ambrellite.bsky.social
Anxiety-ridden nerd, moss-grower, nature enthusiast, tabletop gamer, anime watcher, aspiring human.
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Whistleblowers have been harshly punished while those who committed war crimes, authorized torture, and even attempted a violent coup were protected (and then reelected!).
How can we ask soldiers to sacrifice themselves to defend principles that the very government they serve rejects?
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Solicitor General
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Yes, we did. Same with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also the US practice of chattel slavery. Also, also, the mass murder of indigenous peoples and erasure of their culture.
Our country's many horrible sins do absolve the sins of anyone else.
Justice must follow all such crimes--not excuses.
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The recent near- unanimus House vote on the Take It Down bill was quite brazen too. Fascist power is solidifying everywhere.
It will always be possible to reject and overcome fascism, but how many casualties we suffer can be minimized with immediate and strong opposition.
It won't come from Dems.
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Criminalizing transition care can also be a way to backdoor the prohibition of hormonal birth control.
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As a lay person, contempt charges require a clear chain of responsibility. If the lawyer is being left in the dark there could be multiple officials stonewalling.
The judge needs to order sworn declarations from Bondi and Rubio regarding Garcia's status. DOJ's counsel is useless.
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Exactly. SCOTUS knew they would take relaxed reqs and the language about deference to the executive and run with it as far as it takes them.
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Don't let them fool you into believing they'll even allow habeas petitions regarding *noncitizens* being held by a *foreign government* to be heard in US courts.
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No need for hypotheticals. Those blatant violations are in *this* case, and we are seeing the consequences of the government being caught in the act right here:
AEA is upheld, the order to return those removed is vacated, and avenues for relief are narrowed. They will remain in El Salvador...
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The point is that it will be nearly impossible for any individual to bring that case to the judiciary and get a ruling. Instead of enforcing the rule of law, the court has instructed the Trump regime how best to subvert it.
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Now that capital gains can't support their wealth, Trump's power over the Treasury is their lifeline.
Once their primary and/or GE threats materialize, power over elections is their lifeline.
Flipping on Trump would only sever their lifelines, with marginal electoral benefit.
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I’ll just point out he’s sure giving the govt a lot of that due process they’re denying everyone else
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He's voicing an opinion that many Democratic senators believe is ordinary and uncontroversial.
It's not an error, it's an admission. We should treat it as the ugly truth that it is.
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Which courts would rule on the legality of dissolving the judiciary?
Mike Johnson knows this is illegal, but believes there's no one who will stop it.