Kinda, sometimes politicians gets elected, and tear down the courts who could say against them. Belarus was a democracy for a short time, until the future dictator ordered SWAT team to throw out members of parliament who wanted his impeachment. Then several of them disappeared forever, others got the message. And the democracy ended.
Donald Trump is in the process of doing this right now. Law firms that worked with the prosecution of many of his cases are being actively pressured. In some cases they are being banned from government owned buildings, banned from lists of law firms the federal government may hire and having security clearances revoked.
I think Democrats are doing a disservice by not pushing back harder against Trump’s attacks on judges and his calls for their impeachment. The judiciary is one of the few remaining institutions that can check executive overreach, and defending it should be a top priority.
More broadly, I believe Democrats would gain much more support if they focused on a few key issues—ones that have broad consensus and appeal to independents—and pursued them with laser focus. Instead, they tend to chase after every single distraction Trump throws their way, which only plays into his strategy.
