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23 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

There was no reason to disturb the judge's original order. It just delayed getting him home/ the fight that is going to happen anyway. 

The lukewarm language was almost certainly to allow them to get it to 9-0. It doesn't actually require the government get him back. It just requires the government to maybe try, sort of. If the government does anything but get him back, you'll eventually have an order from the judge that requires them to take some concrete step that the government will deny based upon separation of powers. That's when the real fireworks will start. Again, celebrating this is way premature. Celebrate when the government actually gets him home. 

Bigger picture, the balance of the equities was the government was defending what they admitted was an erroneous if not wholly unlawful removal of an individual to a very dangerous place potentially outside the jurisdiction of US courts and without due process.  There's zero government interest to protect in that situation.

They should have declined to review any aspect of it.

And if they did review it, should have included some harsh language to the effect that the executive's "foreign relations" powers do not give him the power to ignore other aspects of well-settled law.

Instead, they kept the "foreign relations/national security" masquerade alive for several more months.

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9 minutes ago, immamac said:

Its different being the world police than it is being the instigator on some bullshit. If things go hot somewhere I think it pushes public opinion further down and he potentially loses control of the military command if the orders are unlawful in that they cause massive civilian casualties etc. 

If we did some Russia in Ukraine shit, we would have massive general strikes and a complete social revolution. There is no way people would just be cool with it. 

I disagree with none of this, and also don't think that he gives a damn what people are cool with when it comes to decision-making.

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4 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Bigger picture, the balance of the equities was the government was defending what they admitted was an erroneous if not wholly unlawful removal of an individual to a very dangerous place potentially outside the jurisdiction of US courts and without due process.  There's zero government interest to protect in that situation.

They should have declined to review any aspect of it.

And if they did review it, should have included some harsh language to the effect that the executive's "foreign relations" powers do not give him the power to ignore other aspects of well-settled law.

Instead, they kept the "foreign relations/national security" masquerade alive for several more months.

Yup. Exactly my point. 

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The Trump admin continues to purge the military of anyone that is insufficiently loyal to them:

While it's great to know that there are officers that know Trump, Vance and Hegseth are fucking morons, personally I'd prefer that they keep their heads down and retain their positions for as long as they can.  It feels like we're going to need them sooner or later.

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1 minute ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

Yellow journalism never died, it just transformed from print to Fox, OAN, Newsmax, etc.

Iraq has something to do with 9/11 and now has WMDs.

Gulf of Tonkin.

The Lusitania.

Endangered students on Grenada.

We're very good at this shit. Or very gullible.

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No one in the judicial thinks it is okay to disappear people to fucking el Salvador. 

Fucking. BULLSHIT.
The SCOTUS is a collaborator with the Regime in cementing its authoritarian powers which cannot be questioned or reversed. They have created a king, completely above the law, because they want it that way. It was not and is not an accident.
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Posted (edited)
15 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

The Trump admin continues to purge the military of anyone that is insufficiently loyal to them:

While it's great to know that there are officers that know Trump, Vance and Hegseth are fucking morons, personally I'd prefer that they keep their heads down and retain their positions for as long as they can.  It feels like we're going to need them sooner or later.

She said what 99% of people think.

it's hard to hold your tongue when you experience that level of stupidity. That being said, she shouldn't have expressed any of the publicly;  I get why she was fired.

 

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53 minutes ago, immamac said:

The judge already issued stuff, you are emotionally clouded. 

No one in the judicial thinks it is okay to disappear people to fucking el Salvador. 

what if the disappeared dude is not recoverable in an alive condition?

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Just now, Hagbard Celine said:

what if the disappeared dude is not recoverable in an alive condition?

Then people will probably be big mad. 

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12 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Full story is in the NYT:

 

 

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Can't give Americans money or fix our infrastructure or anything else that makes actual sense but we can do this shit

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6 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The mob boss just collected another $500mn from some spineless lawyers. 
 

 

Kirkland & Ellis was former DOJ Barr's firm correct? No surprise there.

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Two of the four (Shearman, Simpson) are Wall Street firms.  At this point, I think we can count on all of them to knuckle under, although I think that's a gross miscalculation on their part.

Kirkland kind of "goes both ways" politically, but of late seems to have been home to a lot of GOPers.  I doubt they would have been the subject of an EO.

Latham I don't really get at all.  There have been a few of the less political appointees come from Latham (Commissioner of Patents Iancu).

 

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7 minutes ago, That Guy said:

For at least like 1/2 a day. Big mad. 

Going to be some sternly worded tweets. Maybe even an email or two.

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16 hours ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

 

May be nothing but it seems they are moving to ban books at major retailers.

If this is even remotely true, this is a HUMONGOUS deal.  It is the very definition of censorship, using the only tool they have to execute it.

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55 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

The Trump admin continues to purge the military of anyone that is insufficiently loyal to them:

While it's great to know that there are officers that know Trump, Vance and Hegseth are fucking morons, personally I'd prefer that they keep their heads down and retain their positions for as long as they can.  It feels like we're going to need them sooner or later.

Seems like a great way to start a contrary political career.  She saw women being drummed out of the service, so may as well go out guns blazing, as it were.

