Stupid things religious people say

[Sheldon]

How is this remotely legal?

It isn't.  It's just a part of Trump's creeping fascism, which is being challenged legally in over a hundred cases right now.  I assume this will be another such case, if someone has the time and money to push back, and doesn't mind being targeted for retribution.

Trump never intended to support our Constitution and laws.  As a malignant narcissist, he will always push his boundaries and leave it to others to keep him in line with relevant laws and truths.  But good luck doing that, considering how he has a largely-enabling Congress and Supreme Court, who apparently don't mind their own powers being usurped -- at least for now.

Edit:  I also should have mentioned that Trump is a paranoid delusional, who sees anyone opposing him as evil.  I assume that is another aspect of his malignant narcissism.

So what the U.S. is going through right now is a huge psychodrama, which a majority of citizens have brought down on our heads by their various dishonesties.

Well given how many people will be involved, the odds are good some of them will have the protection of a union, who might choose to fight this flagrant 1st amendment violation. There will be civil rights lawyers and law firms throughout the US looking for a "most likely win" scenario as well. 

Yes of course, I understand that the orange Palpatine already violated his oath of office to uphold the constitution by citing the Jan 6th insurrection. The real irony is that if the sith lord had won a second term, he'd likely have disappeared into relative political obscurity, but losing it, has provoked him into ever ore egregious excesses of his office. 

Only a narrow majority of course, just like Brexit in the UK, the rest of us will have to go along for the ride. At least in the case of Brexit, despite the egregiously mendacious campaign some waged, I can accept it is democracy at work. You can't always expect to get what you want in a democracy, something Senator Palpatine and many his breathless followers, won't ever grasp or accept.