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Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

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REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here? BESSENT: No

submitted 3 days ago • 981 comments

Americans did not vote for this dumb economic policy.

submitted 4 days ago • 48 comments

While the SCOTUS decision stings for empathic and reasonable human beings re AEA and TDA deportations, it's important to note that anyone can bring a habeas petition to the court regarding removal of a suspected "alien", the more important case of the week should be later this week re Abrego Garcia.

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Everyone's dander is (understandably) up. But it seems worth emphasizing that the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, are moving with remarkable speed to deal with the unprecedented flood and gravity of Trump cases. I get the demand for faster, but let's not lose sight of the baseline.

submitted 5 days ago • 74 comments

Acting by himself, Chief Justice Roberts has issued an "administrative" stay in Abrego Garcia, temporarily pausing Judge Xinis's order (which had required the U.S. to return Abrego Garcia by this evening). In a nutshell, it's a temporary pause to buy the full Court more time to rule on the dispute.

submitted 5 days ago • 228 comments

I’m 100% certain the White House floated both rumors to test the markets. The “real” and “beautiful” deals are coming. Trump needs time to alert his friends first.

submitted 5 days ago • 153 comments

BREAKING: The 4th Circuit has denied the Trump administration's effort to resist an order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight tonight. Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 5 days ago • 118 comments

We finally found out who is truly behind the tariffs

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Sigh. No kidding.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

This is fine. Everything's fine.

submitted 16 days ago • 83 comments

Not getting enough traction yet: There's more to this information than times and jets. Triangulating from these times and distances can itself give away critical NatSec information, like say - the possible location of secret US bases within Yemen, Oman, or Saudi Arabia.

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

This guy has a net worth of approximately $2 billion.

submitted 22 days ago • 596 comments

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

submitted 29 days ago • 4176 comments

Naming and shaming the Democrats who cowardly voted to be part of the dismantling of the government, they own this, they have betrayed the party, the people, and their own house representatives. Schumer King Durbin Cortez Masto Schatz Hassan Fetterman Peters Gillibrand Shaheen Fuck all of them

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 30 days ago • 5215 comments

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

submitted 30 days ago • 2331 comments

Let me get this right, chuck shumer gets insulted to his face infront of the whole media in the Oval Office yesterday, and the next thing he does it turn belly up and become complicit in the DOGE cuts. How embarrassing @schumer.senate.gov