politics

People overestimate the threat of reactionary anti-institutionalism in the first term, but underestimate it in the second term. 

The first Trump term threatened to be a wrecking ball but landed like a hand-swung sledgehammer in just a few places. The worst damage (SCOTUS capture) was dealt by McConnell’s senate and Federslist society, not Trump. 

The second term looks like a moderated, mellowed rubber mallet but will likely land like a wrecking ball.

Blogger at ribbonfarm.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

Potentially the first president in the modern era not worried about re-election?

I’m sure if trump wants a 3rd term SCOTUS will backflip the constitution again to allow it.

Sometimes filmmaker/artist. Often up in arms. Big dreams/little bags. Crypto true believer. 

You understand how the Constitution and SCOTUS works, right?

Also, while we're here the only 3-term (trying to win a 4th term before dying) was a Democrat / progressive. 😂

I know how SCOTUS used to work. This SCOTUS to the highest bidder thing is new plus their habit of being constitutional originalists only when it suits them is suspect.