The courts are one of the primary avenues when the other two branches don't fully ignore them. Trump has clearly demonstrated that he doesn't care what courts s

The courts are one of the primary avenues when the other two branches don't fully ignore them. Trump has clearly demonstrated that he doesn't care what courts say unless it supports him, both in criminal court and when they rule against his executive actions (see: deporting citizens illegally despite it neing explicitly ruled he can't do that). That is the big reason so many fear that the American democracy is giving its last breaths.