Maybe I misunderstood the proposed path. I read it as four years of military service (perhaps in a noncombatant role), plus staying out of trouble. Was that wrong?
Many of them have served in the military. Many are teachers and nurses. Tons of people will be adversely effected if we start deporting them. Many of them own houses. They pay taxes. All while following strict guidelines to maintain their status. There is virtually no societal benefit to the recinding of DACA, and no reason to continue dragging this nonsense out except to hold them as political hostages. February 8th is the date McConnell and the Republicans promised an up or down vote on a clean DACA bill. We are approaching having to pass ANOTHER continuing resolution to fund the government (is this the 3rd or 4th, who can even remember??). Meanwhile, Trump spent today calling the people he is supposed to be negotiating with traitors for not clapping for him enough at the State of the Union.
And if anyone cares about democracy, pay CLOSE attention to what is happening in Pennsylvania. The State GOP now is threatening to IMPEACH the 5 justices who ruled against them in the gerrymandering case. And they have the votes to do it.
I think Trump was merely mirroring a suggestion he heard that "not standing and applauding" was somehow treasonous, but I could be mistaken--he may actually think that. Clearly, it isn't but he isn't going to listen to me....
The gerrymandering case is going to go like this: they will redraw the lines, groups opposed to them will file lawsuits claiming that the new lines are also designed to dilute non-white votes (maybe they will be and maybe they won't be, sometimes the perception matters more than the reality), the committee will have to go back to the beginning, but by then the deadline will have passed and they will have to go with the existing lines for the 2018 election. End result: the lines being declared unconstitutional (or a violation of voting rights laws) will not change for this year. Note that I am not saying the shouldn't change, only that they won't.
Ever since Freddie Grey's death in the back of a police van, a spotlight has been turned on the Baltimore PD. What has been revealed should be a national story getting much more play than it is. I don't know how you fix something like this article describes without tearing the entire thing out by the root and starting over:
May i have your attention please New international financial scandal called Novartis Yesterday i heard someone saying that this is the biggest scandal since the constitution of the Greek state ex prime ministers ministers and such are involved
May i have your attention please New international financial scandal called Novartis Yesterday i heard someone saying that this is the biggest scandal since the constitution of the Greek state ex prime ministers ministers and such are involved
What, a corrupt pharmaceutical company? Unheard of... Not only do they want us to become a bunch of drug addicts, they want us to pay through the nose for it. Hopefully they crack down on these assholes!
Ever since Freddie Grey's death in the back of a police van, a spotlight has been turned on the Baltimore PD. What has been revealed should be a national story getting much more play than it is. I don't know how you fix something like this article describes without tearing the entire thing out by the root and starting over:
I suspect similar things are happening right now in most major city police departments. I really liked The Shield--one of FX's best shows--but it becomes doubly depressing to watch when you realize that those situations are real.
Theft by badge isn't just a big city problem, either. There was some small town in Texas (I forget the name...somewhere north of Houston, south of Lufkin, west of highway 59--somewhere in that region) where the local police would stop *anyone* who was a) not white and b) had out-of-State plates. If they found any cash or valuables they would presume that the person was carrying money to or from a drug deal, confiscate it all, put them in jail, then release then and drop all the charges if they signed over the cash. At the end of the year, the DA and the local police all got a share of the take.
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Coincidence? Maybe. As the stock market indices tanked (I suspect this was a big round of profit-taking, not an indicator of serious problems bubbling to the surface), the online portals for Wealthfront Inc. and Betterment LLC, two of the nation's largest robo-advisors (sites or tools people can use to set up investment accounts, then set trading parameters without needing a human investment advisor), crashed. People couldn't log onto their accounts, couldn't check balances, and couldn't place sell orders. Even person-based companies like Schwab experienced online problems.
@joluv To rephrase that question. A Drug dealer buys a nice home for his children, places tons of money in their bank accounts. The children never did anything wrong, however the cars, houses, and private education should continued to be paid. After all the children never committed any crimes themselves.
Those who are brought into this country legally as children may over the course of their lifetime have permeant visas. They are not citizens, yet they grew up in the United States and their attitudes are no different than US citizens. They however do not have a right to live here as they are not citizens. Like DACA members they had no choice in entering the country (they were children at the time). If they commit a crime they can (and some do depending on how serious) get deported. This is due to despite being hear legally for the majority of their childhood and adulthood, they are not citizens.
