Unfortunately, I no longer take any comfort in the notion that something that Trump decides to do can’t happen because it is against the law or unconstitutional. Yes, deporting American citizens may seem a bridge too far, but unless there is a supreme court willing to put an end to this foolishness where Trump has neither accountability nor limits on his unconstitutional powers, then anything is possible. Ditto for the notion of him serving a third term.
We have a chief executive who "seems intent on reshaping our government so that nothing prevents him from turning his whims into policy". And his whims include anyone and anything that crosses him or makes him angry or puts a dent in his megalomaniac notion of himself or some scheme he dreams up to showcase his power. But I ALWAYS put the onus on ENABLERS. Without those who enacted Hitler's policies, without those who follow Putin's lead, without U.S. justice and state departments that use their domains as their leader's fiefdoms, NONE of these demented policies could come to fruition. Yes, I'm talking to you Bondi, Hegseth, Rubio, Smith, Lutnick et al and the ENTIRE Republican Congress. A pox upon you all.
Don't forget the six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court who gave the Felon immunity and now requests the Felon to "facilitate" the return of Mr. Garcia, saying the courts can't order an outcome involving foreign policy. How about ordering an outcome when the original event was unconstitutional.
Unfortunately, I think you should have included SCOTUS also. They gave Trump a broad, and somewhat vague, interpretation of immunity for his actions in the Oval Office. Now, with his enablers, Trump is pushing the limits of what SCOTUS probably intended. We'll never know unless a case comes before the Court that allows them to either clearly state the limits of Presidential immunity or revokes their earlier ruling. At this point in time, I don't see that happening.
Both Nick and Jim raised a very important issue. I am definitely hoping for a case to be brought before SC challenging the immunity clause. Then the felon in the WH can be deported to lovely El Salvador😂
The problem is that this SCOTUS seems to view precedent as a mere suggestion rather than a bedrock that is meant to be the the starting point for current decisions. It has shown already that it is willing to throw out precedent where that interferes with the conservative ideologies that it considers more sacred.
Too bad that SCOTUS opened the way for Trump to commit crimes called official presidential acts with impunity and immunity. And, it is time to impeach Bondi for malfeasance.
Add to all of the commentary and those ideas above, ask how and why the Orange (*) can use our tax dollars to pay any country to house anyone the Orange (*) feels like throwing out? I thought it was super important that President Musk and FFPINO were hell-bent on reaping billions of dollars in what is so obviously fraud and corruption in our government? Who knew they would actually adhere to Project 2025? I guess we wait for the price of eggs to come down? God, I’m SO tired of this!
sorry, but " The Supreme Court has long held..." is not of much solace. Plessy v Ferguson ( separate but equal )was overruled 56 years later, and Roe v. Wade lasted just short of 50 years. That was the problem with letting the Trump Supreme Court nominees- now justices- get away with the answer " Roe is established precedent" as opposed to "how would you decide Roe today?" A cynic once said " the law is what five Supreme Court justices say it is" And for an " originalist" ,banishment was indeed a common punishment in colonial times, so that provides support for four justices. Justices Antonin Scalia, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch describe themselves as originalists in scholarly writings and public speeches.
We have a whole administration of home-grown terrorists at the Worse House (formerly the White House). Could someone charter and fly them all to El Salvador and let them have a taste of their own medicine.
Trump is mentally unfit. He has no idea what he is doing and where he is taking the country with all this power we just laid on him.. destruction across the board, showing power and vengefulness.
The consequences for the people of this country do not matter to him. How can we continue to argue each individual aggression, each outrage on and on and on?
Trump is acting like he IS THE LAW and from personal whim and vindictiveness. He is acting like he is a dictator. He will so long as WE LET HIM. If we do let him then we deserve what is coming.
He is testing us and defying the pushback of the law. He has the support of the toxic Bondi, Vance, Miller, Musk. He has the support of the fearful and toxic GOP Congress.
He is violating his oath of office almost daily.
If we don't show a response forcefully enough, then we are complicit and deserve the consequences. What happens if the law is not strong enough to hold this in check, to enforce it?
Excellent, Austin. Not that they care about the law, but having it made clear helps those who are drowning in illegality and violations of the Constitution.
Trump was waiting for his first negative SCOTUS decision to test the waters about not obeying this, or any future SCOTUS decision and so far, no mechanisms are in place to stop him or enforce the will of SCOTUS. The Military is really the last hope, because let's say every single GOP member of Congress suddenly turns on Trump and impeaches him, and Trump refuses to go, who's gonna usher him out? Lindsey Graham? No -- the Military. And if the Military refuses to honor the wishes of SCOTUS, Congress, or the voters, then Trump is entrenched for life, and will just hand power to Barron when he's done.
Trump admin can do it and get away with it all day. He will strongman anyone anytime. Only way to stop him is to impeach. It will take the American populace putting extreme pressure on their representatives to get him out.
He might simply instruct the federal government to purchase the land and build the prison in another country so he could claim it was part of America. Or this scotus might just throw out all precedent it doesn’t like to arrive at a predetermined decision à la Roe. The five corrupt male fascists on the court only base their decisions on 13th century cases so exile may not be beyond the realm of possibility.
Unfortunately, I no longer take any comfort in the notion that something that Trump decides to do can’t happen because it is against the law or unconstitutional. Yes, deporting American citizens may seem a bridge too far, but unless there is a supreme court willing to put an end to this foolishness where Trump has neither accountability nor limits on his unconstitutional powers, then anything is possible. Ditto for the notion of him serving a third term.
