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Is it legal for Congress to #default on the US #NationalDebt? It depends on who you ask. There are a ton of good legal arguments for and against, so perhaps it comes down to what the (degraded, corrupt, illegitimate, partisan) #SupremeCourt says?
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#Anonymous exposing Leonard Leo leader of the conservative movement
Leo is a member of the secretive, Knights of Malta, an extremist 12th century Catholic order who believes in rolling back time. He owns #SCOTUS #Kavanaugh #Barrett #Alito #Roberts #Gorsuch #RonSenatis #GregAbbott
Leo is a member of the secretive, Knights of Malta, an extremist 12th century Catholic order who believes in rolling back time. He owns #SCOTUS #Kavanaugh #Barrett #Alito #Roberts #Gorsuch #RonSenatis #GregAbbott
Leo will stop at nothing:
here’s an email now #SCOTUS #Kavanaugh received when he was running nominations for President Bush, in which Leonard Leo & the
@FedSoc
call for “bashed kneecaps & blood” after the defeat of one of their conservative lower court nominees
here’s an email now #SCOTUS #Kavanaugh received when he was running nominations for President Bush, in which Leonard Leo & the
@FedSoc
call for “bashed kneecaps & blood” after the defeat of one of their conservative lower court nominees
Leonard Leo meticulously groomed the right wing judicial system through the federalist society from internships to appointments to the offices of plutocrat-funded think tanks and right wing legal advocacy groups—“the manicured terrarium of the conservative legal community”
The right has weird ideas about their ideological enemies: we're "groomers," we're secretly on a billionaire's payroll, we hijacked education to promulgate revisionist histories, we steal elections, and, of course, w're plotting to take over America and subjugate them. 1/
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The weirdest thing about this is that it's the right that engages in revisionist race-history:
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And it's the right who stole a presidency:
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Election-rigging is a right-wing specialty:
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And it's the right who stole a presidency:
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Election-rigging is a right-wing specialty:
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THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT CONSERVATIVES WANT
The Christian Republic of Texas. The Catholic State of Missouri. The Evangelical Commonwealth of Virginia.
This is it. This is where it's all been going, and at this pace they could have it by the end of the next #SCOTUS term.
The Christian Republic of Texas. The Catholic State of Missouri. The Evangelical Commonwealth of Virginia.
This is it. This is where it's all been going, and at this pace they could have it by the end of the next #SCOTUS term.
Before 2016, America First Legal would have been considered an extremist fringe movement. Today, it is a leading voice of "conservative" legal "thought" led by 2 of the Trump admin's worst.
It's like seeing a Bond villain publish his plans in a press release
It's like seeing a Bond villain publish his plans in a press release
MAJEUR. La cour d'appel du 3e circuit à l'unanimité des 3 juges (2 nommés par Bush Jr, 1 par #Trump qui doivent eux aussi appartenir à 1 complot gauchiste😉...)rejette l'appel de la campagne du président sortant en #Pennsylvanie. Car il n'a aucun fondement.
2) Le pire pour #Trump est que l'opinion unanime de la cour d'appel fédérale du 3e circuit contre sa campagne a été rédigée par le juge #Bibas qu'il a nommé lui-même. Humiliation supplémentaire...
3) Et quand on parle d'humiliation juridique, le juge Bibas, nommé juge fédéral de cour d'appel par Trump, donateur du parti républicain et membre de la Federalist Society depuis la fac, écrit noir sur blanc: "Les requêtes de la campagne #Trump 'n'ont aucun fondement."
La juge #AmyConeyBarrett confirmée par le Sénat 52-48 devient la nouvelle juge (justice) de la #CourSuprême. La 3e nommée par #Trump. Mais SURTOUT la 1ère depuis 1869 à être confirmée sans AUCUNE voix du parti minoritaire au Sénat. Pays coupé en 2. washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
2) C'est 1 triomphe politique pour #Trump qui a pu le savourer lors de la prestation de serment sous ses yeux de #AmyConeyBarrett par le juge le plus conservateur de la #CourSuprême, Clarence Thomas, dont la femme Ginni est 1 lobbyiste catholique fondamentaliste bien connue...
