A lot of my liberal friends don’t recognize the unprecedented advantage President Trump is affording all Americans. By his imaginative executive order to ignore court decisions, he permits all of us to do the same, releasing us from the ethical shackles of society.
By David Breitkopf
My friends, of course, whine about the “rule of law,” anarchy and violence. But I defend the President by reminding them that now we too can ignore any court decision against us. Get a parking ticket? Just toss it onto the junk heap of history. Stopped for DWI? Don’t make me laugh, or make me as I fall over drunk with laughter. Sexual assault? Hell, Trump is the best at it. No one can touch Trump when it comes to sexual assault, particularly if he declares it part of his “official duties as the President.”
I envy every January 6er—they’ve been pardoned into a special band of brothers, a theatrical paramilitary troupe. Think about that performance—they put on a show, beating up police for hours, bear spraying them, and smashing Trump flagpoles over their heads. How fun is that? And with their presidential pardons, they won’t have to pay an unreasonable debt to society.
The possibilities are quite frankly bracing. Let’s say as a January 6er you are determined to protect President Trump by doing a Luigi Mangione on one of Trump’s disloyal opponents? Trump being the generous sort will pardon this Patriot again, and perhaps invite him or her or them to the White House to present a Presidential Commendation. Cool.
Some court observers may someday point out the irony that President Trump’s judicial power was transferred (bequeathed might be a better word) to him by the Supreme Court itself. Now, of course the Supreme Court is really no different than any other court under President Trump. If the Court were to rule against the President for some crazy reason, he could ignore it like any other court, and pardon any January 6er who defends him in that Court, or outside the Court, if for instance an incorrect justice happens to be walking down a Georgetown street.
In hindsight, should we even call it the Supreme Court anymore? Perhaps more realistically we should rename it the Important Court, or better the Suggestion Court, or Biggliest, The Trump Court! We all love how he loves to name buildings after himself.
David Breitkopf teaches English. He was writer and journalist who worked for a number of newspapers over the years, including The American Banker. His writer’s Web page is DavidBreitkopf.com