So yes I propose that children who were brought in this country illegally be treated in the same manner that children who were brought to this country legally.
Meanwhile, Trump spent today calling the people he is supposed to be negotiating with traitors for not clapping for him enough at the State of the Union.
Reminds me of Stalin and how the first person to stop clapping during a standing ovation for him would be arrested.
I guess being compared to Stalin is a step up from being compared to Hitler though... so he's making progress. Very tiny small step though.
@joluv To rephrase that question. A Drug dealer buys a nice home for his children, places tons of money in their bank accounts. The children never did anything wrong, however the cars, houses, and private education should continued to be paid. After all the children never committed any crimes themselves.
Cutting off someone's trust fund is not a good analogy for deportation, and a drug lord is not a good analogy for an undocumented immigrant.
Those who are brought into this country legally as children may over the course of their lifetime have permeant visas. They are not citizens, yet they grew up in the United States and their attitudes are no different than US citizens. They however do not have a right to live here as they are not citizens. Like DACA members they had no choice in entering the country (they were children at the time). If they commit a crime they can (and some do depending on how serious) get deported. This is due to despite being hear legally for the majority of their childhood and adulthood, they are not citizens.
So yes I propose that children who were brought in this country illegally be treated in the same manner that children who were brought to this country legally.
If by "permeant visas" you mean lawful permanent resident status, i.e., green cards, and if your proposal is to give DACA recipients green cards, then I would be 100% on board for that.
Trump, from his own mouth, has now explicitally called for a government shutdown if he doesn't get 100% of what he wants on immigration. But I'm sure on Friday there will be breathless debates about whose fault it is.....
I told you it was just profit-taking--the Dow closed up over 550 points compared to yesterday's close. The brokers made a lot of money, I can assure you--they get commissions on every transaction.
Well, Elon Musk is on his way to Mars in Falcon Heavy. It wasn't a mannequin--it was actually him. The rocket is carrying the equipment necessary to set up a small one-man base, from which he will declare his independence from Earth.
I don't see how the Democrats are going to be able to bring any pressure to get anything they want out of the new round of budget/funding negotiations. There is no question about it--if the government shuts down Trump will blame Democrats for not rolling over and just taking it like a dog who has been abused so much it knows not to object.
I told you it was just profit-taking--the Dow closed up over 550 points compared to yesterday's close. The brokers made a lot of money, I can assure you--they get commissions on every transaction.
Well, Elon Musk is on his way to Mars in Falcon Heavy. It wasn't a mannequin--it was actually him. The rocket is carrying the equipment necessary to set up a small one-man base, from which he will declare his independence from Earth.
I don't see how the Democrats are going to be able to bring any pressure to get anything they want out of the new round of budget/funding negotiations. There is no question about it--if the government shuts down Trump will blame Democrats for not rolling over and just taking it like a dog who has been abused so much it knows not to object.
This.
According to Trump, nothing bad is ever Trump's fault. Nothing good is not due to Trump. That is all there is.
EDIT: And in Pennsylvania they were ordered by their state Supreme Court to redo their very partisan gerrymandered districts. They refused and petitioned the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court passed on taking the case. Now they are talking about impeaching and removing the judges that ruled against them. I believe they have the numbers to do that thanks to their partisan gerrymandering.
They are aware that impeaching the judges--presuming that actually happens--won't retroactively reverse their decision, right?
edit/add: Trump told the Pentagon he wanted a military parade "like they have in France" (he was there on Bastille Day and was impressed by the parade there, it seems). erm...okay...sure, whatever. Don't we essentially have those every July 4th? Are we going to be accused of treason if we don't attend?
They are aware that impeaching the judges--presuming that actually happens--won't retroactively reverse their decision, right?
Though as I've said before (many times) that this started with the Republicans refusing to even hold a confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland, Trump has accelerated this process. Nothing is enforcing the rules we use to govern our society. Nothing was except the idea that it was simply beyond the pale to not adhere to those rules. Now, they are simply being tossed aside. It's not going to get any better. On the one hand, the right thing for the Democrats to do in response in play by the rules and HOPE the public notices. But that is looking more and more like a fool's errand. Because Republicans are learning that if you just OBLITERATE the rules themselves, no one is actually going to stop you.
