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The deal #Trump reached with his subordinates relies on a mechanism created by #Congress that legal experts warned was subject to manipulation.
…The whole enterprise is a jarring shock to conventional understanding of the #constitution, raising…profound questions of #PresidentialPower. If allowed to stand, Trump will have managed simultaneously to thwart Congress’s #PowerOfThePurse & the ability of the #courts to police the #SeparationOfPowers.
Should have happened a year ago
Judge Bars #ICE From Making #Immigration Arrests at #Courts in #NewYork
The #Trump admin’s practice of detaining immigrants at federal #courthouses [#entrapment] has stirred outrage.
#law #SafeSpace #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #UseOfForce #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregio…
ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.
Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.
Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState
#ABC Accuses #Government of Violating #FirstAmendment
The network’s argument, made to the #FCC, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #Trump admin.
#law #constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
nytimes.com/2026/05/08/busines…
Fmr #FBI Director #JamesComey has surrendered Wednesday to law enforcement at federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
As he surrenders to law enforcement, he
will be placed under #arrest ahead of his first appearance in court. His hearing began at 1PM.
#Comey is idiotically charged with making a threat against Trump & transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to court documents.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/fo…
Some seriously kerazy — & for once literal — #irony
250 years ago the #UnitedStates declared its #independence from a monarchy.
Today, that very #monarchy, is warning the #US of making a #king of its #illiberal #ExecutiveBranch.
#NoKings #US #Constitution #democracy #independence #ForThePeopleByThePeople #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
apnews.com/article/king-charle…
Apparently, it’s Attack-Free-Speech-Day on the #Trump admin’s calendar; welcome to the #FascistStatesOfAmerica
Trump admin challenges #ABC station licenses amid #Kimmel for-real-total-noncontroversy
As the Trump admin pressures ABC to fire #JimmyKimmel, the Trump-aligned #FCC is challenging the network’s #StationLicenses, setting up a #legal battle with ABC’s parent company #Disney.
#law #fascism #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #media #entertainment #comedy
cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-k…
#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
