That sounds pretty obviously unconstitutional. I don't see how a reasonable person could disagree actually. The whole point of the checks and balances is to prevent this.
It should be the trigger for country wide protests until the president is overthrown. It won't be of course. But it should.
I think it's an open question at this point whether the military leadership would deny Trump's request.
We're spread, but IIRC the 10 most populous metro contains half the population. It'd more be a matter in making sure each major hub has around 500k-1m people gathered. As a matter of scale, the Montgomery march was 256k.
>Most people are too apathetic to be bothered and by the time some final straw makes them care it'll likely be too late.
I suppose we'll see soon enough at this current rate.
It sucks that the constitution died this way. RIP USA.
Even in the worst police state, the dictators power ultimately depends on enough of the people going along with it.
Americans could change this, if enough people cared beyond pressing like on facebook
The President is Commander in Chief of the US armed forces.
That's pretty much the fate of all dictators: a coup.
In that case, congress is serving as a check on the court's power.
The legislative and judicial branches are the checks to executive power.
That's not entirely correct. All civil servants and military swear an oath the Constitution and are required to disobey illegal orders. This EO attempts to largely eliminate the concept of illegal orders.