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42 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The mob boss just collected another $500mn from some spineless lawyers. 
 

 

These are law firms you should never do business with.  They will sell out their clients under political pressure. 

41 minutes ago, immamac said:

Then people will probably be big mad. 

And then nothing will happen.

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2 hours ago, Ojo Rojo said:

Can we all just feel a little bit good about the fact that the Supreme Court didn't suck Trump's dick?

You mean other than the fact the executive branch now knows as soon as it gets its political enemies out of the country it can wash its hands of them?

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Apparently “anti-semitism” is the new catch all cudgel they will ban hammer people with.   
 
 
 

So the same people who decided a legal immigrant was part of MS-13 because he wore a Chicago Bulls hoodie will now be deciding which social media posts constitute antisemitism and therefore worthy of going to El Salvador?

What’s next? Facial recognition to figure out who attends an anti-Trump rally?
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So the same people who decided a legal immigrant was part of MS-13 because he wore a Chicago Bulls hoodie will now be deciding which social media posts constitute antisemitism and therefore worthy of going to El Salvador?

What’s next? Facial recognition to figure out who attends an anti-Trump rally?

2025: “due process” = “whatever Stephen miller says.”
It’s not any more complex than that.
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Posted

🙄🙄🙄

fucking insecure, wanna-be dictator. at least everyone in the comments is just dragging him.

 

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Full story is in the NYT:
 
 
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Maybe Greg Abbott could also give the Greenlanders some private school* vouchers using Texas property taxes.


*private school must not engage in antisemitism, DEI, or acknowledge any ideological values that don’t align with white Christian nationalism
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2 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The mob boss just collected another $500mn from some spineless lawyers. 
 

 

 

2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Two of the four (Shearman, Simpson) are Wall Street firms.  At this point, I think we can count on all of them to knuckle under, although I think that's a gross miscalculation on their part.

Kirkland kind of "goes both ways" politically, but of late seems to have been home to a lot of GOPers.  I doubt they would have been the subject of an EO.

Latham I don't really get at all.  There have been a few of the less political appointees come from Latham (Commissioner of Patents Iancu).

 

@TwiceHorn do you still disagree that the legal profession is in the midst of an ethical crisis? It certainly looks that way from the outside.

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This is the kind of stuff that used to enrage me during his first term. But that was back when I thought the office of the President had some kind of dignity or something.

But that was a long ass time ago now. Might as well turn the White House into a crack house now for all I care.

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Let us all just be grateful the children are gone and real adults have this under control -you know who

 

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Next step is for ICE to “accidentally” detain and deport an American citizen and see how SCOTUS responds. When it does nothing, it’s open season on all of Trump's political foes

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50 minutes ago, Derka said:

🙄🙄🙄

fucking insecure, wanna-be dictator. at least everyone in the comments is just dragging him.

 

What I wouldn't give for some brave soul in the White House to stand by that paint-by-number and shout, A Sharpie, A Sharpie, my kingdom for a Sharpie! since Shakespeare truly understood power and those who seek it.

 

However it would be wasted upon the dolts currently residing there.

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10 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I couldn't exactly make out what he was saying.  "Am I the only one who is sick and tired of...." I lost him at that point.

I read about this last time around. He said he's tired of picking up his own trash because the high school has janitors for that.

Here's an old article: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/438178-dem-lawmaker-takes-aim-at-miller-re-emerged-video-of-high-school-speech/

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2 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

The longer we suffer in Trump 2.0, the more I'm convinced that that "assassination attemp" was a fucking con job.

so weird how the former president supposedly got shot in an assassination attempt and then we just never talked about it again. 

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1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 

@TwiceHorn do you still disagree that the legal profession is in the midst of an ethical crisis? It certainly looks that way from the outside.

Those cunts are having an ethical crisis.  Susman, Perkins Coie, and Covington are not having an ethical crisis.

The rest of us are just fine.  

I wouldn't call what Trump is doing an "ethical crisis," it's something else entirely.

 

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Next step is for ICE to “accidentally” detain and deport an American citizen and see how SCOTUS responds. When it does nothing, it’s open season on all of Trump's political foes

Sawbonz gets the play. It hasn’t just been telegraphed…they have literally said they are going to run it.
Believe them.
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Posted
40 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

The longer we suffer in Trump 2.0, the more I'm convinced that that "assassination attemp" was a fucking con job.

It’s barely a question at this point.

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It’s barely a question at this point.

People died though. If that hadn’t happened I’d be pretty convinced it was orchestrated.

The whole thing was just bizarre. Like hey, nice photo op you took there while standing him straight up in the spot where the bullets were hitting 10 seconds ago. No rush, get a good pic. Stand right there.
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30 minutes ago, Red Five said:


People died though. If that hadn’t happened I’d be pretty convinced it was orchestrated.

The whole thing was just bizarre. Like hey, nice photo op you took there while standing him straight up in the spot where the bullets were hitting 10 seconds ago. No rush, get a good pic. Stand right there.

I have no trouble believing Republicans will kill their own, without a second thought, to obtain absolute power.

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