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Nonilex<p>Judge Talwani in April found that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> governing such parole did not allow for the program's blanket termination, instead requiring a case-by-case review. The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put that decision on hold.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> asks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to allow revocation of migrants' legal status</p><p>Trump's admin asked the US Supreme Court on Thurs to intervene in its bid to revoke the temporary legal status granted by his predecessor Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian &amp; Nicaraguan migrants living in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-asks-us-supreme-court-allow-revocation-migrants-legal-status-2025-05-08/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-ask</span><span class="invisible">s-us-supreme-court-allow-revocation-migrants-legal-status-2025-05-08/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>NEW: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin again runs to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> asking it to lift judge's order blocking rollback of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> parole program for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nicaragua</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> (CHNV). They also argue that federal district courts can't hear immigration-related disputes.</p><p><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25933594-24a1079/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">documentcloud.org/documents/25</span><span class="invisible">933594-24a1079/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Check out this exchange between Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffMerkley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffMerkley</span></a> (D-OR) &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Director <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> over whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DuePocess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuePocess</span></a> applies to people targeted by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSponsoredAbduction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DualState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Gorski: what's important is future legal custodians. what matters is future confinement. not current. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a>: do you think Padilla could have sued in Washington before he was transferred to Charleston. </p><p>Gorski: if he had notice in advance, yes.</p><p>Boasberg moves on to the next issue. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSponsoredAbduction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Gelernt: we are not ... seeking a class for the entire thing anymore</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a>: so let's not talk about subclasses. they're classes. similarly the original named plaintiffs--they're not part of those classes, right?</p><p>Gelernt: right. </p><p>Judge: why isn't Padilla a problem for you here in sense that shouldn’t venue lie in district where they were held prior to removal?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> mandated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> to report reliable &amp; authoritative news, not to outsource its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> to outlets aligned w/the president’s agenda,” they wrote in a stmnt. “VOA already has talented &amp; professional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> ready to tell America’s story in line w/the VOA Charter, but we are blocked from our own newsroom. That is why we will continue fighting for our rights in court.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> WH bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> editor Jessica Jerreat, plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin over the EO, said this agreement violates the congressional mandate of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A district judge in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> granted a preliminary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin after initially issuing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a> blocking the removal of migrants under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> in her judicial district.</p><p>Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney wrote that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>'s stated assertion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a>' authority "staggers."</p><p>"It is wrong as a matter of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; attempts to read an entire provision out of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump &amp; Musk for a General Strike?<br>YES</p><p>“Nothing, nothing, NOTHING can move w/o our labor, &amp; it’s time to exercise our power in a united working class.</p><p>⚡“We need to get ready for a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GeneralStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralStrike</span></a>."<br>-S Nelson</p><p>"The US hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this admin is fueling multiple movements toward that goal."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/193370/general-strike-trump-musk-sara-nelson-labor-unions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/193370</span><span class="invisible">/general-strike-trump-musk-sara-nelson-labor-unions</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The comment came as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> remained adamant that he wanted to ship undocumented <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> out of the country &amp; said it was inconceivable to hear millions of cases in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>, insisting he needed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to quickly remove people he claimed were murderers &amp; drug dealers.<br>
“I was elected to get them the hell out of here, &amp; the courts are holding me from doing it,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ImpeachTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTrumpNow</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>DONALD TRUMP HAS AGENTS SNATCHING PEOPLE JUST LIKE SLAVE HUNTERS IN SLAVERY DAYS. OFTEN TRUMP'S AGENTS HAVE CONCEALED IDENTITIES.</p><p>TRUMP IS DEPORTING PEOPLE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, THOUGH THE US CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES DUE PROCESS</p><p>TRUMP HAS DEPORTED UNITED STATES CITIZENS</p><p>TRUMP IS USURPING THE POWERS OF CONGRESS WITH NUMEROUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS</p><p>TRUMP HAS VIOLATED COURT ORDERS</p><p>SOUNDS DICTATORIAL TO ME</p><p>IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL I HAVE WRITTEN ABOVE THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE AN EMERGENCY TO YOU?</p><p>DO CAPITOL HILL REPUBLICANS CARE?</p><p>MY NEWS SEARCHES CERTAINLY DON'T SHOW THAT THEY DO</p><p>WHERE IS THE SENSE OF ALARM AND THE FIGHT FROM CAPITOL HILL DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP?</p><p>I AM SHOCKED AND EXASPERATED. HOW ABOUT YOU?</p><p>TO START WITH, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP CAN'T POSSIBLY BE REPLACED FAST ENOUGH</p><p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dueprocess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dueprocess</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/separationofpowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>separationofpowers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
Nonilex<p>Clement also opposed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin's bid to withdraw the federal corruption case against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> w/the potential to refile charges. A judge earlier this month dismissed the case permanently after Clement, acting as a court-appointed adviser, said it would otherwise hang over Adams like a "sword of Damocles."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HannahDugan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HannahDugan</span></a>'s arrest Friday was part of an escalating dispute between the admin &amp; local officials over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> enforcement.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Clement, a US solicitor general during the Republican admin of George W. Bush who has argued &gt;100 cases before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, has clashed with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin in other cases.</p><p>He is representing WilmerHale in its lawsuit challenging an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> Trump signed last month targeting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a>'s business w/federal contractors &amp; restricting its access to government officials and buildings.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArticleIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleIII</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HannahDugan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HannahDugan</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArticleIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleIII</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> arrested in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> case retains top conservative atty</p><p>A WI judge charged w/helping a man in her court briefly evade immigration authorities added prominent conservative atty &amp; leading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> advocate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulClement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulClement</span></a> to her defense.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HannahDugan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HannahDugan</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Milwaukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milwaukee</span></a> County circuit judge, was charged Friday w/obstructing a govt proceeding &amp; concealing an individual to prevent arrest.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/wisconsin-judge-arrested-immigration-case-retains-top-conservative-lawyer-2025-04-29/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/wisconsin-ju</span><span class="invisible">dge-arrested-immigration-case-retains-top-conservative-lawyer-2025-04-29/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> set up a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> among the federal government's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coequal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coequal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executive</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> branches.</p><p>Proponents of a *conservative* legal doctrine called the "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a>" theory that envisions vast executive authority for a president portray Humphrey's as wrongly decided. They argue that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArticleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleII</span></a> gives a president sole authority over the executive branch, including the power to fire heads of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agencies despite protections under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is not a collaborative force seeking to work w/the other branches to carry out the mission of governing the nation. The Trump admin, as we have seen countless times in Trump’s first 100 days, is a destructive force seeking to exploit the weaknesses of the co-equal branches—&amp; other institutions—to carry out their mission of taking over the nation on Trump’s behalf.</p><p>[yup. pretty much.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The latest in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a></p><p>For Judge Gregory Katsas, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointee from the president’s 1st term, a month on the motions panel at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit appears to have taught him an important lesson about Trump’s 2nd term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-education-of-judge-gregory-katsas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/the-education-of</span><span class="invisible">-judge-gregory-katsas</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>§6 General Provisions [notably this puts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> Dir &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> architect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> essentially in charge]<br>“the functions of the Director of the Office of Management &amp; Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> proposals.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>§4 Preventing Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benefits</span></a> for *Aliens* in Sanctuary Jurisdictions [gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> the power to define benefit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eligibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eligibility</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SanctuaryCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCities</span></a>]</p><p>§5 Equal Treatment of Americans [This eliminates state policies which authorize in-state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tuition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuition</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undocumented</span></a> immigrants.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>