This swings both ways. If "literally no one is safe," then administration officials are also not safe. A lawless government invites lawlessness and violence in response. - ThreadSky

brandonfriedman.bsky.social • 1 day ago

This swings both ways. If "literally no one is safe," then administration officials are also not safe. A lawless government invites lawlessness and violence in response.

Reposted from Joyce White Vance

If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.

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withintheprocess.bsky.social•17 hours ago

That’s a logical argument and, while true, has little real world purchase as the contingent application of law is still governed by the powerful. A lawless government may invite lawlessness but it doesn’t stop them from disproportionately applying their arbitrary violent power as they please.

angeline989.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So does that mean I, an American citizen, can citizens arrest and deport Mr musk..Bc I think it's going to be funny when they actually deport musk but freeze all his US assets... Or maybe he'll just fall out of a window 🤷 just him & Lil Marco Rubio alone in the penthouse and someone has an accident

austinwiltshire.bsky.social•1 day ago

Authoritarians always think they're the only ones willing to use force.

celticdragon1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nobody can be required to allow themselves to be hauled off into slavery overseas. Armed self defense would have to be an option if this is what we've come to.

tomstpatrick.bsky.social•1 day ago

I want one SCOTUS justice, preferably Alito or Thomas because they each believe their shit doesn’t stink, to relate their cockamany rulings to what is in the Constitution. Every part of the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, the Bill of Rights screams NO F**KING KINGS!!

sfurbanist.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel this. I'm not naive, and I'm not a pollyanna.
I have watched EVERY WWI/WWII movie thinking that for every anonymous background character there was a person as real as me, today.
I will do what I need to do, when the time comes.
I'm gearing up for it.

squidinthebrig.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yeah but trump likely wants to declare martial law.

craigerflights.bsky.social•1 day ago

And those who think that their guns will keep them safe lack imagination. 🤷‍♂️

steve-holcombe.bsky.social•1 day ago

🎯

rariel81.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bingo. This is not the country where you want rule of law questioned and a non-monopoly on violence.

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