We have a chief executive who "seems intent on reshaping our government so that nothing prevents him from turning his whims into policy". And his whims include anyone and anything that crosses him or makes him angry or puts a dent in his megalomaniac notion of himself or some scheme he dreams up to showcase his power. But I ALWAYS put the onus on ENABLERS. Without those who enacted Hitler's policies, without those who follow Putin's lead, without U.S. justice and state departments that use their domains as their leader's fiefdoms, NONE of these demented policies could come to fruition. Yes, I'm talking to you Bondi, Hegseth, Rubio, Smith, Lutnick et al and the ENTIRE Republican Congress. A pox upon you all.
Don't forget the six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court who gave the Felon immunity and now requests the Felon to "facilitate" the return of Mr. Garcia, saying the courts can't order an outcome involving foreign policy. How about ordering an outcome when the original event was unconstitutional.
Unfortunately, I think you should have included SCOTUS also. They gave Trump a broad, and somewhat vague, interpretation of immunity for his actions in the Oval Office. Now, with his enablers, Trump is pushing the limits of what SCOTUS probably intended. We'll never know unless a case comes before the Court that allows them to either clearly state the limits of Presidential immunity or revokes their earlier ruling. At this point in time, I don't see that happening.
Both Nick and Jim raised a very important issue. I am definitely hoping for a case to be brought before SC challenging the immunity clause. Then the felon in the WH can be deported to lovely El Salvador😂
The problem is that this SCOTUS seems to view precedent as a mere suggestion rather than a bedrock that is meant to be the the starting point for current decisions. It has shown already that it is willing to throw out precedent where that interferes with the conservative ideologies that it considers more sacred.
Too bad that SCOTUS opened the way for Trump to commit crimes called official presidential acts with impunity and immunity. And, it is time to impeach Bondi for malfeasance.
Trump has already defied the SCOTUS and refused to comply. Why would he worry about obeying the law now?
Add to all of the commentary and those ideas above, ask how and why the Orange (*) can use our tax dollars to pay any country to house anyone the Orange (*) feels like throwing out? I thought it was super important that President Musk and FFPINO were hell-bent on reaping billions of dollars in what is so obviously fraud and corruption in our government? Who knew they would actually adhere to Project 2025? I guess we wait for the price of eggs to come down? God, I’m SO tired of this!
sorry, but " The Supreme Court has long held..." is not of much solace. Plessy v Ferguson ( separate but equal )was overruled 56 years later, and Roe v. Wade lasted just short of 50 years. That was the problem with letting the Trump Supreme Court nominees- now justices- get away with the answer " Roe is established precedent" as opposed to "how would you decide Roe today?" A cynic once said " the law is what five Supreme Court justices say it is" And for an " originalist" ,banishment was indeed a common punishment in colonial times, so that provides support for four justices. Justices Antonin Scalia, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch describe themselves as originalists in scholarly writings and public speeches.
We have a whole administration of home-grown terrorists at the Worse House (formerly the White House). Could someone charter and fly them all to El Salvador and let them have a taste of their own medicine.
Trump is mentally unfit. He has no idea what he is doing and where he is taking the country with all this power we just laid on him.. destruction across the board, showing power and vengefulness.
The consequences for the people of this country do not matter to him. How can we continue to argue each individual aggression, each outrage on and on and on?
Trump is acting like he IS THE LAW and from personal whim and vindictiveness. He is acting like he is a dictator. He will so long as WE LET HIM. If we do let him then we deserve what is coming.
He is testing us and defying the pushback of the law. He has the support of the toxic Bondi, Vance, Miller, Musk. He has the support of the fearful and toxic GOP Congress.
He is violating his oath of office almost daily.
If we don't show a response forcefully enough, then we are complicit and deserve the consequences. What happens if the law is not strong enough to hold this in check, to enforce it?
Excellent, Austin. Not that they care about the law, but having it made clear helps those who are drowning in illegality and violations of the Constitution.
For this we can thank Leonard Leo, Chairman of the Federalist Society. Just think of him as the man who stacked SCOTUS with conservatives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority
https://baptistnews.com/article/following-leonard-leos-dark-money-in-pushing-america-to-the-far-right/ (This article focuses on other far-right foundations that are changing our country.
Trump was waiting for his first negative SCOTUS decision to test the waters about not obeying this, or any future SCOTUS decision and so far, no mechanisms are in place to stop him or enforce the will of SCOTUS. The Military is really the last hope, because let's say every single GOP member of Congress suddenly turns on Trump and impeaches him, and Trump refuses to go, who's gonna usher him out? Lindsey Graham? No -- the Military. And if the Military refuses to honor the wishes of SCOTUS, Congress, or the voters, then Trump is entrenched for life, and will just hand power to Barron when he's done.
Republicans ARE the problem. They can stop this right now. They won’t!
I'm not finding much comfort in this soothing op-ed. It sounds like a fairy tale since this past Monday.
Trump admin can do it and get away with it all day. He will strongman anyone anytime. Only way to stop him is to impeach. It will take the American populace putting extreme pressure on their representatives to get him out.
He might simply instruct the federal government to purchase the land and build the prison in another country so he could claim it was part of America. Or this scotus might just throw out all precedent it doesn’t like to arrive at a predetermined decision à la Roe. The five corrupt male fascists on the court only base their decisions on 13th century cases so exile may not be beyond the realm of possibility.