In the midst of all this, apparently this is a real thing:
Why stop there?? Why not dig up Leni Riefenstahl to get the whole thing on film. For one thing, countries that are secure in their place in the world don't go waving their dick around in relative peace-time like this. For another, how many tens of millions of dollars would this shit cost?? And lastly, military parades don't lead anywhere good in a free society (or an ostensibly free society). Eventually, that parade ends up taking place at Nuremberg.
The U.S. has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
This was only a matter of time. All empires wane and they all generally follow the same series of events. We are in the "weak, corrupt leaders" phase. Expect more lackluster leadership regardless of which party is in power, as well as political infighting inside parties and politicians trying to "out-Democrat" or "out-Republican" each other (statements like "my fellow Republican isn't consevative enough").
The U.S. has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
This was only a matter of time. All empires wane and they all generally follow the same series of events. We are in the "weak, corrupt leaders" phase. Expect more lackluster leadership regardless of which party is in power, as well as political infighting inside parties and politicians trying to "out-Democrat" or "out-Republican" each other (statements like "my fellow Republican isn't consevative enough").
I still don't think third-parties are the remedy everyone thinks they are. I mean, we tried this in Minnesota when I was in high school. We actually elected Jesse Ventura Governor. Nothing miraculously changed for the better. Democrats were still Democrats and Republicans were still Republicans. He still hated the press and faced controversy like all politicians (he was actually a proto-Trump in the way he dealt with the media). In the end, it was nothing more than an interesting experiment. It wasn't a failure or a smashing success. After the novelty wore off, you couldn't tell the difference.
Well something has got to give. Republicans seem intent on holding onto their gerrymandered advantages at all costs. They will disenfranchise voters if they can't win fair and square. They will gerrymander districts and attack any institution that at all questions their power.
Who will stand up to them? Right now, the answer is nobody. We can be sure Trump loves this - he encourages this type of stuff and his rhetoric eggs them on. He's got their back. The only thing holding the US together are a couple judges and Trump and Republicans are attacking them and packing courts. How long will the judiciary be able to hold out?
EDIT: And in Pennsylvania they were ordered by their state Supreme Court to redo their very partisan gerrymandered districts. They refused and petitioned the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court passed on taking the case. Now they are talking about impeaching and removing the judges that ruled against them. I believe they have the numbers to do that thanks to their partisan gerrymandering.
The Section of the Pennsylvania constitution referred to in the Memo in the link:
Every bill which shall have passed both Houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approves he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it shall have originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed to re-consider it. If after such re-consideration, two- thirds of all the members elected to that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the objections to the other House by which likewise it shall be re-considered, and if approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to that House it shall be a law; but in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journals of each House, respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall file the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and give notice thereof by public proclamation within 30 days after such adjournment.
This will not end well for the state GOP if the above quote is the grounds they want to use to impeach an ENTIRE state Supreme Court. The argument they seem to want to present is "We make the laws, we are the highest authority".
Shame about the FACT that there's better than 200 years of legal precedent that Congress is not the be-all-end-all of law.
The Constitutions (U.S.+States) provides the broadest, most general guidance for the various Congresses. Acts of Congress make the laws. But it's up to the executive branches and various (and lot) of agencies to carry out those laws. And the courts to decide constitutionality of those laws.
I'd be EAGER to see that go to court to get that "ruling by the bench" dissatisfaction that has been simmering in the GOP out in the open and have it crushed flat.
Edit-A comment in that twitter that I like in discussion about who has the authority to carry out the court's will.
I edited "Court" from "Cory", presuming it to be a typo.
"If your broader question is what happens when civil authorities decide they will no longer respect Court rulings then the answer is ‘we’re fucked’. But I don’t think that’s happened here."
"If your broader question is what happens when civil authorities decide they will no longer respect Court rulings then the answer is ‘we’re fucked’. But I don’t think that’s happened here."
That is exactly what they are trying here. Will they get away with it? They should be the ones going to jail. I'm pretty sure no one else can ignore court orders for fun and profit.
I thought about posting that the other day. It's horrifying, and it reinforced my sense that people are deeply ignorant about the immigration law status quo.
On the other hand, these people were presumably random schmoes pulled off of the street outside of Jimmy Kimmel's studio, which is on Hollywood Boulevard. So I'm not going to assume they're particularly representative of any larger group.
