Lord, Senator Whitehouse is so well learned on all things legal. We Rhode Islanders and all Americans are extremely fortunate to have him working for us in the Senate.
Loved the comments about Bove, Trump's failed lawyer who should never be a judge. Also the frank assessment of today's Supreme Court--no longer an instrument for the people, but for the political party they represent.
Judge Boasberg is to be commended for doing his job and attempting to follow the law. That has become a very, very difficult job in the current administration. Kudos to you, Judge.
The corrupt tRump/republican Supreme Court is controlled by Nazi nationalist fake Christians. They are ethically and morally compromised. They rule by a corruption of the emergency docket procedure allowing Nazi tRump to carry out his illegal actions under preliminary stays or injunctions - whatever allows the illegal actions to continue.
They follow precedent only if it supports their pseudo-Christian world view. They harm people and our nation with their corrupt practices. The court must be restructured.
Let's see, yes, I have Epstein's list right here on my desk and I'll release it just as soon as I review it...what? Oh, no, I meant to say it never existed...hmmm. actually I've just been told we can release it...oh, sorry, it might be used as evidence so I can't release it right now, but soon.
I'm sorry judge, it's so embarrassing but I must confess that the correct indictment was not actually seen by most of the people who would be making the decision...yes, I'm very sorry...wait, I've just been told that I actually DID show it to them so the case definitely should not be dismissed...what's that? why yes I am a real lawyer, why do you ask?
Well, let's get those gallows put up soon...why? well, apparently some Democrats told some military people NOT to break the law and you know how the boss feels about that! In his administration, doing the right thing is treason!
Today's episode has been brought to you by the letters D-O-J.
Great interview! Senator Whitehouse is definitely Democratic leadership material, unlike the current Democratic minority "leader." I don't understand why Democratic senators don't throw Schumer's ass out.
That is not correct. There are two Democratic senators who have been serving longer than wuss Schumer: Markey of MA and Wyden of OR and three more who have been serving as long as Schumer, although I have never heard of those three. They are probably doing everything they can to hang on to their very well paying and high benefit jobs, just like Schumer.
Yeah, I was being mostly facetious but you're right about the hangers-on. Maybe we should start calling their bennies "social subsistence programs" and every month they have to go into the program office and document everything they did that month to earn them.
Did you know that, with all of Trump and the Repubs whining about student debt forgiveness, they don't mind giving special school debt funds to congressional pages...and I don't mean government service reductions.
Even though many of them are wealthy, maybe reducing their benefits will give them at least a small taste of what their constituents go through.
It would be nice, but none of that is going to happen. Not until voters start keeping track of exactly what their senators have done during the last 5-1/2 years and primary the hell out of them. That ought to keep them on their toes.
Right now, between their salaries, benefits and take from lobbyists and companies having their "best interests at heart 🤣) they have no interest in doing what's good for their country or constituents.
A great interview! Jen touched upon all the key issues of justice with a true hero of mine. Sheldon Whitehouse is truly a great man, one our founding fathers would have loved!! I had not realized the horrendous disrespect and intimidating pushback that Judge Boasberg has had to contend with. What courage and allegiance to the Rule of Law that he is demonstrating!!
I appreciate your efforts on the Bivens Act and the Constitutional Accountability Act but I don’t believe they are necessary simply because often what the Supreme Court has been teaching re the Constitution is INTENTIONALLY an unConstitutional POWER play on their part. The Constitution already permits suit against the Federal Government and I think it would be more useful for the Senate to make that clear and then to encourage the House of Representatives to pursue impeachment of badly behaving Justices. The Senate, of course, would then become responsible for trying, convicting, and removing Justices that clearly are violators of “good Behaviour.”
I cannot speak to a lot of cases but I believe that my court cases, starting in Michigan and continuing through the U.S. Supreme Court, are likely typical rather than exceptions. I’ll provide you with a couple of examples here and with links to more detail but I would appreciate it if you would respond directly and provide me with a more direct channel of communication. Perhaps my 8 years of struggle with “Justice” (the 17th word in the Constitution) would strike a chord with your fellow congresspeople and awake the (still many) sleeping public to just what they have lost over the years due to a mistaken belief that ALL judges and Justices are honest, high integrity people.
I believe that Amendment IX passes through (original English) rights to correct arithmetic, valid logic, and understanding of law and Constitution words in plain English. The U.S. Supreme Court has silently (via certiorari denial) REJECTED that.