3)...avec cette nomination de #AmyConeyBarrett à la #CourSuprême, la droite chrétienne fondamentaliste et les conservateurs sociaux obtiennent ce qu'ils voulaient depuis 30 ans: 1 majorité de 6 juges contre 3 dont 5 conservateurs sûrs et non 5 contre 4 avec 1 possible vote pivot.
En 1 seul mandat, avec #AmyConeyBarrett, 3 juges conservateurs nommés à la #CourSuprême par #Trump. Mission accomplie. Quand Obama en 2016 aurait dû renverser la majorité conservatrice par la nomination de Garland.
Pourquoi et comment? Mon analyse ce matin dans @Lesjoursfr!
Pourquoi et comment? Mon analyse ce matin dans @Lesjoursfr!
2) Le petit plus habituel ci-dessous pour accompagner mon article sur @lesjoursfr avec des éléments qui n'y figurent pas, pour vous donner envie de vous abonner ici...lesjours.fr/abonnement/jou…
3) Avec #AmyConeyBarrett à la #CourSuprême on aurait donc 6 juges nommés par 1 président républicain dont 3 par le seul #Trump, contre 3 juges par 1 président démocrate, dont le plus âgé- 82 ans-, Breyer, installé par #Clinton en 1994...
Et BOUM...2e claque dans la gueule de #Trump par la #CourSuprême. Le juge en chef #Roberts rejoint- encore-les libéraux pour décider que l'administration Trump n'avait pas le droit d'annuler les protections pour les immigrants DREAMers. Quand ça veut pas...supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf…
2) Le juge en chef, conservateur et nommé par Bush, #Roberts évoque dans l'arrêt 1 décision "capricieuse et arbitraire" de l'administration #Trump quand elle a décidé de révoquer le programme DACA protégeant de l'expulsion les enfants d'immigrés sans papiers amenés sur le sol US.
3) Sur la #CourSuprême, la réaction de #Trump parlant d'horribles décisions et plaidant pour de nouveaux juges encore plus conservateurs oublie seulement que #Gorsuch, rédacteur de l'arrêt Bostock, a été nommé par lui. Il est président. Pas que tribun.
SURPRISE à la #CourSuprême. Dans son arrêt Bostock, la majorité conservatrice se fracture. Gorsuch ET Roberts ont rejoint les juges libéraux pour les droits LGBT. Virer 1 employé pour son orientation sexuelle ou son identité de genre est discriminatoire. supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf…
2) Et l'opinion majoritaire de la #CourSuprême favorable aux droits des #LGBT a même été rédigée par... #Gorsuch, juge nommé par #Trump. Et les mots sont fermes, voire sévères pour les employeurs quant à l'application du titre VII de la loi sur l'égalité des droits de 1964...
3) C'est donc clair et net: selon la #CourSuprême US, la loi fédérale sur l'égalité des droits de 1964 protège les personnes LGBT de toute discrimination sur leur lieu de travail. C'est 1 avancée majeure, colossale pour leurs droits. latimes.com/politics/story…
Nuit surréaliste aux #EtatsUnis. Le gouverneur du Wisconsin Evers avait déplacé le scrutin prévu aujourd'hui au 9 juin à cause de la flambée du #coronavirus. La Cour Suprême locale et la Cour Suprême nationale à majorité conservatrice l'ont déjugé. Et #Trump s'en réjouit.
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2) Evers le gouverneur du Wisconsin, face au début de l'épidémie dans l'Etat, a promulgué 1 décret exécutif qui reportait les élections prévues ce jour à cause de l'urgence sanitaire #Covid_19 au 9 juin et permettait 1 extension de la date du vote postal. elections.wi.gov/sites/election…
3) Les républicains, majoritaires à l'assemblée locale, ont dénié l'autorité du gouverneur Evers à pouvoir reporter l'élection en juin et la Cour Suprême locale à majorité conservatrice leur a donné raison sur ce point.
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Here is the link to Judge Tigar's decision
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I'm next on the docket ... so will tweet the highlights of the decision after I am done. But stay tuned this one is something else!