Turns out I was wrong about this. In the clip below, Kimmel says, "I will say, one thing that should give us a little faith in humanity is, we tried to find people just out on the street -- pedestrians -- and were unable to find anyone who opposed DACA," so they had to find those people online. He also says that he almost got in a fight with one of the panelists. He starts talking about the segment around 3:58.
Well, Elon Musk is on his way to Mars in Falcon Heavy. It wasn't a mannequin--it was actually him. The rocket is carrying the equipment necessary to set up a small one-man base, from which he will declare his independence from Earth.
This will not end well for the state GOP if the above quote is the grounds they want to use to impeach an ENTIRE state Supreme Court. The argument they seem to want to present is "We make the laws, we are the highest authority".
Shame about the FACT that there's better than 200 years of legal precedent that Congress is not the be-all-end-all of law.
The Constitutions (U.S.+States) provides the broadest, most general guidance for the various Congresses. Acts of Congress make the laws. But it's up to the executive branches and various (and lot) of agencies to carry out those laws. And the courts to decide constitutionality of those laws.
I'd be EAGER to see that go to court to get that "ruling by the bench" dissatisfaction that has been simmering in the GOP out in the open and have it crushed flat.
Edit-A comment in that twitter that I like in discussion about who has the authority to carry out the court's will.
I edited "Court" from "Cory", presuming it to be a typo.
"If your broader question is what happens when civil authorities decide they will no longer respect Court rulings then the answer is ‘we’re fucked’. But I don’t think that’s happened here."
To be clear, this is a state law case, so the reference to congress and the federal separation of powers isn't relevant. If anything, Pennsylvania's state constitution would be dis positive on how to resolve a conflict between the Penn Supreme Court and Penn's legislative body.
Also, before anyone panics about members of other branches criticizing the courts... let's all remember that President Roosevelt constantly called justices on the Supreme Court senile and ordered his allies in the New York press to refer to four Supreme Court justices with whom he disagreed as "The Four Horseman" (as in, of the Apocalypse)
Conflict between other branches and the judiciary is not new. Sometimes it can even be healthy. It usually involves big talk by one member, but let's not take threats to impeach five justice seriously (it will never happen).
The U.S. has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
This was only a matter of time. All empires wane and they all generally follow the same series of events. We are in the "weak, corrupt leaders" phase. Expect more lackluster leadership regardless of which party is in power, as well as political infighting inside parties and politicians trying to "out-Democrat" or "out-Republican" each other (statements like "my fellow Republican isn't consevative enough").
I still don't think third-parties are the remedy everyone thinks they are. I mean, we tried this in Minnesota when I was in high school. We actually elected Jesse Ventura Governor. Nothing miraculously changed for the better. Democrats were still Democrats and Republicans were still Republicans. He still hated the press and faced controversy like all politicians (he was actually a proto-Trump in the way he dealt with the media). In the end, it was nothing more than an interesting experiment. It wasn't a failure or a smashing success. After the novelty wore off, you couldn't tell the difference.
I agree that third parties have a long history of failure in the US. Even with two historically bad and unpopular candidates in the last election, the Libertarian candidate only won 3 percent of the vote.
People have encouraged me support a third party, and I flirted with the idea briefly years ago, but learned quickly that I'm much better off supporting the classical liberal wing of the GOP (though this is getting harder nowadays... RIP Jeff Flake )
Supporting a faction within one of the major parties seems to be the best way to effectuate change.
In the seemingly ever-ending parade of leaks from the text-messaging FBI lovers, today, FOX News reported (and other outlets shamelessly parroted) a message that supposedly said "Obama wants to know about everything we are doing". FOX reported it was in relation to Hillary's email investigation. Only one problem with that narrative. The Hillary email investigation initially closed on July 5th. It wasn't reopened until late October. The text in question is dated September 2nd. There is no timeline that allows this report's narrative to line up. What is far more likely is that Obama wanted updates on the very real attempt by Russia to influence the election. This report is hogwash.
In fact, it's fairly common knowledge at this point that Obama DID want to warn the public about the Russian attacks. But Biden warned him that doing so would make it seem like HE was the one trying to tip the scales. So they went to McConnell, and asked him to join in a bipartisan statement. McConnell refused.
