President Donald Trump is calling for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who temporarily blocked the deportation of Venezuelan nationals allegedly associated with the violent Tren de Aragua gang. Despite Boasberg's order, the deportations went through — and they are now incarcerated in El Salvador under an agreement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
A video by The Intellectualist describes Saturday, March 15 as "Black Saturday," arguing that the Trump Administration crossed a dangerous line when it openly defied a federal judge.
"There is no single moment when democracy dies," the video warns. "No grand funeral. No sirens wailing in the streets. It vanishes step by step — one norm broken, one institution hollowed out, one truth buried beneath a pile of lies. And when the final threshold is crossed, most people don't even realize it. They wake up, drink their coffee, scroll their news feed, and assume the world is as it was yesterday. But it isn’t. The rules have changed. Power is no longer constrained by law. What was once unthinkable is now just another headline."
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When Trump "brazenly violated a federal court order" by Boasberg, The Intellectualist laments, he "shattered the foundations of constitutional government, proving that the rule of law no longer applied to those in power.
"Future historians," the video laments, will remember March 15 as "a day of infamy."
"It was the moment a court order became a mere suggestion rather than a constitutional mandate — an unmistakable violation of separation of powers, coming amid Trump's frantic consolidation of executive authority just months into his second term," The Intellectualist argues. "And yet, it will not be remembered as a day of great upheaval. No tanks rolled through the streets. No new constitution was signed. But make no mistake: this was the day democracy in America ceased to function."
The Intellectualist continues, "A federal court issued a direct order to the president of the United States. The White House ignored it. And nothing happened. No enforcement. No accountability…. This is how democracy falls — not with a bang, but with silence. Not through a dramatic coup, but through quiet acquiescence. Black Saturday was the moment it became clear: the law only matters if those in power choose to obey it."
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Right-wing media outlets like Fox News, The Intellectualist argues, helped pave the way for "Black Saturday" by conditioning the U.S. to accept tyranny.
"Fox News, one of the chief architects of America’s democratic decay, had conditioned the public to expect lawlessness from their leader," The Intellectualist says. "To justify it. To celebrate it. This is the legacy of Rupert Murdoch’s empire. Not just misinformation. Not just propaganda. But the systematic destruction of the American public’s ability to see reality, to process truth, to respond to corruption with outrage."
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Watch the full video below or at this link.