Hidden in the bullshit beautiful bill. It neuters the courts.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-the-big-ugly
So what’s next? Will the Supreme Court and lower courts hold the administration in contempt and enforce contempt citations?
Not if the Big Ugly Bill is enacted with the following provision, now hidden in the bill:
“No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued….”
Translated: No federal court may enforce a contempt citation.
Obviously, courts need appropriated funds to do anything because Congress appropriates money to enable the courts to function. To require a security or bond to be given in civil proceedings seeking to stop alleged abuses by the federal government would effectively immunize such conduct from judicial review because those seeking such court orders generally don’t have the resources to post a bond.
Hence, with a stroke, the provision removes the judiciary’s capacity to hold officials in contempt.
As U.C. Berkeley School of Law Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky notes, this provision would eliminate any restraint on Trump.
“Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored. There is no way to understand this except as a way to keep the Trump administration from being restrained when it violates the Constitution or otherwise breaks the law. …
“This would be a stunning restriction on the power of the federal courts. The Supreme Court has long recognized that the contempt power is integral to the authority of the federal courts. Without the ability to enforce judicial orders, they are rendered mere advisory opinions which parties are free to disregard.”
At least some in that party aren't dipshits. Public land sale provision removed.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/public-land-sales-amendment-withdrawn/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
House Republicans Kill Provision to Sell Public Lands
The controversial provision in the federal budget bill would have required the disposal of 500,000 acres of public ground in Utah and Nevada
Republican House leaders have pulled a controversial provision from the federal budget bill that would have required the sale or transfer of some 500,000 acres of federal public land in the West.
Late this afternoon, leadership of the House Rules Committee removed the provision through a mechanism called a “manager’s amendment” after being pressured by maverick House Republicans.
The land-sale provision threatened to derail The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, the mega-bill that contains President Trump’s spending priorities and a permanent tax cut. The bill is projected to increase the national deficit by up to $4 trillion while reorienting many federal agencies missions and capabilities.
He carried that over since his days of being the OC for the Falcons. Years ago I remember watching a coaching clinic with his saying the RB was the first read and if it is open, the QB must throw that route. It's amazing that DCs have had this play and tape of this this play or variations of it for a years and still can't do shit about it.
You can flip this by bitching about the 10s of millions of fucking idiots who are now defending tariffs and how it's good for 'merica. Dipshits are fucking dipshits. They are the downfall of America, whether at the local or national level.
I've been the biggest Filoni fan for forever. His later animated stuff were incredible, especially the final 2 episodes of Clone Wars. Rebels was started slow but was outstanding in the final 2 seasons. Bad Batch was enjoyable.
With that said, his live action stuff has been pretty meh. I'm hoping the success, story telling, acting, and general awesomeness of Andor makes him realize his live action has much room to improve.
I'm hoping Disney understands the bar which has been raised and stop greenlighting absolute shit shows which were doomed from the start from shit writing and acting.
One of his 3 kids need to remind him that prostitues will swallow, and it won't cost him his self respect, dignity, or his friends and family. Well, maybe friends and family, but it definitely won't cost him his dignity.
He has grown ass kids. I can't imagine they are on speaking terms with Bill knowing he's gone completely senile letting this dumb bitch ruin his life.
Most of you already do this but if you don't, watch the various breakdown shows on YT. You'll understand level of diligence that Gilroy and the writers kept to SWs lore and how intertwined the stories are across many seeminly disparate films and series.
This is a good breakdown. There are others.
Maybe if we spent $100M on firing and rehiring all new non-dipshits for the DA's office, there wouldn't be a revolving door for homeless fuckheads to keep getting re-released back on the streets to terrorize the city.