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"Trump tells the Navy to view half the country as the enemy. Donald Trump is determined to turn the military against the American people."
~ Edith Olmsted
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/23
https://newrepublic.com/post/201373/donald-trump-navy-democrats-enemy
"Trump is attempting to erase the constitutional order itself. U.S. presidents do not have unilateral authority either to go to war abroad or at home against American cities; it is essential to emphasize this point as Trump aims to turn U.S. cities into occupied territories."
~ Chris Edelson
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/22
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-destroying-the-us-constitution
"Over the weekend, the Trump administration’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Oregon blew up into a constitutional clash as serious as any we’ve seen so far this year (including, ironically, the clash over Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation)."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/21
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/a-major-new-constitutional-clash
"The Crime Wave Is Coming from Inside the [White] House."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges #SouthCarolina
/20
"Violence and stochastic terror remain the weapons of choice for MAGA. For the past 10 years, Trump’s supporters have engaged in threats and assaults against the media, judges, law enforcement, teachers, poll workers, and Democrats."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges #SouthCarolina
/19
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/judges-resist-trump-and-stephen-millers
Exclusive: #US could hit entire #InternationalCriminalCourt with #sanctions soon
The #UnitedStates is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire #ICC, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected #Israel #WarCrimes.
#law #Trump #criminal #felon47
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-could-hit-entire-international-criminal-court-with-sanctions-soon-2025-09-22/
Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on several #prosecutors & #judges at the #ICC, but naming the #court itself in the #sanctions list would be a major escalation.
6 sources with knowledge of the matter, all speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic issue that has not been publicly announced, said a decision on such "entity sanctions" was expected soon.
Such situations have prompted some former #judges to do something most generally do not—speak out. More than two dozen retired judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents have formed the #ArticleIII Coalition to push back on attacks & #disinformation about the #courts.
#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower
Such situations have prompted some former #judges to do something most generally do not—speak out. More than two dozen retired judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents have formed the #ArticleIII Coalition to push back on attacks & #disinformation about the #courts.
#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower
"Dugan’s example is meant to frighten Americans into submission. But I think it might be more likely that she inspires us to subversion. Legality and morality are different things, and what Dugan allegedly did, whether or not it was technically legal, was supremely moral, and not a little bit brave:"
~ Moira Donegan
"Dugan’s example is meant to frighten Americans into submission. But I think it might be more likely that she inspires us to subversion. Legality and morality are different things, and what Dugan allegedly did, whether or not it was technically legal, was supremely moral, and not a little bit brave:"
~ Moira Donegan
"she refused to cooperate with a secret police force that was there to violate her courtroom, disappear her defendant, and interfere with her own distribution of justice."
"Dugan’s example is meant to frighten Americans into submission. But I think it might be more likely that she inspires us to subversion. Legality and morality are different things, and what Dugan allegedly did, whether or not it was technically legal, was supremely moral, and not a little bit brave:"
~ Moira Donegan
"Such investigations should go on for months before an arrest occurs. That’s because before you go indicting judges on nothing more than vibes, you should establish your case with proof beyond a reasonable doubt and present that to the grand jury."
The politics of performative cruelty, spectacle and distraction, were front and center with the arrest of Hannah Dugan — not rule of law.
"Everything the government has done since Flores-Ruiz’s detention has been heavy-handed with a clear, even expressly stated intent to intimidate the judiciary.
Let’s start with a threshold question. Why did the government not first seek a grand jury indictment of Judge Dugan, as would have been customary? That of course would have taken some time to put together."
~ Jay Kuo
"While targeting a state judge for arrest for allegedly obstructing an attempt to detain a undocumented migrant doesn’t raise the same constitutional concerns as defying federal court judges, the highly unusual handling of the case shows how it is part of a broader campaign of intimidation and eroding the rule of law. It bears noting that President Trump is expected to sign a new executive order today targeting sanctuary cities."
"The arrest of a sitting state Judge Hannah Dugan outside of her courthouse was a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s two-pronged attack on the judiciary and sanctuary jurisdictions."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump#ICE #immigrants #courts #judges#HannahDugan #sanctuary
/4
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judges-are-starting-to-catch-on-to
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