{"id":107994,"date":"2025-02-07T19:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/07\/law-professor-calls-out-the-trump-doomsday-scenario\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T19:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:02:42","slug":"law-professor-calls-out-the-trump-doomsday-scenario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/07\/law-professor-calls-out-the-trump-doomsday-scenario\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Professor Calls Out The Trump \u2018Doomsday\u2019 Scenario"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

Already around the country<\/a> courts are pushing back against the unconstitutional\u00a0<\/a>power grabs Donald Trump has made in his less-than-a-month back in office. But what happens if the executive just\u2026 ignores the courts? Courts don\u2019t have the muscle to force the issue, as President Andrew Jackson famously quipped, \u201cJohn Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.\u201d If Trump takes a similar path, it\u2019s a real worrying prospect.<\/p>\n

On CNN\u2019s OutFront<\/a>, NYU Law professor Ryan Goodman highlights this real danger. Fellow panelist Jamal Simmons, Kamala Harris\u2019s former communications director, asked Goodman, \u201cWhat happens if Donald Trump decides he doesn\u2019t want to abide by the traditional ruling? What\u2019s the recourse?\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodman was blunt in his response, \u201cNothing. <\/span>That is the doomsday scenario that a lot of lawyers are worried about.\u201d Adding, \u201cIf the president tells the DOJ not to comply with a court order, we\u2019re in a real jam.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, thus far it hasn\u2019t happened, and with a stacked Supreme Court, some of these cases might fall Trump\u2019s way. But if they don\u2019t? Yikes. As Goodman continued, \u201cWhat 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\u2019re in a real constitutional crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Take a look at the troubling exchange below.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Already around the country<\/a> courts are pushing back against the unconstitutional\u00a0<\/a>power grabs Donald Trump has made in his less-than-a-month back in office. But what happens if the executive just\u2026 ignores the courts? Courts don\u2019t have the muscle to force the issue, as President Andrew Jackson famously quipped, \u201cJohn Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.\u201d If Trump takes a similar path, it\u2019s a real worrying prospect.<\/p>\n

On CNN\u2019s OutFront<\/a>, NYU Law professor Ryan Goodman highlights this real danger. Fellow panelist Jamal Simmons, Kamala Harris\u2019s former communications director, asked Goodman, \u201cWhat happens if Donald Trump decides he doesn\u2019t want to abide by the traditional ruling? What\u2019s the recourse?\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodman was blunt in his response, \u201cNothing. That is the doomsday scenario that a lot of lawyers are worried about.\u201d Adding, \u201cIf the president tells the DOJ not to comply with a court order, we\u2019re in a real jam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, thus far it hasn\u2019t happened, and with a stacked Supreme Court, some of these cases might fall Trump\u2019s way. But if they don\u2019t? Yikes. As Goodman continued, \u201cWhat 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\u2019re in a real constitutional crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Take a look at the troubling exchange below.<\/p>\n