Well, forced deportation of Jews into camps was "legal" too. The Enabling Act of 1933 let the executive make laws without the Reichstag. After that, legality measured nothing. So the test for checks and balances is not "was it legal?" The test is "can courts, Congress, and watchdogs still stop the executive?"
If you're not seeing "any sort of danger to democracy", you're either deliberately blind to what's going on, or you're simply supporting the regime, in which case I see no difference.
If you're not seeing "any sort of danger to democracy", you're either deliberately blind to what's going on, or you're simply supporting the regime, in which case I see no difference.