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by cmurf 1y ago
See also advice from an attorney with subject matter expertise: If you work for the FAA, and you were forced to sign an NDA that prohibits post-employment disclosures of anything other than classified information, please call a lawyer. NOW
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The President of the United States of America is at war with the Constitution and the rule of law. - J. Michael Luttig, former Fourth Circuit judge, April 14, 2025. https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/conservative-ju
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But if not one thing is yielded to him, if without any violence he is simply not obeyed, he becomes naked and undone and nothing, just as when the root receives no nourishment, the branch withers and dies. - Étienne de La Boétie, Discours
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by cmurf 1y ago
All public servants take the oath found in 5 USC 3331. The oath is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Not a person.
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Voters elected an abuser and now we're being abused. This is what happens with the authoritarian faction, present in all societies, wins an election. The people who stand for the Constitutional order didn't do enough. Whether they
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this guy's lawyer says: This is a difficult topic for Dan to discuss, but prior to our filing the whistle-blower disclosure this week, last week, somebody went to Dan's home and taped a threatening note, a menacing note on his do
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Did you read the 4th circuit opinion? The Government may not rely on its own failure to circumvent its own ruling that Abrego Garcia could not be removed to El Salvador. More importantly, the Government cannot be permitted to ignore the Fi
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https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentrat... What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners ar
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The Senate needs 2/3rds of those present . It is not 2/3rds of the membership. They have to appear if they want to protect him.
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The House has sole power over impeachments. Simple majority vote. The difficulty is scheduling it, the leadership controls this. A more likely path is four Republicans could make a declaration to caucus with the Democratic party, and change
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Abrego Garcia will now die in El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison. https://bsky.app/profile/judgeluttig.bsky.social/post/3lmsxj... What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is
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by cmurf 1y ago
Four Republican Congresscritters (House of Representatives), and four Republican Senators, could announce their intent to caucus with the Democratic party from this point forward, consistent with their oath and legal obligation to support a
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It's an automated system and it's being gamed, I assume, by people who want this to succeed.
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Bukele is being feted at the White House today, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers. Trump hasn't asked Bukele to release Garcia, therefore hasn't facilitated Garcia's release per a SCOTUS and district court order. Trump tells Bukele
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Related. https://www.theautopian.com/how-i-got-my-navy-callsign-by-sh...
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Nostalgia for manufacturing will make the US poorer(ft.com)
9 points by cmurf 2y ago|1 comments
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Archive: https://archive.is/1EIde
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Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy? - title of Krugman's April 3 article on tariffs There is no sin except stupidity. - Oscar Wilde In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught.
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The corruption is the plan. The tariffs are the boot on everyone's neck. Carve outs based on friend, foe, and bribes adjust the pressure. This will be on-going and capricious.
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The Coming Test of Sanity for the Administration(harrylitman.substack.com)
14 points by cmurf 2y ago|3 comments
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Does the Constitution provide for due process to persons? Or only citizens? If non-citizen have been human trafficked without due process, what additional protection against it is provided to citizens? Where is that stated?
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It's intentional. Federalist 78 contains the rationale. John Adams said the Constitution is intended for a moral (or virtuous) people. It's just a piece of paper. People have to support and defend it in order for the republic, an
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Presumption of regularity with the DOJ is collapsing and an inquisitorial system doesn't scale. The government has consistently failed to provide any evidence of its assertions in this case. And fired one of its lawyers in this case, a
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Original link is the 4-page court order. Also various reports: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/04/10/supreme-court-rules-... https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/supr
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Supreme Court Orders Trump to Faciliate Return of Kilmar Garcia from El Salvador(documentcloud.org)
45 points by cmurf 2y ago|10 comments
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https://bsky.app/profile/unusualwhales.bsky.social/post/3lmf... "Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand ... "
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Their greed contributes to malignant normalcy. And so they refused to recognize he's a psychopath. That led them to think it's all just a game for gamesmanship to figure him out. May the best gamer win! But now they're wonder
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To the degree that would promote widespread corruption, it's inconsistent with the president's oath of office and the Constitutionally defined duty that the president uphold the law. But it's also a political question (this m
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Dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43613190
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It's malignant normalcy. They're addicted to the depravity of Trump TV, and want it to continue in perpetuity. People keep asking where is the bottom with this movement? When does Trump go too far for them? There isn't. We&#x

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