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National hero Marc Elias discusses his ideas about a resistance strategy for fighting Trump.  What should be the opposition mindset?  Who should lead the opposition?  What five things does Marc Elias think we need to do to successfully oppose the Trump administration? Rest assured, Democracy Docket will not obey in advance and we shouldn’t either.

“We need to be unafraid doctrinally… if I read another article from another law professor who says we don’t want to make aggressive use of this law…or Democrats are really pushing it when they use this legal theory.. or you shouldn’t be attacking his policies using X-Y-Z argument… That is a bunch of nonsense.

Donald Trump and Republicans and the right-wing use every legal tool available to them. Every tool in the courts they will use and the reason why I’ve been successful as a voting rights lawyer is because I do the same. I don’t care whether it’s a doctrine that was developed from the left.. or a doctrine developed from the right… I don’t care if its an old statute or a new statute. If there is a way to protect voters I use that law and I’m not afraid to do it and I’m not afraid that if I lose that somehow I’m going to create bad precedent. This is a time to break glass…because we are facing a time in history where we need to use every legal tool available.

We were very successful during the Biden administration of expanding and protecting voting rights. Lots of progressive organizations were successful during the Biden administration in advancing his agenda and advancing their own progressive policies by using the courts. The fact is that yes the SCOTUS is not great.. it’s worse than not great. But most cases are decided by lower courts or by state courts. And Joe Biden has put a real imprint on the federal judiciary. He has appointed and confirmed more judges than Donald Trump. ..more than half of the federal judges right now were appointed by Democratic presidents.

We need to use the courts, we need to invest in using the courts because we don’t have the congress or the White House. The judiciary is the best hope we have in the legal process to protect American citizens, to protect American values, and to stop Donald Trump from running through American democracy.” – Marc Elias

He talks fast so the above quote was just a snippet.  Watch for more good stuff about what everyone can do to not obey in advance and defeat Trump one more time.