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Academic in tone, The #DualState sketches a template of emerging #tyranny distilled from bloody & horrifying experience.
As Fraenkel explained it, a #lawless #dictatorship does not arise simply by snuffing out the ordinary #legal system of rules, procedures, & precedents. To the contrary, that system—which he called the “normative state”—remains in place while dictatorial power spreads across society. What happens, Fraenkel explained, is insidious.
…Today, we are witnessing the birth of a new #DualState. The #US has long had a normative state. That system was always imperfect. Our #criminal #justice system, for example, sweeps in far too many people, for far too little security in exchange. Even so, it is recognizably part of the normative state.
What the #Trump administration & its allies are trying to build now, however, is not.
#law #PerogativePower #ForTheeButNotForMe #tyranny #Dictatorship #autocracy #MafiaState #NaziState
Holy Mary mother of honestly I dunno I’m an atheist
Selective prosecution entirely based on dollar-dollar:
As part of the #deportation flights of alleged #terrorists, the #US quietly dropped charges against a key #MS13 leader & returned him to the pro-#Trump leader of #ElSalvador. US investigators believe he has info that could implicate top Salvadoran gov’t officials in corrupt deals with the violent gang.
#law #DualState #MafiaState #immigration
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Judge just said “#Nazis got better treatment under the #AEA”
They had hearing boards.
The people #Trump deported had no opportunity to apply for habeas. The planes started leaving 2 hours after Trump’s proclamation was signed.
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower
The oral arguments in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals for #Trump’s #AlienEnemiesAct appeal is will be live streamed starting at 1:30pm ET today.
You can watch here:
youtube.com/watch?v=4DoTLGECQS…
Or if you prefer to listen, audio will be available here:
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/record…
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Monday, March 24, 2025 1:30 P.M. USCA (Live-Stream) Judges Henderson, Millett, WalkerCase#1: 25-5067 J.G.G. v. Donald TrumpThank you for watching, for more i...YouTube
Judge #Boasberg on how the #Trump admin tried to evade courts:
"[T]he most reasonable inference is that it hustled people onto those planes in the hopes of evading an injunction or perhaps preventing them from requesting the habeas hearing to which the Government now acknowledges they are entitled."
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct
!["[T]he most reasonable inference is that it hustled people onto those planes in the hopes of evading an injunction or perhaps preventing them from requesting the habeas hearing to which the Government now acknowledges they are entitled."](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/4626619 "\"[T]he most reasonable inference is that it hustled people onto those planes in the hopes of evading an injunction or perhaps preventing them from requesting the habeas hearing to which the Government now acknowledges they are entitled.\"")
#UnitedStates govt affidavit saying: "While it is true that many of the TdA members removed under the AEA do not have criminal records in the United States"
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DOJ brief signed by #Trump’s AG #PamBondi & the senior leadership at the #DOJ saying, "Plaintiffs have not established irreparable harm."
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#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #torture #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #CrimesAgainstHumanity
Judge #Boasberg terrifyingly describes the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT knowing that:
- The #Trump admin admitted "many of the TdA members ... do not have criminal records”
- Several cases of misidentification have emerged
- The most senior #DOJ ofcls signed a brief saying these detainees would not suffer "irreparable harm"
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #torture #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #CrimesAgainstHumanity
!['highly Likely to face immediate & intentional life-threatening harm [El Salvador] govt has boasted that inmates in CECOT "never leave"; indeed, one expert declarant alleges that she does not know of any CECOT inmate who has been released. In a sample of 131 cases, [it was] found that 115 family members of detainees have not received any info about the whereabouts or wellbeing …rarely allowed to leave their cells, have no regular access to drinking water or adequate food, sleep standing up because of overcrowding & are held in cells where they do not see sunlight for days. "tuberculosis, fungal infections, scabies, severe malnutrition & chronic digestive issues are common." disciplined through beatings & humiliation. One inmate clamed that police beat prison newcomers with batons. When he denied being a gang member, they sent him to a dark basement cell with 320 detainees, where prison guards & other detainees beat him every day. On one occasion, one guard beat him so severely that [he] broke a rib." Three prior deportees from the United States reported being kicked in the face, neck, abdomen, & testicles, with one requiring "an operation for a ruptured pancreas & spleen." Needless to say, the risk of torture, beatings, & even death clearly & unequivocally supports a finding of irreparable harm](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/4626608 "'highly Likely to face immediate & intentional life-threatening harm [El Salvador] govt has boasted that inmates in CECOT \"never leave\"; indeed, one expert declarant alleges that she does not know of any CECOT inmate who has been released. In a sample of 131 cases, [it was] found that 115 family members of detainees have not received any info about the whereabouts or wellbeing …rarely allowed to leave their cells, have no regular access to drinking water or adequate food, sleep standing up because of overcrowding & are held in cells where they do not see sunlight for days. \"tuberculosis, fungal infections, scabies, severe malnutrition & chronic digestive issues are common.\" disciplined through beatings & humiliation. One inmate clamed that police beat prison newcomers with batons. When he denied being a gang member, they sent him to a dark basement cell with 320 detainees, where prison guards & other detainees beat him every day. On one occasion, one guard beat him so severely that [he] broke a rib.\" Three prior deportees from the United States reported being kicked in the face, neck, abdomen, & testicles, with one requiring \"an operation for a ruptured pancreas & spleen.\" Needless to say, the risk of torture, beatings, & even death clearly & unequivocally supports a finding of irreparable harm")
🚨🚨 Just released a 37-page ruling from Chief Judge James #Boasberg, denying the #Trump administration request to vacate its TROs preventing the government from enforcing the #AlienEnemiesAct against #Venezuelans.
🚨No one subject to the #AEA can be deported without a hearing.🚨
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#law #Constitution #immigration #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis
#America Is Watching the Rise of a #DualState
For most people, the #courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
On Sept 20, 1938, a man who had witnessed the rise of #fascism packed his suitcases & fled his home in Berlin. He arranged to have smuggled separately a manuscript that he had drafted in secret over the previous 2 yrs. This book was a remarkable one. It clarified what was unfolding in Berlin…, the catalyst for its author’s flight.
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America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)
