could not deport people to El
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Salvador without there being proper due
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process in place he ordered that a
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flight that was already on its way to
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that country be reversed and returned to
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the USA and the Trump administration
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ignored him what he's now done is
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suggest that and I'm going to quote him
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the US Constitution does not tolerate
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willful disobedience of judicial powers
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especially by officials of a coordinate
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branch who have sworn an oath to uphold
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it in other words what he's saying is
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that Trump and his cohort in his regime
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and that's the right word for his
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government have deliberately ignored the
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ruling of a federal judge and are
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therefore in contempt of court now if
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you know anything about the law there is
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one group in society who really upset
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judges and those are the people who are
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in contempt of court because judges
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think that they are really important
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people and in a real sense they are
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because their behavior is fundamental to
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the upholding of democracy because if we
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don't have the rule of law we cannot
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have a democratic society judge Boseberg
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is rightly saying that the people in the
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Trump administration who have ignored
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this order from Trump downwards because
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he has bragged about it are in contempt
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of court they stand at risk as a
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consequence of going to prison let's be
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clear about that that's the penalty for
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being in contempt and he is starting
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proceedings
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now let me move to my second example of
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the reason why Trump might end democracy
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in the USA very soon in this case I'm
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talking about Governor Gavin Nuome in
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California
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he has begun a legal action against the
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US federal government brought by his
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state which is the fifth largest economy
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in the world to put California into
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context and what he is saying absolutely
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and indisputably legally correctly is
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that Trump is not allowed to impose
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tariffs in the USA without the approval
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of Congress and Trump has never gone to
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Congress to seek that approval therefore
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all the moves that he is making with
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regard to tariffs are as Governor Nuome
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puts it illegal he and his attorney
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general have lined up an argument
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they're going to bring the case they
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want to overthrow the entire process of
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disruption that Trump has
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created those in my opinion are the two
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crisis points in the US legal system
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that are now facing Trump amongst many
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other court cases that are going on
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these two stand out to me and what I
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think is that Trump is going to do
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something extreme in reaction
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90 days ago or at the time of recording
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this almost 90 days ago Trump signed an
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order and that order required that two
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of the most fair-minded people in the
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USA should look at whether there was an
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emergency or crisis amounting to
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insurrection in the USA which would
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require that Trump could declare a state
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of emergency meaning that the
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insurrection act of 1807 could be
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brought into force basically suspending
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the rule of law and allowing military
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law to apply those two fair-minded
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people were JD Vance the vice president
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of the USA and Pete Hesketh the Fox News
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commentator who happens now to be
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Secretary of State for Defense do you
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think it likely that they're going to
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disagree with Trump do you think it
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likely that this was all stage managed
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to ensure that military law could be
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enforced do you think that in practice
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Judge Boseberg and Governor Nuomo are
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totally innocently and totally
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appropriately but nonetheless
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provocatively providing Trump with the
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excuse to actually go ahead with what he
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has always wanted which is to suspend
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democracy in the
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USA the 1807 act is remarkably short in
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fairness anybody can read it there is a
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copy on my blog but let's look at the
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key words which are in section 333 of
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that act and they say
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this if an action so hinders the
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executions of the laws of the United
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States or opposes or obstructs the
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execution of the laws of the United
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States or impedes the course of justice
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under those laws then the insurrection
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act can be invoked and what happens when
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the insurrection act can be invoked by
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the president it means that the
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president can either call up the army or
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what it describes as a militia which
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these days is thought to be the National
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Guard but it is not said as such in the
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act to enforce the law as the president
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sees it could it be that President Trump
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could in fact call up a militia there
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are after all hundreds of thousands
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maybe millions of MAGA faithful in the
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USA who might respond to his call they
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did in January 2021 after all they
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staged an insurrection then would they
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now do it again legally according to
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Trump under the Insurrection Act to
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oppress the powers that are trying to
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uphold the rule of law in America and
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what would happen if Trump did this my
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belief is that he will try to do this my
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belief is that he may end up in conflict
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with the US military as a result but I
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do believe he might call up a militia as
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a consequence and if he does wait for
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the disappearances to start how long
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will Governor Nuomo be out of prison how
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long will Judge Bobberg be in office let
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alone enjoy his freedom how long will
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many of Trump's long-term political
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opponents be out there enjoying their
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day-to-day activities how many of those
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who are now appearing daily on media
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shows in the USA criticizing Trump on
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things like MSNBC and elsewhere will be
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able to do so for very much longer when
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Trump believes that he can use the
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insurrection act and he believes that he
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can use the power of force to literally
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dictate terms to the USA anything could
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happen and what we know is that there
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are no tyrants on earth who don't throw
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their opponents into prison or worse
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trump might be moving to that point it
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doesn't take long for a democracy to
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collapse it might happen in the space of
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only 3 or so months in the USA we are
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living as I've said before and will say
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again in very dangerous times but the
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coming weekend which will represent the
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90-day anniversary of the signing of
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that order requiring Vance and Hesketh
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to form this opinion might in the light
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of the actions of Governor Nuome and
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Judge Boseberg give rise to the end of
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US democracy
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and that would be quite an astonishing
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turn of events that the world could
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never ignore
