The ACLU promised:
If Donald Trump is elected president and tries to implement any of these proposed policies, he and the U.S. government will spark legal and constitutional challenges that will require all hands on deck at the ACLU. The ACLU and its more than 300 attorneys in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., stand ready to challenge and impede implementation of his proposals, should he see them through. (Donald Trump, after all, changes his positions all of the time.)
Have no doubt about it: Donald Trump’s policies, if implemented, would trigger a constitutional crisis. But you can also be certain that the ACLU will fight in the courts, in Congress, and in the public square to preserve the rights guaranteed to all people by the Constitution and our Bill of Rights.
Donald Trump may believe the president is above the law, but he is mistaken. As always, we are standing guard to ensure that the rule of law always remains stronger than the rule of one man.
The ACLU and other civil liberties groups are making good on their promise to see him in Court. This graphic has been all over the internet -- probably only Fox News missed it. I just reposted it yesterday in a post about Gitmo, adding:
See you in Court, Donald. If you have the attention span, you might try and remember that federal judges, just like the ones you keep bashing on immigration, will decide whether your orders pass constitutional muster.
Donald Trump leads one of three branches of Government. Republicans control the second branch. Thankfully, for the time being, he is not in control of the third branch, the judiciary.
Unfortunately, there are 100 plus vacancies on the federal bench waiting to be filled. But until he packs the courts with conservative activist judges, "See you in court" is a phrase that will just make his opponents cheer. (Hopefully he'll be impeached or resign before he gets to fill them all.)