The Constitution Won’t Be Repealed. MAGA Will Just Make It Irrelevant

 

"We The People" cling to a fairy tale: that the Constitution is some indestructible shield, forever guarding our freedoms. But parchment doesn’t enforce itself. The Bill of Rights means nothing if courts won’t defend it, Congress rewrites the rules, and law enforcement follows orders instead of principles.

The next move for MAGA is not a dramatic repeal of the Constitution. It’s to make it moot. And if you think that sounds far-fetched, look at the steps already in motion. History has shown us exactly how this game plays out.

First Domino: Kill the Filibuster

Republicans already nuked the filibuster for Supreme Court confirmations and sped nominees onto the bench. They’ve proven they’ll change Senate rules whenever it benefits them. Once the filibuster is gone altogether, a bare majority can ram through sweeping laws overnight. That’s the first domino.

It’s the same move Viktor Orbán used in Hungary, where a parliamentary majority tore down barriers meant to force consensus. Once the procedural brakes were gone, restraint evaporated, and the constitution became whatever the majority said it was.

Courts as Tools, Not Checks

MAGA has already stacked the judiciary with partisan appointees. But the strategy goes further: strip federal jurisdiction, narrow who can sue to delay injunctions. They don’t need to repeal the First Amendment if they can simply prevent you from enforcing it in court.

This is exactly how the Weimar Republic collapsed. Hitler never repealed the Weimar Constitution — he just sidelined the courts and ruled by decree under the Enabling Act. The machinery of law carried on, but hollowed out of any constraint.

Law Enforcement Will Obey Statutes, Not the Constitution

Watch for laws granting cops blanket immunity when they “follow lawful orders”, orders defined by Congress. It sounds like job protection, but it means officers will obey statutes even when they collide with constitutional rights.

That’s not speculation; we’ve lived it. During Jim Crow, the 14th and 15th Amendments promised equality. On paper, they were ironclad. In practice, sheriffs and courts ignored them, because enforcement followed state law and local politics. Constitutional text without institutional will is just ink.

Bondi’s “Hate Speech” Trial Balloon

After Charlie Kirk’s death, Attorney General Pam Bondi floated prosecuting “hate speech.” She walked it back after backlash, but the playbook was clear: seize a shocking event, ride public outrage, and use it to justify laws that sound protective but gut freedoms.

The Weimar Reichstag Fire was the same kind of pivot point. A single act of violence became the excuse to suspend rights in the name of security. People thought they were trading liberty for safety. They were trading liberty for nothing.

Capture the Bureaucracies

Independent agencies exist to act as brakes on raw politics. MAGA wants them gone. They’ve already argued presidents should have unilateral control over regulators like the FTC and FCC. Once captured, agencies become partisan weapons cloaked in bureaucratic legitimacy.

Orbán again provides the template: he gutted watchdog agencies in Hungary, leaving the names and offices intact but converting them into partisan enforcement arms. From the outside it looked like continuity. Inside, independence had been bled dry.

Courts Cast as the Enemy

The narrative is already here: judges are “activists,” injunctions are “deep state sabotage,” and constitutional rights are “loopholes for criminals.” Once the public buys that, defying the courts feels like patriotism.

It’s the same script Southern politicians used to defy desegregation. By branding judges as tyrants, they bought themselves decades of resistance to rulings that should have carried the force of the Constitution.

Co-opting Local Enforcement

Federal money is the leash. MAGA has tied funds to immigration enforcement and will expand the model. Offer grants and immunity to state and local cops who follow federal directives, and the Constitution becomes optional. Local officers won’t think they’re dismantling democracy, they’ll think they’re cashing a check.

Blitz Legislation as a Weapon

We’ve already seen the dry run: the “One Big Beautiful Bill” crammed border, tax, and regulatory changes into one reconciliation monster. That’s the model going forward. By the time courts sift through it, the new normal will already be cemented.

This is how Orbán consolidated Hungary: drown the opposition in a flood of legislation, pass so much so fast that by the time resistance mobilizes, the changes are irreversible.

Why This Isn’t Hypothetical

The filibuster is already cracked. The courts are already stacked. Bondi has already tested the “hate speech” line. The DOJ’s “Weaponization Working Group” is combing prosecutions for political enemies. These aren’t trial balloons. They’re footholds.

The Bottom Line

MAGA doesn’t need to tear up the Constitution. They just need to pass laws that MAGA compromised police will follow, judges will wave through, and the public will mistake for “law and order.” That’s how you suffocate a republic: not in a single bonfire, but in a thousand committee hearings, reconciliation bills, and statutes that look boring enough to ignore.

That’s how democracies die, not with a bang, but with paperwork. Weimar Germany, Jim Crow America, Orbán’s Hungary, the playbook is tested and proven. And if we keep pretending that parchment enforces itself, we’ll wake up one morning to find the Constitution still hanging in museums, but gone from daily life.

That’s not a prediction. That’s the trajectory we’re already on.