Technically, If the Supreme Court rules that his tariffs were illegal to begin with, he will be expected to reimburse everyone affected. That may be all this is. He’s just trying to spin it as spontaneous generosity, rather than a court ordered obligation.
It’s a bit difficult to take you seriously when you argue that Garcia returned to the United States as an example that Trump lost—but Garcia is Again in custody… So that really is not a win. And despite him having “wins” in court, he’s still in custody… Which is not a win.
I’m feeling the same way about you, when you don’t seem to get how hard they are trying to deport this guy…and yet, they aren’t just doing it, like you seem to think they can. It illustrates perfectly, how they don’t have unilateral control.
My point isn’t about wins or losses, exactly…only that the courts still matter. Nothing is “win” or a “loss” as long as the case is still ongoing…but the fact that they can’t just do whatever they want, is incredibly important.
It means they can’t just declare martial law and expect to get away with it.
That’s very good news.
Garcia is in ice custody again regardless of him coming back from El Salvador
He’s still winning in court, which is keeping him from being deported again.
Regarding Portland, when he wants to put the national guard in Portland… He will. Nothing will stop him, and I think you actually know that.
He can’t. The National Guard know that following that order would be illegal. Regular enlisted can’t refuse an order like that…but high-ranking officers have an obligation to.
He is going to declare martial law… Probably within 6 to 9 months… And then he will be able to do everything he wants and no one can stop him
That would be the only thing that would work…but that depends on what we do. Without a justification for declaring martial law, those same high-ranking military leaders will arrest him, before following those orders. This isn’t politics to them. They don’t have that kind of allegiance. Anyone who’s actually served in the military will tell you…the higher up the chain of command you go, the more seriously they take their responsibilities.
Regardless of the individual losses he seems to suffer in court, he often just goes ahead and does it anyway or… Finds another way. If that were not the case, we would not be in a free fall into fascism, which is plainly obvious
Except we aren’t. One of Trump’s biggest advantages, is his ability to convince people that he can do whatever he wants. It makes everyone around him behave as if he can. Some let him. Others don’t. Fascism is here, that’s true. But it doesn’t have control yet. We have to give him that control. He can’t just take what isn’t given to him. That’s what the courts still represent. He still needs to convince people that he has the authority to do things, or that authority is illegitimate.
That’s what will prevent the military from following his orders. He knows that. As much as he likes to act like he owns the whole show already…without legitimate authority, they will only follow him so far.
That is a fair point. I apologize to 12 year olds everywhere. That was an unkind comparison.
Abrego Garcia is probably the most high profile example of someone who has been returned from deportation and has been successful in fighting back against Trump’s efforts. They’re still fighting it on appeals, but it doesn’t seem likely that they’re going to win. Mahmoud Khalil is another.
In general, it is looking more and more likely that Trump’s entire immigration strategy of using the Alien Enemies Act is inevitably going to get struck down altogether, but that’s most likely going to go to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
Recently a federal judge has permanently blocked Trump from sending the National Guard to Portland.
Almost all of Trump’s funding cuts have been overruled, due to him trying to supersede Congress’s authority over budget allocations.
There are hard lines that the Constitution is very clear about, and others that are more vague. Where the law is clear, Trump is getting stopped cold. Where it is less clear, all the cases are still ongoing, but have either been slowed down or straight up blocked pending appeal.
I know that it seems overwhelming, but so far Trump is losing the majority of the lawsuits against him. Where he is winning, is on smaller technicalities, or areas where they already had the right to do certain things, and therefore aren’t breaking any laws. But wherever the law is getting broken, the courts are working. The problem is that the media coverage is so scattered, that you hear more about the scary shit that he’s threatening to do, than you do about the final outcomes.
That was because they started investigating those cases a little late. But the cases against him would have warranted prison time, if they had gone to trial.
This time around, he’s doing even more illegal shit, and being super obviously about it. He doesn’t seem to understand that everything he’s doing is going to be used against him. His reckoning is coming.
