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kentuck

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Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:09 PM Jun 16

This week could signal the end of American democracy? [View all]

That may sound like hyperbole but consider that the appeals court will rule on whether or not a President has the authority to send in the National Guard and the military, in opposition to the Posse Comitatus Act that was passed after the Civil War.

We cannot assume they will follow the Constitution or the precedence of current law. They are unpredictable.

And if it is appealed to the Supreme Court, will they rule against Donald Trump? You would not want to bet the farm on those stable geniuses.

If the Courts do give Trump control of the military, don't you think he would use it?

There would be war in the streets.

That is why these upcoming court decisions are so important.

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