Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:There is no legal "argument" SL because 6 unelected omnipotent legislators who are in office for life could use anything to outlaw anything.
If they had the balls and the brains they could outlaw congress and POTUS as institutions tomorrow and rule by decree.
At the end, the power of the government comes from two things : the fact that most people, even if reluctantly for some, accept their authority, and the strength of police and army (the less people accept the authority, the more of police and army you need). So if SCOTUS were to decide to outlaw congress and POTUS, it would depend if people accept that, and if the military does. It seems unlikely either of the two would in the current situation.