Heeyey! I go in for a quick hearing and in the meantime #ImmigrationMonday, I see, has hit us again. Much to chew on but as I promised here is the 4 on Judge Tigar's reinstated nationwide injunction in EastBay Sanctuary II litigation.
L'info #breaking de la nuit US. Le président #Trump et ses enfants attaquent devant le tribunal fédéral de Manhattan les banques Deutsche Bank et Capital One pour les empêcher de répondre aux assignations de la Chambre démocrate sur leurs états financiers. fr.scribd.com/document/40811…
2) La plainte des #Trump est très intéressante en ce qu'elle s'appuie juridiquement sur la remise en cause du pouvoir d'enquête du Congrès que le président et ses enfants estiment ici sans motif législatif, donc infondé. La guerre aux contre-pouvoirs est bien déclarée.
3) Toute l'argumentation de #Trump tourne autour de l'arrêt Watkins de 1957 de la #CourSuprême qui a établi que le Congrès a des pouvoirs d'enquête larges MAIS pas infinis, ET qu'il doit justifier la publication de données privées par 1 motif "légitime". supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case that could nuke the separation of church and state —you know, that integral part of our Constitution that guarantees our religious freedom (and fact-based laws ..., etc.)‼️
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This 👆🏼☝🏼👆🏼is the precursor to revoking human rights and hopes for personhood/equality rights for women and #LGBTQ.
We’ll see legalized discrimination and #talibangelical fascists will play an integral role government, laws, education, etc.
#SundayThoughts
We’ll see legalized discrimination and #talibangelical fascists will play an integral role government, laws, education, etc.
#SundayThoughts
This 👆🏼☝🏼👆🏼should scare the holy 🔥hell out of all Americans ... and the world, with authoritarian governments on the rise.
Say goodbye👋🏼 to freedom and facts.
#SundayMorning
#SundayThoughts
Say goodbye👋🏼 to freedom and facts.
#SundayMorning
#SundayThoughts
.@judicialnetwork is picking #SCOTUS for us, first #Gorsuch now #Kavanaugh. @ZeldaShagnasty shows here, the domain confirmkavanaugh(.)com was registered in 2/17. 3 similar sites (.net, .info and confirmkavanaughnow(.)com) in 7/18, all three on the same day. #osint #infosec
That date was 7/10/2018. Given that all domains were registered through GoDaddy’s anonymous registration service, WHOIS doesn’t tell us much. But the site is copywritten to @judicialnetwork, so we know they’re involved. Let’s take a look at the page source for the .com site:
Notice something? A template created for a Gorsuch themed site is being used for #Kavanaugh. Was there a confirmgorsuch(.)com too? Blank page currently, but sure enough one was setup 12/19/2016. And taken down 7/9/2018. Well, when did confirmkavanaugh(.)com go live?
. @mitchellreports @MSNBC @jaketapper @CNN @CBSNews @abcnews @nytimes @washingtonpost
Hey-#TedCruz: Don’t you dare, for one second tell us what is motivating the Dems on the #JudiciaryCommittee. They’re just trying to do their jobs & they can’t do it when you & the chair.../1
Hey-#TedCruz: Don’t you dare, for one second tell us what is motivating the Dems on the #JudiciaryCommittee. They’re just trying to do their jobs & they can’t do it when you & the chair.../1
@mitchellreports @MSNBC @jaketapper @CNN @CBSNews @abcnews @nytimes @washingtonpost ...are PURPOSELY standing in the way of them getting the 95% of the #Kavanaugh docs. You may be willing to do your job in the dark (& you’re also clearly willing to carry water for the guy who repeatedly dissed you/your family). So shut your face & crawl back in your hole./2
#BenSasse gave a great speech, one worthy of a high school commencement address. It’s quaint to think a guy like #Kavanaugh can put his predispositions aside & decide cases neutrally & fairly. But that’s not real world. #Gorsuch’s decisions that run counter to precedent prove it.
🔥BadassDAG🔥
Did Trump’s tweet give RU the green light to interfere in US Elex again?
Trump still accept’s Putin denial RU interfered in the 2016 over our own intel community.🙄
Justin Kennedy was one of Trump’s most trusted associates for 12 years while at Deutsche Bank.
