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In a government of laws not of men, if you haven’t been legally fired, then you haven’t been fired. You still have your job.
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6/🧵 When judges across the ideological spectrum reach similar legal conclusions about attacks on our Constitution, we should see it for what it is: a flashing warning sign that we are facing a clear and present danger to our democratic and constitutional order.
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5/🧵 Trump's attacks on judges—including Republican appointees—for unfavorable rulings reveals an authoritarian assault that should alarm us all. Demanding judicial loyalty over constitutional fidelity represents a dangerous erosion of separation of powers, the cornerstone of our Madisonian republic.
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4/🧵 The pattern diverges from what @mayasen.bsky.social and I found during Trump's first term, when judge ideology strongly predicted case outcomes. What changed? The nature of the challenges—today's cases pose more fundamental constitutional violations uniting judges across partisan divides.
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3/🧵 Modeling the outcomes with a logistic regression confirms that judicial ideology doesn't predict ruling outcomes. This isn't commonly the case—ideology is typically a moderate to strong predictor of case outcomes, making this ideological consensus particularly noteworthy.
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2/🧵 Here is the breakdown by ideological groupings. While liberal judges heard more cases (due to geography and venue selection), the consistency of rulings across ideological lines demolishes the narrative that judicial decisions against Trump reflect political bias.
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@ivey.house.gov
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Rare praise for Chief Justice Roberts from a Dem. Ivey:
"So Chief Justice Roberts coming out and defending that judge is maybe one of the biggest developments we've had since Trump got into the White House. ... It's important for democracy."
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If you don’t think this could happen to you, you’re wrong.
Ask Becky Burke from Wales, imprisoned for 11 days by ICE.
Or Jasmine Mooney, Canada, imprisoned for 12 days.
Or US resident, Fabian Schmidt. Stripped naked & interrogated before collapsing.
Resident or visitor, the US is no longer safe.
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He’s been reading Hitler again.🙄
“Here I stand with my bayonet, there you stand with your laws. We'll see which prevails.”