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Most
Americans
are
naive
about
just
how
precarious
the
rule
of
law
is
in
this
country.
And
the
Trump
II
reign
is
really
testing
that.
Already
around
the
country
courts
are
pushing
back
against
the
unconstitutional power
grabs
Donald
Trump
has
made
in
his
less-than-a-month
back
in
office.
But
what
happens
if
the
executive
just…
ignores
the
courts?
Courts
don’t
have
the
muscle
to
force
the
issue,
as
President
Andrew
Jackson
famously
quipped,
“John
Marshall
has
made
his
decision;
now
let
him
enforce
it.”
If
Trump
takes
a
similar
path,
it’s
a
real
worrying
prospect.
On
CNN’s
OutFront,
NYU
Law
professor
Ryan
Goodman
highlights
this
real
danger.
Fellow
panelist
Jamal
Simmons,
Kamala
Harris’s
former
communications
director,
asked
Goodman,
“What
happens
if
Donald
Trump
decides
he
doesn’t
want
to
abide
by
the
traditional
ruling?
What’s
the
recourse?”
Goodman
was
blunt
in
his
response,
“Nothing.
That
is
the
doomsday
scenario
that
a
lot
of
lawyers
are
worried
about.”
Adding,
“If
the
president
tells
the
DOJ
not
to
comply
with
a
court
order,
we’re
in
a
real
jam.”
Of
course,
thus
far
it
hasn’t
happened,
and
with
a
stacked
Supreme
Court,
some
of
these
cases
might
fall
Trump’s
way.
But
if
they
don’t?
Yikes.
As
Goodman
continued,
“What
happens
come
the
day
that
they
do
lose
at
the
Supreme
Court?
Because
I
think
some
of
these
cases
are
just
losers.
And
if
they
really
want
to
push
it,
we’re
in
a
real
constitutional
crisis.”
Take
a
look
at
the
troubling
exchange
below.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
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