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(The only problem with this analysis is that FDR did the same thing. In many ways, his decision to put Japanese-Americans into concentration camps is more outrageous than anything Trump has done.)
The Supreme Court can be packed with judges nominated by a president elected by the counter-majoritarian Electoral College and confirmed by the counter-majoritarian Senate. In rare circumstances, all three branches of government can be counter-majoritarian. At that moment, there is no longer democratic rule.
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