The Supreme Court Trap: Mike Lee and Trump’s Next Nightmare Move
From Barr to Barrett to Lee: Trump’s Endgame for Absolute Power
The Supreme Court Trap: Mike Lee and Trump’s Next Nightmare Move
From Barr to Barrett to Lee: Trump’s Endgame for Absolute Power
The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #46: Sunday, August 3rd, 2025. 7:45 pm CST.
When the Fox Wants to Guard the Constitution
You wake up one morning, and the news scroll punches you in the gut:
“President Trump nominates Senator Mike Lee to the United States Supreme Court.”
If that sentence doesn’t chill you to the bone…you might not realize what’s really at stake.
This isn’t just another Trump headline.
This is the endgame of a pattern we’ve watched unfold for years…a systematic…self-serving…democracy-wrecking chess match where the rules don’t matter…the referees are bought…and the consequences will echo for decades.
Trump has never picked people to serve the country. He picks people to serve him. And Mike Lee on the Supreme Court is the apex predator of that pattern…the moment when the last guardrails are not just bent but melted into scrap.
The Connection: You’ve Seen This Movie Before
Look back for a second. Every Trump appointee…from Cabinet seats to lifetime judgeships…has followed the same script:
Loyal to Trump first, Constitution second (if at all).
Ideologically extreme.
Willing to look the other way…or outright help…when the law bends toward authoritarianism.
Let’s connect the dots:
Bill Barr as Attorney General: turned the DOJ into a Trump defense team…burying reports and shielding allies.
Chad Wolf at DHS: played political soldier…sending federal officers to crack down on protestors.
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh: reliable votes for rolling back rights Trump wanted gone.
This isn’t about competence or tradition. It’s about creating a government that can’t…or won’t…stop him.
Mike Lee would be the judicial nuclear option.
The Power: Why Mike Lee Is Trump’s Dream Weapon
Lee isn’t just another conservative.
He’s the Heritage Foundation’s golden boy…a textualist and originalist who’s made a career out of cherry-picking the Constitution to empower the powerful and muzzle the rest of us.
He’s called the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional in parts.
He’s openly challenged the idea of majority rule if it interferes with conservative dominance.
He sided with Trump’s 2020 fake elector schemes…laying intellectual groundwork for subverting elections.
Now…picture him on the Supreme Court. Lifetime seat. Zero accountability. Every case that could limit Trump’s power or expose his corruption would meet a friendly pen and a legal fig leaf.
The Sleeper Moves Already in Motion
Here’s the part the nightly news won’t show you: The Lee plan isn’t theoretical. The machine is already running.
Heritage and Federalist Society operatives are whisper‑lobbying senators and shaping the confirmation narrative before it’s even public.
Trump’s media allies are softening the ground with segments about “real patriots” and “constitutional fighters.”
Inside Washington…procedural chess moves…stalling other nominees…lining up committee votes…are clearing the runway.
The message is simple: By the time America wakes up…the trap could already be sprung.
The Pattern: Trump’s Dangerous Game, Over and Over
This isn’t hypothetical. It’s textbook Trump.
Step 1: Pick someone extreme enough to thrill the MAGA base and terrify moderates.
Step 2: Ensure that loyalty to Trump outweighs loyalty to law.
Step 3: Watch as institutions collapse under the weight of obedience and fear.
We saw it with Michael Flynn…Steve Bannon…Mark Meadows…and every sycophantic lawyer who turned the Oval Office into a mob consigliere’s corner office.
The difference here?
Lifetime. Power. Irreversibility.
History’s Ghosts: What Happens When Courts Go Captive
We’ve seen this playbook before…not in America…but in every country that slid from democracy to strongman rule.
Weimar Germany: Courts that once checked power became silent accomplices.
Hungary and Poland: Populist leaders captured the judiciary first…and by the time citizens noticed…resistance was toothless.
Once the last court falls…dictators don’t need tanks…they have gavels.
The Fallout: What a Lee Court Could Do
If Mike Lee sits on the highest bench in the land…expect the worst-case scenarios to become headlines:
Election interference gets a Supreme Court blessing.
Voting rights die quietly under the guise of “state sovereignty.”
Executive power expands…giving Trump the ability to crush investigations… pardon cronies…and ignore oversight.
Women’s rights…LGBTQ+ rights…and labor protections? Consider them next on the chopping block.
The Court would become a rubber stamp for minority rule…a handpicked engine to turn America into a permanent playground for Trump and his enablers.
As recently as July 2025, independent outlets like Utah Political Watch (and national coverage via Time) confirmed that “the Mike Lee Supreme Court chatter begins anew”, with key players quietly discussing his possible nomination…even though he’s not the front-runner today Utah Political Watch.
Why Sitting Still Is Not an Option
You can’t “wait and see” your way out of this. The alarm bells are deafening.
Trump’s pattern is consistent:
He telegraphs his intentions.
He tests the limits.
He rewards loyalty with power—and punishes any resistance.
Every time Americans assumed “he wouldn’t dare”…he did.
The only antidote is relentless exposure and pressure….on the media…on Congress… on anyone who still has the spine to block the final phase of his judicial takeover.
5 Things You Can Do Before It’s Too Late
Call your senators…demand a clear stance on any SCOTUS nominee before the election.
Forward this newsletter to at least three friends who think checks and balances are automatic…they’re not.
Blast it on social…force this story into the feeds Trumpworld can’t control.
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Before the Gavel Falls: Your Move Matters
Every move we’ve tracked…every freeze…reorg…and loyalist appointment…has been a brick in Trump’s fortress.
And now…the Supreme Court is the crown jewel of that fortress.
Once that gavel is in the hand of a partisan loyalist, the game changes. Elections stop being the firewall. Oversight stops being a check. The Constitution becomes a polite suggestion.
This is why I write JHN.
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