Can Trump's Lawless And Unconstitutional Actions Be Stopped?

Last week, Trump instructed Pete Hegseth to fire the military Judge Advocate Generals. This is on top of Trump firing 17 Inspector Generals of important federal agencies. Why would he do that? These people, in both cases, are not political hires. They operate on a bipartisan basis no matter which party occupies the White House. So why would they be fired?

Their purpose:

An agency inspector general (IG) acts as an independent watchdog within a government agency, primarily tasked with conducting audits, investigations, and inspections to identify and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement within the agency's operations.

So these are the people who police the agencies - the ones who make sure the agencies obey the law and carry out their function as Congress intended. The only reason for the mass firing on these individuals is to prevent them from doing their jobs.

Trump claims to be trying to get rid of waste and fraud. If that was true, it would make no sense to fire the people trying to root out that waste and fraud. The only thing that makes sense is that in his effort to seize more power, Trump doesn't want these Inspector Generals calling attention to laws he is breaking (or instructing agencies to break).

It is doubtful that Trump really had the authority to fire the Inspector Generals. It is just another example of his lawless actions since returning to office. But it does clear the way for other future lawless actions. 

We probably should have expected that a convicted criminal, once getting into public office, would continue his criminal behavior - and get rid of any officials who could possibly stop him. Sadly, too many voters were not smart enough to see that.

Who can stop Trump's lawless rampage? It won't be Congress. Both houses are controlled by the Republican Party. Many are card-carrying members of Trump's cult, and the rest are too scared of being voted out of their cushy job in a party primary.

It won't be voters. Even though voters are starting to wake up and turn against what Trump is doing, we are a year and a half from the next election. Trump can do a lot of damage in a year and a half.

That leaves the Supreme Court. They have the power to stop Trump, but will they?

One would think that a true conservative majority on the Court would act to save the Constitution and its separation of powers. After all, they claim to be "originalists", who believe in the Constitution as written by the Founding Fathers.

But they are also the ones who gave Trump immunity in official actions. Will they follow their flawed immunity policy, or will they uphold the powers enumerated in the Constitution? I hope it will be the latter, but who can know right now.

They are our last and best hope to save our constitutional form of government. If they bow down to Trump, as Congress has, then our democracy is doomed.