I live in NC. Our taxes are not due till Sept due to Helena. As I've watched Trump spend taxpayer money to subsidize his golf weekends & his proposed birthday parade, I've wondered: Is there a legal basis for not paying taxes due to irresponsible use of tax income & ignoring Congress authorizations?
C-SPAN recently requested that the Supreme Court televise oral arguments for the upcoming birthright citizenship cases. Why has the Supreme Court consistently refused to broadcast its hearings, and do you think it's time they allowed cameras in the courtroom?
C-Span would ask that now, having been abducted by an idiocracy. But in a recent CRS Report to Congress, one major bullet was obviously pointed toward why video cameras were frowned upon; and, that's 'Potential for Misinformation'. And with our current politics, this is a responsible concern.
Now that TrainWreck Trump has thrown out JDVance and M.Rubios names out there as potentially running for president, how long until they all start eating one another?
How long do I have to keep tuned for because it’s been literal years at this point and the hand crank on my wind up radio is starting to fail. Also I need the bathroom and am quite hungry.
Please consider having Jonathan Blitzer on your show, highlighting the US role in the current Central America migration crisis. His book is amazing - "Everyone Who is Gone is Here".
What govt entities other than DOJ can hold DHS Noem accountable for breaking due process laws?
What govt entities other than DOJ can hold FBI Director Patel accountable for not having a budget ready? We have laws with Cabinet level folks seemingly above the law….
I heard that federal judges can actually instruct US Marshals to arrest criminals and bring them in. I also heard even if those persons deserve to be jailed, the judges have no authority to have arrests implemented. Which is True?
Trump is bringing in white South Africans and granting them legal refugee status while he is asking the Supreme Court to end humanitarian refugee status for over 500,000 other people. What is to stop the next president from revoking the refugee status of the White South Africans?
You talked with Leah Litman about argument strategies that might persuade SCOTUS members. Does that give SCOTUS too much credit for actually using legal reasoning to make decisions rather than making up arguments to justify their desired outcomes?
This seems under the radar, but I was shocked by Trump firing the Librarian of Congress (also: how can he fire someone who works for Congress)?
The library includes the Copyright Office. Was this mainly to help AI folks in their court battles over using (stealing) content from copyrighted books?
Follow-up: This seems so similar to firing the only Black member of the five-person NTSB without explanation, which is also unprecedented, leaving the four white NTSB members in place.
At what point does selectively firing Black people in appointed positions for no special reason become illegal?
Republicans seem to be constantly outwitting Democrats legally. R’s are very creative and tricky with the law eg that “one long day” from Mike Johnson. How can we start outwitting Republicans? How can Democrats show the nation that they just as aggressive, maybe more?
Trump is having a de facto Constitutional Convention. He knows his unpopular ideas would fail at a formal convention so he's inserting them into Exec Orders, hoping SCOTUS will ratify them. If SCOTUS grants him even a few, he wins. It'sTrump's roundabout constitutional convention
I have several but hopefully with your masterful command of the english language you and distill them down to a few salient points.
1. How does the training of ICE agents compare to any other armed federal force?
2. What vetting do ICE agents face before being employed?
3. Can Proud boys apply?
4. Are they afforded the same protections and/or consequences as police officers if they are found responsible for harm?
5. Do police officers face blowback if they assist in an ice operation and someone is killed because of ICE?
6. Can congress defund ICE?
Talk about the proposed suspension of Habeas Corpus, the history, what needs to be shown for congress to suspend, and under what conditions--if any--POTUS has the authority to suspend Constitutional rights. Thanks.
Why aren’t people opposed to the regime identifying masked and unmasked “officials” perpetrating unlawful arrests like of the mayor of Newark and hitting those individuals with lawsuits?
Is it better to stay instead of quit? If I worked in DOJ and tRump & DOGE ask me to go after people instead of following the law, I'd stay on & just cause problems for DOJ. When they ask me to break the law, I'd say OK and just not do it or leak it to the press & law. If they fire me, can I sue?
Why is no one regulating the AirB&B industry’s impact on affordable housing. America is becoming like Venice with more and more of its housing stock bought by investors for the tourism industry.
Connect the dots.
Do you think that Solicitor General Sauer understands that arguing that District Judges rulings should only be valid in their own districts would basically put Judge Kacsmaryk and his ilk out of business?
Does the White House council offer a legal opinion to the president on the legality of his executive orders? If true, i suspect it is completely ignored since many of these orders are challenged in court.
Why didn’t they start in prisons for convicted immigrants for violent crimes. Ex Laken Riley’s killer and the others that have been convicted of rape murder child molestation. They paraded the victims families at rallies for political purpose. Now you hear nothing.
Could you please clarify what (if anything) is happening to Stay Tuned and Cafe Insider podcast feeds in light of the Substack announcement, and how (if at all) content will differ between the platforms? Thanks!!! #askpreet
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What govt entities other than DOJ can hold FBI Director Patel accountable for not having a budget ready? We have laws with Cabinet level folks seemingly above the law….
The library includes the Copyright Office. Was this mainly to help AI folks in their court battles over using (stealing) content from copyrighted books?
At what point does selectively firing Black people in appointed positions for no special reason become illegal?
1. How does the training of ICE agents compare to any other armed federal force?
2. What vetting do ICE agents face before being employed?
3. Can Proud boys apply?
5. Do police officers face blowback if they assist in an ice operation and someone is killed because of ICE?
6. Can congress defund ICE?
Connect the dots.