The United States is in the midst of a coup

Skeptical wrote:
I will add a few extra data points to help fill in some additional trivia for you.

229 years ago a document was ratified by enough of the several states to become the law of the land,  All 13 states ratified the Constitution with "Rogue" Island being the last one.   The Constitution of The United States of America.

This document outlines the makeup of the federal government with the powers of and limitations of the three branches of the new government.
Over the years there have been 17 amendments besides the original 10, The Bill of Rights. There were actually 12 Amendments proposed as the Bill of Rights by James Madison and presented for ratification.  That was whittled down from numerous suggested Amendments.  Only 10 were ratified.  HOWEVER, ONE OF THE TWO WHICH WAS NOT, EVENTUALLY BECAME OUR 27TH AMENDMENT.
These amendments are important because they protect some of our most important freedoms.  Actually very few beyond the original 10 are all that valuable.  Many of them during the great PROGRESSIVE ERA were quite harmful.  In my opinion, one of the greatest mistakes this country has ever made was the 17th Amendment.  If I could wave a magic wand and remove one Amendment, it would be the 17th.
Some of the amendments are more important than others in today's world.

During the intervening years since that ratification other forms of government around the world have sprung up and quickly failed, but the representative form of Democracy set forth in the Constitution failed to bend even in the fiercest winds.
 

At this time in history the actions of people such as Judge Dana Sabraw, Judge Chuang, Judge Bates, Judge Sullivan, Judge Watson spearheading a slow motion non violent (so far) coup to wrest the power away from the duly elected people in the Executive Branch of the United States government.
A portion of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address may be appropriate here, with a modification of a word or two therefore it will not be bracketed by quotation marks.

Now we are engaged vast political divide between those wanting Socialism and those who do not, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

What can this be attributed to?

One such factor is the increasing mentality of "what's mine is mine and what's yours is partly mine"
Another is, "you only got where you are because you denied me or you stole from me"
The ever increasing "entitlement mentality" raised its ugly head roughly 40 + years ago.
The increasing mentality that not everyone has the same under the system of Capitalism, therefore Capitalism is not fair. (hint: it isn't)
The decrease in people assuming responsibility for their own actions, being "the victim".

The movement to create an American Socialist society because under Socialism the government is all powerful and will make things equal for all.

Last but not the least, Hillary Clinton was viewed by the Democrats/Liberals/Progressives/Socialists as the predestined heir apparent and first woman President to finish the radical transformation of America that was started by Barack Obama into a Socialist America.
However those mighty plans were rent asunder by the cognizant American voter who said in one voice, "ENOUGH" and elected a successful businessman as President.
Ever since late on the 8th of November, 2016 the plan of action is to thwart the legitimacy any way possible of the Presidency of Donald Trump.

Darth Cheney wrote:Equal Opportunity NOT Equal Outcome

Liberals will never understand the difference