Under the authority of people with guns doing what he orders and no one with guns willing to stop them If he has the DC guard detain members of a new democratic house majority in 2027 and send them on a direct military flight to El Salvador it would take months for SCOTUS to eventually rule on it

I don’t think it has the authority. But I’m not sure who would enforce the transfer of power if they just claim fraud in the blue states and point to EO non-compliance as evidence (even if the EO is BS)

Do you understand how a new Congress is constituted and installed? The people elected just...show up and organize themselves. It's up to the duly-elected members who show up to determine who (if any) was legitimately elected or not.

Sure and they'll have to walk through an armed camp (DC) filled with people who are taking orders from Trump and who don't respect the rulings of courts If they get scooped up and sent on a military flight to El Salvador before anyone knows what happens what exactly are people going to do? Sue?

So now you're just speculating about wild theories you've invented in your mind about what might conceivably happen instead of dealing with the reality in front of you. Cross bridges when you come to them. In the unlikely scenario that this is what they do, make them fucking do it then and there.

the reality in front of us is armed soldiers are patrolling DC like it is an occupied city and the federal gov is once again having masked goons snatch people off the street and. the POTUS is openly talking about occupying major cities (Chicago, NYC) in the near future. these aren't "wild" theories

Don't spare them the trouble just because you've imagined it's going to happen anyway. Bouie's right. Y'all doomers are just cowards looking for an excuse for capitulating in despair.

wtf are you talking about? I'm out here literally buying thousands of dollars of helmets and vests in different sizes. I've learned how to fire different types of weapons and I'm watching this admin like a hawk and listening for a call for volunteers from my governor pretending like we aren't

in danger right now is gaslighting people and might keep them from paying attention. I'm not capitulating I'm trying to wake people up to the threat. You sound like the people on January 5th who said there was nothing that Trump could do to interrupt the vote counting on the 6th

If 218 of those people are Democrats, it really doesn't matter what the 217 Republicans want. Any attempt to refuse to seat someone will get voted down.

under what authority is he impounding funds allocated in the budget?

One isn't like the other though, congressional terms have hard deadlines that have nothing to do with the president and would put a direct target on SCOTUS if they play along (and would require the entire military heads to agree on a patently illegal order). It's not impossible but way down there.

You honestly sound a little like Chuck Schumer. "Just you wait until they cross the RED LINE!"