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subject of detention, I think we've seen just how sadistic Umbridge
can be with that. Filch has been given permission to
use the chains and manacles he's always been so fond of, and
surely no students wants to suffer through that. And then,
this is bigger than just Umbridge, leading to my next point,
that . . .
2. Umbridge is from the Ministry of Magic. And that
means a hell of a lot. Should a full-blown student revolution
start, Umbridge can call in all kinds of hell, in the form of the
Magical Law enforcement Squad, Aurors, and maybe even
dementors (again). I'm sure nobody wants to open that can of
worms. even if the students decided to go against the Ministry,
what would happen if they lost? There's a good chance
they'd be tried in court, a farce that they would surely lose,
and their wands would be snapped. They might even get sent
to Azkaban. That would be the end of it. And with that as a
potential consequence, it puts a damper on any defiance that
the students might want to try. There are special cases too,
like with the Weasleys. Umbridge's influence could get their
father fired in retaliation. As someone has already said, even
Dumbledore did not try to push her aside; he was aware of
these ties as much as anybody, and unseating her would have
to go through the system. Additionally, we are fairly certain
that . . .
3. Umbridge is not working for Voldemort. As Sirius says
in order of the Phoenix, the world is not divided into good
people and Death eaters. Umbridge may be evil, but she's not
the real enemy here. There's a difference between her oppression
of students at Hogwarts and the oppression of the Carrows
in Deathly Hallows. In Deathly Hallows, the students
strike back where they can, to the point of neville being on
the run inside the school, and they aren't afraid to do so. But
the stakes are higher against the Carrows because they work
for Voldemort. Umbridge doesn't. The drive to rebel against
her is much less, despite what she's done in terms of rules and
driving out Dumbledore.
4. Umbridge has the population of Hogwarts sufficiently
downtrodden already. She was slow and insidious and it
worked to her advantage. no student was going to rebel while
Dumbledore was still Headmaster, and by the time he fled,
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