>It's purported 'checks and balances' stripped naked. For the reality is this: the Constitution provides neither SCOTUS or Congress the ability to enforce their constitutional authorities. The Executive has sole control over the police power and military power.
If we got to a point where Trump was convicted and he then refused to step down, then yes. I'd say your interpretation is correct.
But we're not there yet. Legislature refuses to impeach (let alone convict), and the judicial branch doesn't have any direct power over the executive branch. The idea is that the judicial defines lines (which includes what the executive branch can do with police and military power. Remember that deplpoying troops in a state that does not wish it is very rare behavior), and lines stepped over comes back to the legislature to punish. So we reach the same impasse.
>But where is the army or police who shoot it out with Trump's FBI and military so they can walk Trump out of the West Wing in handcuffs?
He's no longer commander-in-chief, so an army following orders would act on orders of either the vice president turned president (VP->P) or some high standing generals to arrest trump. And this VP->P cannot simply relinquish his power to the convicted president if the VP->P is sympathetic.
If that falls apart, we are indeed in a true constitutional crisis. And likely civil war. That's why military is very strictly training to be non-partisan in uniform. And why they have stricter laws (e.g. court marshal) than a citizen.A military betraying its governments' will is textbook civil war material.
If we got to a point where Trump was convicted and he then refused to step down, then yes. I'd say your interpretation is correct.
But we're not there yet. Legislature refuses to impeach (let alone convict), and the judicial branch doesn't have any direct power over the executive branch. The idea is that the judicial defines lines (which includes what the executive branch can do with police and military power. Remember that deplpoying troops in a state that does not wish it is very rare behavior), and lines stepped over comes back to the legislature to punish. So we reach the same impasse.
>But where is the army or police who shoot it out with Trump's FBI and military so they can walk Trump out of the West Wing in handcuffs?
He's no longer commander-in-chief, so an army following orders would act on orders of either the vice president turned president (VP->P) or some high standing generals to arrest trump. And this VP->P cannot simply relinquish his power to the convicted president if the VP->P is sympathetic.
If that falls apart, we are indeed in a true constitutional crisis. And likely civil war. That's why military is very strictly training to be non-partisan in uniform. And why they have stricter laws (e.g. court marshal) than a citizen.A military betraying its governments' will is textbook civil war material.