[ExI] My prediction

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:05 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> I'm not sure I understand this. Not being very familiar with the
> american system,*


*Hi Ben. I'm curious, some people on this list have suggested that most
people that don't live in the USA are completely uninterested in the huge
upheaval in American policies and politics that have been going on for the
last few years and so we should not talk about it for fear of boring
them, do you find that to be the case?*


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> * > I thought it was up to the courts to decide what is and isn't within
> the bounds of the constitution, and that the courts have been stacked with
> pro-Trump people willing to do whatever he wants. Am I wrong on this?*


*I wish I could say you're wrong but you are not, you're absolutely
correct.  *

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* > Another factor is that rules may exist, but mean nothing unless they
> are enforced. If someone co-opts the means of enforcement, the rules mean
> nothing any more. Example: if someone orders the National Guard to do
> something that the rules say they can't do, and they say "OK, we'll obey
> these orders, even though the rules say we can't".*
>

*Just a few days ago one of He Who Must Not Be Named brainless minions,
Secretary Of War (not defense) Pete Hegseth, cut senator Mark Kelly's
retirement pay even though he's a 25 year Navy veteran and a former space
shuttle pilot because Kelly had the temerity to say that members of the
military are not obligated to obey your illegal orders, Hegseth insisted
that Kelly was wrong, they must obey illegal orders. And as I said, the
Constitution is only as strong as those that are supposed to defend and
enforce it. *


* John K Clark*


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