Meanwhile, the original mad man who hijacked the #GQP sounds more and more like a #mobster

"I'm coming after you" as a statement directed at #prosecutors: That's half hubris and half confession of guilt.

#Trump should never be allowed to run for ANY public office anymore. Not after his attack on #democracy, #constitutionality and yes: the #Congress as such.

Trump should be held responsible and treated just like an ordinary citizen, with no privileges at all.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/prosecutors-ask-judge-to-issue-protective-order-after-trump-post-appearing-to-promise-revenge_n_64cdc197e4b0313d2fcb2199?pq

As for any challenge to the #constitutionality of the provision, the bill gave the DC #FederalCourts exclusive power to rule on any #constitutional challenge.

Citing that #law, lawyers for the #pipeline asked the #SupremeCourt to vacate the lower court order & direct dismissal of the litigation. They argued that under the new law, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals no longer has the power to hear the case. The federal gov weighed in as well, supporting the pipeline's #legal position.

#SCOTUS

#Justices divided on the #constitutionality of the federal law that #bans “encouraging” #immigrants to remain unlawfully in the United States
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/03/justices-divided-on-the-constitutionality-of-the-federal-law-that-bans-encouraging-immigrants-to-remain-unlawfully-in-the-united-states/

#FederalistSociety were "at the intellectual heart" of National
Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, which challenged the #constitutionality of the #AffordableCareAct (ACA), with members of the group playing a "mostly behind-the-scenes part in #NFIB—and in many of the most significant #conservative #legal victories of the last 30 years."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society#National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius

@robert

You are so right. About their values.

This is not a group of people who can think about #PublicService in a meaningful way.

This is not a group of people who have allegiance to concepts like #constitutionality, #TruthTelling, #ProceduralJustice, or #DoingTheRightThing. They are not there to serve the country or the #BestInterests of *all* of its people.

I'm ashamed, as a US citizen, to acknowledge this; however, it does seem to be the case.

@Paulatics
#USpolitics
@ethics

Some notes on #VictorRay’s #OnCriticalRaceTheory, cc:ing @sociology (18/...)

Let’s pause for a word from #ThurgoodMarshall on the #constitutionality of race-aware policies:

“During most of the past 200 years, the #Constitution, as interpreted by this #Court, did not prohibit the most ingenious and pervasive forms of discrimination against the Negro. Now, when a state acts to remedy the effects of that legacy of discrimination, I cannot believe that the same Constitution stands as a barrier”

Some notes on #VictorRay’s #OnCriticalRaceTheory, cc:ing @sociology (18/...)

Let’s pause for a word from #ThurgoodMarshall on the #constitutionality of race-aware policies:

“During most of the past 200 years, the #Constitution, as interpreted by this #Court, did not prohibit the most ingenious and pervasive forms of discrimination against the Negro. Now, when a state acts to remedy the effects of that legacy of discrimination, I cannot believe that the same Constitution stands as a barrier”

#AnnVandersteel talked about #constitutionality with #BobbyPiton and #SamBushman of the #CSPOA

https://newstarget.com/2021-12-09-steel-truth-talks-about-importance-of-constitutionality.html

#AnnVandersteel talked about #constitutionality with #BobbyPiton and #SamBushman of the #CSPOA

https://newstarget.com/2021-12-09-steel-truth-talks-about-importance-of-constitutionality.html

Yo, #GOPasshats: a party that shows zero interest to investigate a violent attack on #democracy, the #legislative and #constitutionality puts itself outside of that very framework.

By refusing to investigate the #CapitolAttack, the #GOP even more so is turning into a destructive cult of #Trumpism.
Servile sectarianism with #whitesupremacy and Christian #bigotry asadd-ons: That is NO recipe to win elections.
#UnitedStates

Turns out that for the #GOP, being practically and morally guilty equals political innocence. With their vote in the #impeachment, the majority of GOP senators has attacked #constitutionality again. This party needs to come clear on its own position to «one person, one vote» and democracy as such.

For now, the GOP is a #Trump party that does NOT respect the rules.

This #fear of mob violence is the true #legacy of the orange imbecile known as #Trump. His attack on #constitutionality and the #legislative was a logical last step of his constant bullying tactics that played out at his bloody awful rallies. Where the deplorables kept chanting Lock them Up, Send them Back, Beat them Up and so on. So much vitriol, so much hatred from a riled-up mass. I call that proto-#fascism. Add the unhinged hatred against *mainstream* #media.

Seriously: Fuck off, MAGAts.

Dear #GOP: When facing an uneasy choice between #constitutionality and respect for #democracy on one hand and a #cultofpersonality focussing on an unhinged sociopath without any principles, choose wisely. Or you might end up on the wrong side of history and torn apart between an angry mob and politicians willing to work within a given frameset of institutions and rules.

The very existence of the GOP depends on this decision: Will it become the party of armed #insurrection?
#UnitedStates

Can we officially call out those #BoogalooBois as a carneval of #idiots with assault rifles and bulletproof vests? Seriously, the whole concept of #armedprotest is deeply wrong. This is no protest, this is a mix of public threat and bullying of the enemies on behalf of these fringe right gun-nutties.
Enough of them. Put them on the #NoFlyList so the joke is on them.
#constitutionality is not optional, it's the foundation of all politics.
#UnitedStates

Ceterum censeo...
the Spanish inquisition should stab #MichaelLindell with soft pillows.

The sheer idea of abusing the #infamy known as the storm of the #trumpists on #Capitol to invoke #martiallaw is beyond shameless.
Lindell should be trialled for this brazen attack on #constitutionality.

And #TrollandDump may have to find another country if he ever wants to sleep peacefully again.

This is continued #treason.
#lockemup #makedonaldduckagain

An #AttorneyGeneral turning into a #spinmaster of #alternativefacts (aka brazen lies and fabrications) does constitute a crisis of #constitutionality. #WilliamBarr is just as unfit for the job as his orange puppet master. And yes: that #OperationCrowdstrike nonsense is the real «biggest scam in American history».
#MakeDonaldDuckAgain

Let's get this as clear as possibe: #WilliamBarr is siding with the orange imbecile and against #checksandbalances and #constitutionality. His loyalty to his boss makes him a picture book example of a #traitor. From here there's a price on his head, figuratively spoken. #MuellerReport

By refusing to attend a hearing of the #HouseofRepresentatives, #AGBarr shows full contempt for parliamentary control and thus for the #checksandbalances as defined by the #constitution. Thus he fails in his primary task to be the guardian of #constitutionality, meaning he should indeed resign.

Do not publish the #Mueller report. Distort its findings with a highly arbitrary summary.
And then investigate the #investigation.
#Barr truly is a puppet on the strings of his orange master.
This is an open attack on #constitutionality.