The majority of sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have, once again, greenlit wholly unconstitutional action by the Trump regime. In a shadow docket order, the court has lifted a stay preventing the regime from acting on Trump’s executive order to gut the staff of the Dept of Education so that it becomes de facto defunct. 1/ #LawFedi
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@heidilifeldman Let’s be clear: this Court isn’t defending the Constitution — it’s dismantling it to serve an authoritarian cult. If they won’t do their jobs, maybe it’s time we revisit how justices get to keep theirs. #CourtReformNow
@heidilifeldman Every #MAGASupremeCourt session should be live and on TV. No hiding in the shadow(s) dockets. This is my wish along with additional justices and ending lifetime appointments for them and EVERYONE.
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So appaulling. 😡😡😡
@heidilifeldman It surely doesn't happen every so often, that an allegedly "duly elected" administration deliberately engages in the overthrow of the U.S. government & the state's constitutional order, aided & abetted by highest members of the judicial branch.
It shouldn't happen even once, and members of the executive branch should think carefully about not being part of that attempted overthrow — because none of such illegal regimes ever lasted forever.
Hitler's didn't.
Stalin's didn't.
Pol Pot's didn't.
Saddam's didn't.
Gaddafi's didn't.
Al Assad's didn't.
Not even Putin's will.
Nor will Trump's puppeteers'.
It shouldn't happen even once, and members of the executive branch should think carefully about not being part of that attempted overthrow — because none of such illegal regimes ever lasted forever.
Hitler's didn't.
Stalin's didn't.
Pol Pot's didn't.
Saddam's didn't.
Gaddafi's didn't.
Al Assad's didn't.
Not even Putin's will.
Nor will Trump's puppeteers'.
#RuleOfLaw#TrumpRegime#NationalSecurityThreat#ObstructionOfUSGovernment#14thAmendmentSection3#18USCSection2383#Law#Justice#Accountability#DueProcess#WeThePeople#WeCare#RaiseYourVoice #UnitedInDiversity#StrongerTogether
@heidilifeldman The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to lift the stay on Trump’s executive order, allowing the drastic changes to the Department of Education, raises significant concerns about the balance of powers and the potential long-term impact on public education. The move has been criticized by many as an overreach of executive power and a direct threat to the department's ability to function effectively.
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George Washington warned of the flaw in the constitution in his farewell address.
He noted that the constitution had no check on the influence of political parties on the several branches of government.
And he noted that party affiliations could neutralize the intention of those branches in the separation of power in them.
The constitution was written around individuals participating in government.
We are now seeing the full measure of the warning he gave
Case is McMahon v. New York. Sotomayor has written a dissent from the majority’s order. Kagan and Jackson join in the dissent. Once again, Sotomayor is the voice of actual respect for and fidelity to U.S. constitutionalism. 2/
@heidilifeldman is it unusual to get a dissent on a shadow docket case or do I misunderstand this?
@nightdream it has become more usual as the right wing majority has increasingly used the shadow docket as a substitute for merits adjudication.
@heidilifeldman that’s great to hear. Thanks.
In her introduction to her opinion, Sotomayor writes: “When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” The majority’s order permits the “Government to proceed with dismantling the Department [of Education.]. That decision is indefensible.” 3/
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It should be clear to everyone, Rump, with the support of extremists on the Supreme Court, can ignore the law.
As Sotomayor explains, Congress, using its rightful constitutional authority, created the Dept of Education with a set of statutes.The majority’s order today “hands the Executive the power to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out.” 4/
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Which, of course, goes directly against the executive branch's duty to faithfully execute the laws.
Which, of course, goes directly against the executive branch's duty to faithfully execute the laws.
Makes me wonder if in part our country is a victim of word drift.
Congress assigned the Dept of Education a wide range of responsibilities, including investing in higher education, work-study programs, and K - 12 education; also in ensuring equal access to education. Presidents Clinton and Carter invested heavily in Dept of Education; Reagan submitted a proposal to Congress that would have abolished it. But even Reagan never presumed he had “unilateral authority to eradicate a Department that Congress has tasked with fulfilling statutory duties.” 5/
Trump ran on an announced intention to close the Department of Education without Congressional involvement. He directed McMahon to put herself out of a job. McMahon fired 50% of the workforce, calling these firings “the first step on the road to a total shutdown” as directed by the President. In March 2025, Trump issued a formal executive order titled “Closing the Department of Education and Returning Authority to the States.” 6/
@heidilifeldman Every bit of news from the Supreme Court feels like a gut bunch. Who needs to worry about techbros fighting to replace the administrative state with a network state when the 6 conservatives on the court are fully committed to gutting the federal govt? "Who cares," they're probably thinking. We can still afford to send our children to exclusive academies and conservative parochial schools and we deserve to have this subsidized by working people trying to make ends meet.
20 states and D.C. sued to stop these unilateral executive actions, arguing that the Trump regime was ignoring the constitutional obligation the executive branch has to “take care” the laws are enforced, including laws creating federal agencies a President doesn’t favor. 7/
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