“Thursday, April 24, was a day like any other day – the sun came up, the sun went down, and Donald Trump was hit with at least three nationwide injunctions by federal district court judges.
That’s just the way it goes if you are a president who wants to take back America from the entrenched left-wing bureaucracy and restore common sense to government before it is too late.
The danger of the bureaucracy was predicted by Julien Benda in his 1927 book “The Treason of the Clerks,” which warned of the danger of the intellectual class adopting political passions that had previously been the sole domain of the masses. We see this most distinctly today in the federal bureaucracy, which I dare say has the greatest concentration of degree-holders from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia (and the like) of any sector in the nation, other than the incestuous universities themselves.
The treason that Benda described was the loss of independence of thought and dispassionate reason by intellectuals, and the accompanying subservience of intellect to political passions. During Trump’s first term, Frank Miele wrote a piece about the danger Benda had foreseen:
Benda wrote at the beginning of the age of mass communication, and yet he already saw that “political passions have attained a universality never before known. … Thanks to the progress of communication and, still more, to the group spirit, it is clear that the holders of the same political hatred now form a compact impassioned mass, every individual of which feels himself in touch with the infinite number of others, whereas a century ago such people were comparatively out of touch with each other and hated in a ‘scattered’ way” …
It seems that we are now living out Benda’s worst nightmare — an age of manipulation of the masses by those who think they know better — whether you call them the “deep state,” the “opposition party,” “the national elite,” “the entrenched bureaucracy,” or just “the establishment.”
And for the past 10 years, they have turned their hatred on Donald Trump. Without rhyme or reason, they fight him on every reform and arm themselves with invented scandal and fake news.
Now, in Trump’s second term, we see that the bureaucracy has a close ally in the judiciary – not one judge, but multitudes that aim to preserve the status quo of liberal governance. If that wasn’t clear before April 24, there was no room for doubt after the day was filled with one court ruling after another telling Trump to “stand back and stand by” rather than to exercise his lawful power as president.
Here’s what tumbled out of the judicial branch that day:
– A federal district court judge in California blocked Trump’s executive order that would have denied federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities that limit or forbid cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
– A Washington, D.C., judge blocked the Trump administration from following through on the president’s executive order requiring that voters in federal elections show proof of citizenship when registering.
– A district judge in New Hampshire blocked efforts to defund public schools that utilize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Not to be outdone, judges in Maryland and Washington, D.C., essentially issued the same order, giving added protection to one of the least popular programs ever shoved down the throat of American citizens.
At the time, those were the latest of more than a dozen nationwide injunctions issued by unelected federal judges who appeared more interested in preserving and protecting left-wing shibboleths than the Constitution.
Also in courts across the nation that week were attempts by judges to reject Trump’s authority as commander in chief to ban transgender participation in the military, to deny Trump the right to strip security clearances from law firms that he says put national security interests second to political partisanship, and stop the administration’s efforts to eliminate federal news services such as Voice of America that engage in anti-American propaganda.
Those are all in addition to the several injunctions issued relative to Trump’s promised reform of the immigration system to expedite the deportation of illegal immigrants, especially those who have a criminal history or are members of international gangs.
If that seems normal, it isn’t.
There were only six nationwide injunctions during the eight years of the George W. Bush presidency, and only 12 during the Obama presidency. That increased to 14 under President Biden, which was surpassed by President Trump in the first nine weeks of his second term when 15 such injunctions were issued. Of course, Trump should be accustomed to such judicial abuse. In his first term, there were 64 injunctions against his policies, a staggering 92.2% issued by Democrat-appointed judges. Julien Benda would have clearly recognized the “political passions” that had supplanted the disinterested intellectual rigor we once expected of our judges.
Yet because of our habituated respect for the separation of powers, none dare call it the treason of the judiciary.
