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I was reliably told that if Donald Trump got elected president, democracy itself was at risk.
And sure enough, the warnings were correct. Without the unanimous consent of every federal judge, it turns out that elections can be nullified, the Constitution torn up, and the Executive Branch paralyzed.
At the outset of his administration, President Trump signed a common-sense executive order barring transgender military service. In February, the Pentagon issued a memo affirming that people with a history of gender dysphoria are «incompatible» with U.S. military service. pic.twitter.com/KXBSEbqbj3— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) April 25, 2025
Four years ago, no person employed by the United States military was thought to have a Constitutional right to have the taxpayers shell out for their «gender-affirming care.» Late in his term, Obama opened the door, and during Trump’s first term, that door was closed.
And then Joe Biden went all-in. And while Biden may not have had a functioning brain, he did get to appoint a ton of judges.
While Joe Biden failed in formally amending the Constitution by tweet, he nonetheless created new Constitutional rights out of whole cloth simply by instituting the insane policy that the Pentagon would pay to chop off people’s genitals and give them cosmetic surgery.
You can’t serve in the military if you have asthma, braces, or a peanut allergy. You can’t serve if you take certain kinds of acne medications, or if you’ve taken ADHD meds within the past year.
But if you’re a man who is convinced he’s a woman, the military has to indulge you. Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) April 25, 2025
As much as it pains me to admit it, Obama and Biden certainly had the executive power to implement the insane policy of turning the military into a tool to subsidize transgenderism. It was absurd, dangerous, destructive, and drove away recruits, weakening the military. But it was within their legal purview.
Being Commander in Chief is a core executive power, meaning that the president has few limits on what he can do with the military. Save for orders that violate the Constitution or explicit federal laws, the power to decide is inherent in the office. Without a well-functioning military able to preserve the Constitutional order, the Constitution is nothing but words written on a page or pixels on a screen.
