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In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist. (@greg_doucette on ExTwitter)
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He hasn't actually done it yet. But posted on Truth Social and verbally said at a news conference (both this morning) that they're going to "make changes" in their focus on farm workers and hospitality workers
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No need to wake them in the middle of the night when they hang out together at the bar after work
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Nothing's stopping California LEOs from arresting federal officers and seeing how long they can hold them before being ordered to release them. But doubt it works out as intended
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Ultra vires would be viable, depending on judge ("removing disruption" vs "assaulting Senator"). Doubt Speech/Debate would be; Padilla can't be prosecuted, but doctrine scope is unsettled so court wouldnt hold arresting officers had fair notice the arrest was illegal. Doubt separation of powers too
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Fair. But also, man...
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You combine this with the Trump Administration flouting judicial orders and the only word left is dictatorship.
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I wouldn't call myself an expert, but Supremacy Clause immunity is a real thing Cases below: bsky.app/profile/greg...
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Horseshit bsky.app/profile/mia1...
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I guess all Hispanics look the same and get treated the same by DHS
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This is like easter egg hunting. You find big easy-to-see eggs first. It's way easier to find people working in legal business than the one having illegal activities.
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Like, I originally laughed b/c I thought it was well done gallows humor But it's actually plausible, which made it less funny @philip-bidwell.bsky.social
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You know... this honestly wouldn't surprise me if it was proposed. Basically just federalizing the Louisiana model bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Don't think that argument works when voters were far more attuned to what their politicians did before free/low cost college existed
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That's definitely part of it But I'm slowly coming around to the decadence theory of politics, that ppl are too pampered to do complex things like understanding cause and effect bsky.app/profile/bill...
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Because Congress is the legislative branch, and it takes action as an entity regardless of its political composition bsky.app/profile/yvet...