Did Trump’s tweet give RU the green light to interfere in US Elex again?
Trump still accept’s Putin denial RU interfered in the 2016 over our own intel community.🙄
Justin Kennedy was one of Trump’s most trusted associates for 12 years while at Deutsche Bank.
🔥BadassDAG2🔥
is the crackdown on illegal migrants an intentional distraction from NatSec threats, child pornography & TOC?
Hmmm...”if your son is working for a bank moving dark money around and you write a Supreme Court decision about dark money, is it still valid?”(EG)
is the crackdown on illegal migrants an intentional distraction from NatSec threats, child pornography & TOC?
Hmmm...”if your son is working for a bank moving dark money around and you write a Supreme Court decision about dark money, is it still valid?”(EG)
🔥BadassDAG3🔥
Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties
Manafort is begging the DC Circuit to let him out of jail while his appeal is pending, Nope!
North Korea continues work on nuclear facility despite agreement
Anyone surprised?
Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties
Manafort is begging the DC Circuit to let him out of jail while his appeal is pending, Nope!
North Korea continues work on nuclear facility despite agreement
Anyone surprised?
For 3yrs #SCOTUS was my beat.
It taught me so much--like that you vote as if SCOTUS depends on it.
So all you "couldn't vote for Hillary" folks?
Thanks for today's decision by #NeilGorsuch.
YOU gave us that.
And him for the next FORTY FREAKING YEARS.
Explain it to your kids.
It taught me so much--like that you vote as if SCOTUS depends on it.
So all you "couldn't vote for Hillary" folks?
Thanks for today's decision by #NeilGorsuch.
YOU gave us that.
And him for the next FORTY FREAKING YEARS.
Explain it to your kids.
Excellent explanation of how #NeilGorsuch just screwed every worker in America courtesy of Trump/Stein/Johnson voters.
You wanted it, you got it.
Neil Gorsuch just demolished labor rights
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You wanted it, you got it.
Neil Gorsuch just demolished labor rights
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Honestly, America, are you EVER going to get smarter?
The president lasts for eight years max.
The #SCOTUS is forever.
Voting for the wrong SCOTUS is like getting the name of your 5th grade sweetie tattooed across your face 100 times at 10.
The impact is phenomenal and lasting.
The president lasts for eight years max.
The #SCOTUS is forever.
Voting for the wrong SCOTUS is like getting the name of your 5th grade sweetie tattooed across your face 100 times at 10.
The impact is phenomenal and lasting.
(1) I #resisted following the March for Our post-birth Lives but some of the photos are too good not to share. In this one, a proud American NRA member who happens to be black peacefully protests the idiocy. Arguably, he has more at stake than most of the kids marching.
(2) If given the chance, I can make a very strong case for African Americans and "people of color" benefiting from this administration more than other groups. But the Left isn't interested in hearing it and resorts immediately to the expired race card.
(3) As @Dloesch is constantly telling us, black males are one of the groups, if not the group, most affected by gun homicides, especially in certain large cities, that have coincidentally been held by Democrats for many decades, and are supposed gun free zones (aka killing zones)
"No one's come up and said 'I'm from the Heritage Foundation and I'm here to help!'" - #Gorsuch joking he's not sure who's a member
Joking and also skirting Blumenthal's question about whether outside groups helped him prep for the hearing
"I asked about your preparation because I think you've been very adroit in answering many of my questions" - Blumenthal
#Gorsuch: "It matters not a whit that some of the drafters of the 14th amendment were racist, they were. Or sexist, they were...."
"The law they drafted promises equal protection of the laws to all persons." (Response to Feinstein asking about originalism)
In other words, Gorsuch says originalism isn't about "secret intentions" of drafters. It's about "what the words on the page mean"
Coons, I think, is first to bring up #Gorsuch's book on euthanasia, which talks about the "inviolability of human life"
They're dancing around the parallels to abortion language here. "Yes the constitution definitely contains privacy rights,” Gorsuch says
Coons asks about line that says the "intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong." Still hasn't said 'abortion'