That, of course, is a reference to the 1960s tract “None Dare Call It Treason” by John A. Stormer. Stormer took on the country’s intellectual elites, blaming them for working against the interests of the nation by tolerating or quietly promoting communism. The left-wing elites of the day laughed it off as another right-wing conspiracy theory, but as time has passed it’s become clear that there was indeed a long-range effort to corrupt our institutions with Communism 101 – reducing social acceptance of religion, turning education into indoctrination, and infiltrating government with the intelligentsia that thinks American values are outdated.” (Frank Miele)
Now we’re witnessing the vile harvest of a corrupt tree bursting forth in our courtrooms. Judges brazenly usher illegal immigrants out the back door, defying justice. Others outrageously demand the return of deported gang members or shield anti-Semitic radicals from expulsion. Every bold move to put America first is slapped down as "unconstitutional" by rogue jurists drunk on power. This is no mere overreach—it's a judicial coup against the will of the people.
If any form of sanity is to be restored to the Federal government, Donald Trump must make crushing this judicial tyranny his Top Priority. The battle raging in the coming months will decide a seismic question: Is the President the true Chief Executive, or a mere puppet dancing to the whims of left-wing judges who elevate their political zeal above the nation’s survival?
In a twist of cosmic irony, the fate of our republic rests in the hands of the Supreme Robes of the Supreme Court. Will they uphold impartial justice, or will they succumb to the venom of partisan rancor? The question hangs like a guillotine. But we’ve seen too many times, these justices often rule not by the Constitution or law, but by the siren song of ideology and allegiance to their backers. They’re politicians who wear funny clothes to work, activists in robes—less blatant than their lower-court comrades, but activists nonetheless. This is the future of the judiciary: rulings drenched in emotion and dogma.
Our Constitution never granted the judiciary supreme power over our laws—they stole it in Marbury v. Madison, and no one dared object. It’s time to roar in defiance! The abomination of Roe v. Wade proves judges are just politicians in costume, wielding gavels instead of votes. If the Supreme Court wants to remain relevant, it must shield the executive branch from relentless lawfare. Should it side with activist district judges, the myth of three independent branches will crumble into dust.
We’ve seen this tragedy unfold across millennia—when a government rots to its core, it must be razed. In kingdoms, you spark a revolution or crown a new dynasty. In republics, defeat in war or the rise of an emperor, cloaked as a “king” or “Caesar,” keeps the hollow shell of old institutions. Some shrug, saying rulers are bound by the same constraints: people, resources, and governance. But what truly matters is a united people bound by shared values, fueling patriotism and enabling a functioning bureaucracy and strong leadership. Even a feeble leader can’t fully destroy such a system.
Yet, the West has lost this unity. We speak the same words—freedom, democracy—but mean wildly different things. Freedom of speech is now censorship; stripping the masses of choice is dubbed “democracy” and the “will of the people.” This is the prelude to a religious war, a clash of irreconcilable visions. Only vast prosperity could delay the reckoning, letting people retreat to their homes and live their lives free of government regulatory meddling. But when one side pushes to physically mutilate your children in the name of “democracy,” while torching the economy with woke dogma and endless wars, peace is a pipe dream.
Trump’s constitutional questions demand rigorous judicial review, grounded in law and precedent. But political obstruction—twisting words or ignoring legal foundations— should be branded a crime and accordingly. It’s time to reclaim the Republic from the jaws of judicial despotism.
The consent of the People to be governed was never given.
BW
(h/t Frank Miele)
Realistically, Brian, how many more days/weeks/months can this go on before the government collapses…
Good article. The judiciary is now determining policy. The Republic is dead.
Congressman Thomas Massie said yesterday that Congress refused to pass legislation to support Trump, Musk, and DOGE's budget cuts to the bureaucracy. Speaker Mike Johnson sent Congress home early this week.
The momentum for change is gone. Trump is distracted by wars overseas. Musk gave up and left the building. DOGE is dead.
So, the judges now have free rein to do what they want, again.