That would be misappropriation of federal funds, and it would mean that his entire administration is heading for prison, as soon as he’s out of office.
I am serious. They can just keep adding it to the list of charges that will be levelled against him, once he’s removed from office. Steve Bannon wasn’t joking when he said they will all be going to prison, when this is over.
Donald Trump has a certain degree of immunity for official acts only. The people who work for him do not. The only thing protecting any of them right now, is the fact that he’s still in office. Once he’s out, everyone who committed crimes on his behalf, are all going to be charged.
And even he is open to prosecution for anything that can be proven to have been committed for purely personal gain (which is almost everything he does).
You may not remember this, but every single one of the lawyers who did his dirty work after the 2020 election, to try and flip the results…have all been found guilty of crimes and misdemeanors…and had their law licenses taken away. This shit does have consequences. Trump himself is just really good at gaming the system, thanks to the fact that he has so much money to burn on his own defense. But even that will only go so far.
You know that the courts have successfully blocked almost all of the stupid shit he’s been trying to do, right? That even the stuff he’s been able to get away with, only lasts long enough to get to the next stage, before it gets blocked there too?
The system is actually working, for the most part. The media just doesn’t cover the boring details, after the fact. They only cover the “shocker” moments, where he “might” get away with something. Every time it gets shut down, they mention it only as a footnote and move on to the next big “shocker” moment.
Don’t be fooled by the clickbait. There is still a lot of hope left.
Trump doesn’t actually have the legal authority to touch that money. The appropriations funds where that money is kept, belong to Congress. Trump shouldn’t even have the ability to access them. And anyone else who accesses them on his behalf, without official Congressional approval will face a pretty hefty prison sentence.
If he has done that, then he’s broken federal law, and will be facing criminal charges and most likely jail time, once he’s out of office. That goes for anyone else who helped him, as well.
“If forced to transfer funds to Snap to make full November allotments, there is no means for the government to recoup those expenditures – which is quintessential irreparable harm. Once those payments are made, there is every indication that the States will promptly disburse them. And once disbursed, the government will be un-able to recover any funds. Worse, these harms will only compound if the decision below stands.
“There is every reason to expect that if the shutdown lingers, the court below will not command the government to tap these funds again in December to support Snap – blowing a bigger hole in the budget for the child nutrition programs.”
This is absolute bullshit. Those funds have already been allocated by Congress in the 2023 Farm Bill. The money is already authorized for use for the next few years. They don’t need to “find it” somewhere else, or “get it back” at some future date. It is literally sitting ina find account, waiting to be used.
The only reason these benefits would be held up for any reason during a government shut down, is if the staff in charge of distributing that money are not currently working. That’s what the $6 billion emergency fund is for. Paying the federal employees needed to make sure that money gets to its pre-authorized destination.
Uugghh! Every time I hear him speak, I am reminded of just how stupid he is. He thinks like a 12 year old.
Not one mention of how robots that do all the work for us, is going to solve the problem of how people are supposed to be able to afford to live, when no one has a job anymore.
Are you volunteering to pay for everyone’s UBI, Elon? No? That’s what I thought.
Why would being just like China, be worse?
Exactly. The only way they could fuck this up, is to cave. That would be the definition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Let’s hope they don’t…because honestly, I do not have a lot of faith in their ability to hold the line.
These assholes are so full of shit.
SNAP payments have already been authorized by Congress using the Farm Bill. That means Congress is not currently required to authorize the continuation of these payments. The only thing that is required are the federal employees necessary to administer them.
If the Trump administration has the capacity to provide partial or temporary SNAP benefits, right now…then they have the capacity to provide FULL benefits, right now. The money is already there. They just need office staff to send it out…which they clearly have.
Yeah. Honestly, expecting states to “claw back” money that has already been issued, is fucking stupid. That just adds insult to injury, and cost on top of cost. It’s all cruelty and waste.