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What to expect from a felon tyrant wannabe king who keeps getting stopped by a judiciary enforcing the #RuleOfLaw? That he continue to break laws and try to silence those who call it out and oppose him.
It’s also why he’s attacking law firms.
Brian Tyler Cohen and Glenn Kirschner run through this week’s judicial decisions refuting and rebuking the Trump regime’s attacks on individuals, Constitutional rights, and the rule of law.
Spoiler: Trump keeps acting without legal authority, the courts keep documenting it and ordering those unlawful actions stopped.
It’s no surprise he’s going after law firms and judges.
Independence UK style:
The Sentencing Council's guidelines on pre-sentencing reports have been derided as 'two-tier' guidance despite an extensive consultation process.
But, Shabana Mahmoud now says she will 'legislate if necessary' to stop such a change, by which she means if she doesn't get what she wants she'll change the law.
So much for the 'independence' of the Judiciary, then... although such political actions are hardly unprecedented!
#RuleOfLaw #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/28/sentencing-council-england-wales-rejects-calls-review-two-tier-justice-rules
One word is going to start coming up more & more as the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant tries to extend the influence of its decisions (such as those against diversity policies), and that word is:
'extraterritoriality' - the projection of national legal sovereign power into other jurisdictions.
The US has always used forms of extraterritoriality, but Trump may be about to make this a much more contentious issue as he tries to reach deep into other domestic jurisdictions.
‘Authoritarian governments generally try to bolster their legitimacy by using #laws, decrees, & #court hearings to justify their actions,…creating, twisting, interpreting, or manipulating laws…to punish resistance. In this regard, the #Trump administration is operating like other authoritarian gov’ts… Respect for the #ruleoflaw has been replaced by contemptuous propaganda that judges who uphold the law are “corrupt” & lawyers who oppose his policies are “scum.”’ | SLaw https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/ /2
My new column:
The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law
“Checks & balances among the three US branches of government are in tatters… It is unclear whether the #US legal system can withstand the Trump administration’s increasingly brazen threats against #judges & #lawyers.” | SLaw: Canada’s Online Legal Magazine https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/ #Trump #internationallaw #humanrights #ruleoflaw #DEI #immigration #law #lawfedi /1
We should know soon, if GOP SCJs believe that Trump still has impunity, & if due process and the rest of the Constitution, will be upheld.
“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Venezuelan Deportations Resume”
#Deportations #DueProcess #Sadism #Trump #ElSalvador #HumanRights #DHS #RuleOfLaw #Resist #USPol
#Rumeysa Ozturk #politics #alt #RuleofLaw #fascism #columbia #universities #censorship #antsemitism #arrests
Heather Cox Richardson Black Shirt Arrest Free Speech Univerities Bow Down
3/27/25
#politics ##alt #oligarchy #law #judges #RuleofLaw
Heather Cox Richardson Elimination of Judges and Security Clearances Democrats Rule of Law
3/27/25
"A federal appeals court REJECTED the Trump administration's request to pause an injunction blocking their funding freeze in a case filed by 22 states and D.C.
The Trump admin hasn't shown it's likely to win their appeal, the court found."
-A Klasfeld
#Courts #Trump #RuleOfLaw #Trump #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.58912/gov.uscourts.rid.58912.170.0.pdf
Here is the #Trump administration following court orders regarding funding of #RadioFreeEurope #RFE #RL
Must read: Timothy Snyder on #SignalGate:
"Signalgate: violating national security in order to violate rights"
'Our government is openly compromising our national security, the better to violate our rights. Its position is that it is worth risking the lives of soldiers abroad in order to be able to persecute civilians at home."
https://snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate-violating-national-security #Trump #Musk #TulsiGabbard #MikeWaltz #JDVance #MarcoRubio #JohnRatcliffe #FBI #CIA #JeffreyGoldberg #Boasberg #ElSalvador #FRA #RuleOfLaw
"The DC Circuit has *rejected* DOJ's effort to lift Judge Boasberg's block on Alien Enemies Act deportations.
Ruling is 2-1, with Judge Walker dissenting."
-K Cheney
Good news for the #RuleOfLaw & the deportees rotting in an El Salvadorian slave prison.
#Deportations #Constitution #DueProcess #ElSalvador #Sadism #Immigrants #USPol https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845.01208724047.0.pdf
"Public service unions that previously won an injunction to reinstate fired probationary employees asked a federal judge to compel compliance or hold the government in contempt.
They say "almost none" of the 10Ks fired have returned to service."
-A Klasfeld
The rogue Trump admin isn't complying with the law.
#ConstitutionalCrisis #RuleOfLaw #ContemptOfCourt #Courts #DOGE #FIrings #Musk #Resist #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.444883/gov.uscourts.cand.444883.155.0.pdf
In just the last week the Trump regime has viciously threatened
European allies 
Universities 
Judges 
Law firms & lawyers News organizations Canada 
& Mexico 
Asylum seekers Protesters Congresspersons Various states SSA Medicare Medicaid Women Minorities
The vitriolic hatred and attacks emanating from the #WH is incompatible with loving our country.
“On Monday, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice made two arguments in two different courts that, taken together, amount to a legal claim of near-dictatorial power by Trump.”
That is, a claim of unreviewable, unstoppable, limitless power by Trump.
Will people finally stop saying the US is “headed towards” a Constitutional crisis and finally understand that it already happened. The coup is already in place. The question is whether Americans can overthrow it.
Right on track:
Where are all the “conservative” “Constitutionalist” lawyers?
#Trump #MikeJohnson #Fascists #Fascism #Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Judiciary #Democracy
HT @MatWright
As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Can Be Optional
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/samuel-alito-lower-courts/
A justice suggests flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long project to weaken democratic rights.
In these days where we see so much cowardice, it’s good to see people standing up for democracy, the rule of law, and journalism.
Judge Boasberg, doing his best:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/trump-deportation-venezuela
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, publishing an amazing account that will surely cause anger (and perhaps attempted retribution) from the Trump administration:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=xzqBC9pLZij-3-Uq2bNaFjStHbnqonjV5gEcaCFz-wQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Albert Sellers LLP, with a great response to one of Trump’s executive orders:
https://dair-community.social/@kendraserra/114212709445447448 and
https://dair-community.social/@kendraserra/114212711172403878
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