Ex-White House Lawyer Ty Cobb Warns Trump’s Judiciary Attacks Threaten U.S. Democracy
He says Congress has ceded power, leaving limited judicial checks on a president he calls “evil.”
Overview
- Ty Cobb, who served as a Trump White House lawyer and is now a prominent critic, delivered his warning during an interview on MS NOW’s weekend program.
- He called the president’s denigration of the judiciary one of the greatest threats to American democracy at this stage.
- Cobb argued Congress has “neutered” itself through cowardice and greed and said Trump dictates what House Speaker Mike Johnson does.
- He said courts cannot rule on what is best for the country and must instead apply the Constitution, which he believes is inadequate for confronting a president seeking to accumulate and abuse power.
- By trying to weaken the judiciary, Cobb said, the president is targeting one of the last pillars resisting the total authoritarianism he desires and the moment demands a strong bench.