I was briefly laid off from Michigan State University (MSU) in 2017. MSU fraudulently told the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) that they “gave” me 94 hours of “vacation” time pay “for” that layoff when, in fact, counter to law (MCL 421.48(2) “However, payments for a vacation or holiday, or the right to which has irrevocably vested, after 14 days following a vacation or holiday shall not be considered wages or remuneration within the meaning of this section.”) they expended my fully vested vacation time in order to reduce their unemployment obligations by $724. The Michigan courts, without ever explaining how they misunderstand “individual,” “unless,” “final,” “however,” etc., then went on to accept that fraud.
When I looked closely into the matter I also discovered that MSU had (presumably) made an underpayment arithmetic error in the amount of $389.44. The Michigan courts refused to correct (or even do) the math. And further, in pursuing the case via appeals to the UIA and its MCAC/UIAC enforcement tribunal, I was stonewalled and the Michigan courts, in defiance of logic, refused costs in my favor for my necessary mandamus suit to get an MCAC legally required response (MCL 421.34(7) “Unless an interested party, within 30 days after mailing of a copy of a decision of the Michigan compensation appellate commission or of a denial of a motion for a rehearing, files an appeal from the decision or denial, or seeks judicial review as provided in section 38, the decision shall be final.”). I had appealed a MCAC decision but gotten no MCAC response.
To begin understanding the case and just how far lawyers and courts will go in their POWER plays see https://usareset.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19. (Warning, the links and references get deep so it’s not a 10-minute read.)
At this point I have pursued the cases through the U.S. Supreme Court and have now sued the U.S. Supreme Court, House of Representatives, and Executive Branch all of which have FAILED to support and uphold the Constitution’s plain words. Hence, because “a party cannot be judge in their own case,” this case (these cases) must move to the Senate for review via petition. I will be preparing that petition over the next few weeks but your involvement within that timeframe would be gratefully appreciated.
(Do be aware that I have provided this present text and will provide the petition also to my Michigan Senators, Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters. Also be aware that Elissa Slotkin [or perhaps just her House of Representatives staff] may have previously participated in the House of Representatives’ failure to adhere to the Constitution in my cases. Various news media will also be kept abreast of this new effort at Constitutional “Justice”.)
Lord, Senator Whitehouse is so well learned on all things legal. We Rhode Islanders and all Americans are extremely fortunate to have him working for us in the Senate.
I think we know who allowed all this contempt. Could be none other than Pam Bondi the personal attorney to Donald Trump and radical AG.
Loved the comments about Bove, Trump's failed lawyer who should never be a judge. Also the frank assessment of today's Supreme Court--no longer an instrument for the people, but for the political party they represent.
Judge Boasberg is to be commended for doing his job and attempting to follow the law. That has become a very, very difficult job in the current administration. Kudos to you, Judge.
🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑
The corrupt tRump/republican Supreme Court is controlled by Nazi nationalist fake Christians. They are ethically and morally compromised. They rule by a corruption of the emergency docket procedure allowing Nazi tRump to carry out his illegal actions under preliminary stays or injunctions - whatever allows the illegal actions to continue.
They follow precedent only if it supports their pseudo-Christian world view. They harm people and our nation with their corrupt practices. The court must be restructured.
🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑 🚫👑
Let's see, yes, I have Epstein's list right here on my desk and I'll release it just as soon as I review it...what? Oh, no, I meant to say it never existed...hmmm. actually I've just been told we can release it...oh, sorry, it might be used as evidence so I can't release it right now, but soon.
I'm sorry judge, it's so embarrassing but I must confess that the correct indictment was not actually seen by most of the people who would be making the decision...yes, I'm very sorry...wait, I've just been told that I actually DID show it to them so the case definitely should not be dismissed...what's that? why yes I am a real lawyer, why do you ask?
Well, let's get those gallows put up soon...why? well, apparently some Democrats told some military people NOT to break the law and you know how the boss feels about that! In his administration, doing the right thing is treason!
Today's episode has been brought to you by the letters D-O-J.
Great interview! Senator Whitehouse is definitely Democratic leadership material, unlike the current Democratic minority "leader." I don't understand why Democratic senators don't throw Schumer's ass out.
Because it's based on seniority not merit. You might be a "meathead" but we'll reward you if you stick around long enough.
That is not correct. There are two Democratic senators who have been serving longer than wuss Schumer: Markey of MA and Wyden of OR and three more who have been serving as long as Schumer, although I have never heard of those three. They are probably doing everything they can to hang on to their very well paying and high benefit jobs, just like Schumer.
Yeah, I was being mostly facetious but you're right about the hangers-on. Maybe we should start calling their bennies "social subsistence programs" and every month they have to go into the program office and document everything they did that month to earn them.
Did you know that, with all of Trump and the Repubs whining about student debt forgiveness, they don't mind giving special school debt funds to congressional pages...and I don't mean government service reductions.
