Trump is a real and present danger, but he's not the only force in government threatening democracy

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...if Trump disobeys a court order, like the one just issued suspending his Muslim ban, it would be up to Congress to bring him and his office to accountability, and if it applies, to justice. The courts can bring contempt actions against the WH, but it would be up to Congress to enforce them.

Right now, that democratic check on the Executive is in the hands of an indifferent, to complicit, republican party in control of the Legislature. They are a more pernicious threat to our democracy - acquiescence implied and effectively granted by their refusals to act.

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2. This is why constituent pushback on the Republican legislators is so important.

When they start to realize their own political careers are being jeopardized by their slavish adherence to Trump, they will stop being indifferent.