Trump, Congress, and the Supreme Court are dismantling America’s foundations

This is supposed to be a day of celebration, but the American experiment is buckling under the weight of its own contradictions.

What was once a nation built on the promise of equality, justice, and shared prosperity has devolved into a rigged system where power consolidates in the hands of a wealthy few while the rest are left to fight over scraps.

At the center of this unraveling stand three institutions that were meant to safeguard democracy—but are now actively betraying it: a tyrannical president, a complicit Congress, and a Supreme Court that has abandoned any pretense of impartiality.

Donald Trump’s second term has been an unrelenting assault on the rule of law. In its 100 days, his administration was slapped with dozens of nationwide injunctions—court orders blocking policies so flagrantly unconstitutional that judges were called upon to intervene.

An executive order attempting to strip birthright citizenship, a direct violation of the 14th Amendment’s guarantee that all people born on U.S. soil are citizens, opened the door to an unprecedented limitation declaring that nationwide injunctions are not needed.

Lower courts swiftly blocked it, recognizing the danger. But the Supreme Court, stacked with Trump loyalists, just gutted nationwide injunctions, opening the door for partial enforcement.

“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too,” wrote Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s third appointee to the top court.

The message is clear: If you’re not rich, not powerful, and not part of Trump’s base, your rights are negotiable.

Meanwhile, Congress—supposedly the people’s voice—has become a rubber stamp for oligarchy. 

“As Trump siphons away their power, how do congressional Republicans justify to themselves their total abdication of responsibility?,” asked

Both parties have enabled the looting of the middle class, passing tax cuts for billionaires while wages stagnate and healthcare crumbles. The result? The top 1% now control more wealth than the bottom 90% combined.

When Trump pushes illegal policies, where is the resistance?

Democrats perform outrage but fail to unite behind meaningful checks on executive power. Republicans, meanwhile, cheer as Trump seizes control of independent agencies, purges civil servants, and rewrites immigration law by fiat.

The legislative branch, designed as a bulwark against tyranny, now stands by as democracy erodes.

The Roberts Court, once cautious, has become a blatant instrument of partisan rule. In case after case, the justices have expanded presidential power, shielded corporate interests, and rolled back civil rights.

Their latest ruling—limiting nationwide injunctions—means that even when lower courts find Trump’s policies illegal, the Supreme Court can ensure they still take effect in parts of the country.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in dissent: “This is not law. This is surrender.” She’s right. The Supreme Court is no longer an independent check—it is a collaborator in authoritarianism.

John F. Kennedy once warned: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” 

For decades, Americans have been told to trust the system—to vote, to petition, to wait for change. But what happens when the system itself is rigged against them?

The wealthy have insulated themselves behind tax havens, private security, and gated communities.

The rest are left with crumbling infrastructure, unaffordable healthcare, and a government that no longer serves them. The courts, once a last resort for justice, are being weaponized against the people.

If this continues, what comes next will not be peaceful.

Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that “the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” 

By that measure, America is failing.

Trump, Congress, and the Supreme Court are not just neglecting their duties—they are dismantling democracy itself. If they succeed, the America we know will not survive, and people may rise against tyranny as they did 250 years ago.