Even though many of them are wealthy, maybe reducing their benefits will give them at least a small taste of what their constituents go through.
It would be nice, but none of that is going to happen. Not until voters start keeping track of exactly what their senators have done during the last 5-1/2 years and primary the hell out of them. That ought to keep them on their toes.
Right now, between their salaries, benefits and take from lobbyists and companies having their "best interests at heart 🤣) they have no interest in doing what's good for their country or constituents.
We need more good people in our courts and ethical justice systems. This horrific regime is neither. Criminal and atrocious. It’s the cruelty.
Thank you all for the excellent discussion.
The “supreme” court has essentially been ruling the Constitution can be ignored.
2/3rds of that court need to be arrested.
A great interview! Jen touched upon all the key issues of justice with a true hero of mine. Sheldon Whitehouse is truly a great man, one our founding fathers would have loved!! I had not realized the horrendous disrespect and intimidating pushback that Judge Boasberg has had to contend with. What courage and allegiance to the Rule of Law that he is demonstrating!!
Dear Senator Whitehouse:
I appreciate your efforts on the Bivens Act and the Constitutional Accountability Act but I don’t believe they are necessary simply because often what the Supreme Court has been teaching re the Constitution is INTENTIONALLY an unConstitutional POWER play on their part. The Constitution already permits suit against the Federal Government and I think it would be more useful for the Senate to make that clear and then to encourage the House of Representatives to pursue impeachment of badly behaving Justices. The Senate, of course, would then become responsible for trying, convicting, and removing Justices that clearly are violators of “good Behaviour.”
I cannot speak to a lot of cases but I believe that my court cases, starting in Michigan and continuing through the U.S. Supreme Court, are likely typical rather than exceptions. I’ll provide you with a couple of examples here and with links to more detail but I would appreciate it if you would respond directly and provide me with a more direct channel of communication. Perhaps my 8 years of struggle with “Justice” (the 17th word in the Constitution) would strike a chord with your fellow congresspeople and awake the (still many) sleeping public to just what they have lost over the years due to a mistaken belief that ALL judges and Justices are honest, high integrity people.
I believe that Amendment IX passes through (original English) rights to correct arithmetic, valid logic, and understanding of law and Constitution words in plain English. The U.S. Supreme Court has silently (via certiorari denial) REJECTED that.
I was briefly laid off from Michigan State University (MSU) in 2017. MSU fraudulently told the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) that they “gave” me 94 hours of “vacation” time pay “for” that layoff when, in fact, counter to law (MCL 421.48(2) “However, payments for a vacation or holiday, or the right to which has irrevocably vested, after 14 days following a vacation or holiday shall not be considered wages or remuneration within the meaning of this section.”) they expended my fully vested vacation time in order to reduce their unemployment obligations by $724. The Michigan courts, without ever explaining how they misunderstand “individual,” “unless,” “final,” “however,” etc., then went on to accept that fraud.
When I looked closely into the matter I also discovered that MSU had (presumably) made an underpayment arithmetic error in the amount of $389.44. The Michigan courts refused to correct (or even do) the math. And further, in pursuing the case via appeals to the UIA and its MCAC/UIAC enforcement tribunal, I was stonewalled and the Michigan courts, in defiance of logic, refused costs in my favor for my necessary mandamus suit to get an MCAC legally required response (MCL 421.34(7) “Unless an interested party, within 30 days after mailing of a copy of a decision of the Michigan compensation appellate commission or of a denial of a motion for a rehearing, files an appeal from the decision or denial, or seeks judicial review as provided in section 38, the decision shall be final.”). I had appealed a MCAC decision but gotten no MCAC response.
To begin understanding the case and just how far lawyers and courts will go in their POWER plays see https://usareset.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19. (Warning, the links and references get deep so it’s not a 10-minute read.)
At this point I have pursued the cases through the U.S. Supreme Court and have now sued the U.S. Supreme Court, House of Representatives, and Executive Branch all of which have FAILED to support and uphold the Constitution’s plain words. Hence, because “a party cannot be judge in their own case,” this case (these cases) must move to the Senate for review via petition. I will be preparing that petition over the next few weeks but your involvement within that timeframe would be gratefully appreciated.
(Do be aware that I have provided this present text and will provide the petition also to my Michigan Senators, Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters. Also be aware that Elissa Slotkin [or perhaps just her House of Representatives staff] may have previously participated in the House of Representatives’ failure to adhere to the Constitution in my cases. Various news media will also be kept abreast of this new effort at Constitutional “Justice”.)
Commendable coverage of so many key topics and developments. Listen or read the transcript folks; well worth your time.