Edit: now the Wall Street Journal has concluded the story is bunk. Not surprisingly, it was pushed into the media by Ron "Secret Society" Johnson:
Also, before anyone panics about members of other branches criticizing the courts... let's all remember that President Roosevelt constantly called justices on the Supreme Court senile and ordered his allies in the New York press to refer to four Supreme Court justices with whom he disagreed as "The Four Horseman" (as in, of the Apocalypse)
Comparing the GOP to FDR in terms of government overreach or respect for democratic norms is not a compliment. I admired FDR for other reasons, but he was an extremely devious politician who would gladly resort to bold-faced lies (he promised during a campaign that he would stay out of World War 2) and shameless power grabs (his "court packing" scheme) to advance his own agenda.
If the GOP is making quasi-legal power grabs that are even half as shameless as FDR's, that represents a very serious threat to American democracy.
Nancy Pelosi has now entered her 7th hour speaking on the House floor in support of the Dreamers. Say what you want about her, but it's hard to say she doesn't care about the issue. She could have had anyone in the caucus do this for her, and she's doing it herself.
On the flip-side, John Kelly and Orrin Hatch have spent their day defending top White House aide Rob Porter, who has now had TWO ex-wives come forward and accuse him of domestic assault. The White House has known about this the entire time, as the protective orders filed against him prevented him from receiving a full security clearance.
Nancy Pelosi has now entered her 7th hour speaking on the House floor in support of the Dreamers. Say what you want about her, but it's hard to say she doesn't care about the issue. She could have had anyone in the caucus do this for her, and she's doing it herself.
On the flip-side, John Kelly and Orrin Hatch have spent their day defending top White House aide Rob Porter, who has now had TWO ex-wives come forward and accuse him of domestic assault. The White House has known about this the entire time, as the protective orders filed against him prevented him from receiving a full security clearance.
John Kelly and Orrin Hatch have spent their day defending this
It also appears that the White House has known about the domestic abuse allegations against Porter (again, Kelly's right-hand man) since NOVEMBER. The FBI informed them. But I suppose this is just another plot to take down Trump:
So he's had obvious scalp reduction surgery and has a massive nasty combover. I'm follically challenged myself. I shave my damn head instead of trying to pretend I still have hair.
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And if anyone cares about democracy, pay CLOSE attention to what is happening in Pennsylvania. The State GOP now is threatening to IMPEACH the 5 justices who ruled against them in the gerrymandering case. And they have the votes to do it.
The gerrymandering case is going to go like this: they will redraw the lines, groups opposed to them will file lawsuits claiming that the new lines are also designed to dilute non-white votes (maybe they will be and maybe they won't be, sometimes the perception matters more than the reality), the committee will have to go back to the beginning, but by then the deadline will have passed and they will have to go with the existing lines for the 2018 election. End result: the lines being declared unconstitutional (or a violation of voting rights laws) will not change for this year. Note that I am not saying the shouldn't change, only that they won't.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/2/16961146/baltimore-gun-trace-task-force-trial
https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2018/02/02/gun-days-at-the-bpd-money-for-nothing-and-overtime-for-free/
New international financial scandal called Novartis
Yesterday i heard someone saying that this is the biggest scandal since the constitution of the Greek state ex prime ministers ministers and such are involved
Theft by badge isn't just a big city problem, either. There was some small town in Texas (I forget the name...somewhere north of Houston, south of Lufkin, west of highway 59--somewhere in that region) where the local police would stop *anyone* who was a) not white and b) had out-of-State plates. If they found any cash or valuables they would presume that the person was carrying money to or from a drug deal, confiscate it all, put them in jail, then release then and drop all the charges if they signed over the cash. At the end of the year, the DA and the local police all got a share of the take.
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Coincidence? Maybe. As the stock market indices tanked (I suspect this was a big round of profit-taking, not an indicator of serious problems bubbling to the surface), the online portals for Wealthfront Inc. and Betterment LLC, two of the nation's largest robo-advisors (sites or tools people can use to set up investment accounts, then set trading parameters without needing a human investment advisor), crashed. People couldn't log onto their accounts, couldn't check balances, and couldn't place sell orders. Even person-based companies like Schwab experienced online problems.
Those who are brought into this country legally as children may over the course of their lifetime have permeant visas. They are not citizens, yet they grew up in the United States and their attitudes are no different than US citizens. They however do not have a right to live here as they are not citizens. Like DACA members they had no choice in entering the country (they were children at the time). If they commit a crime they can (and some do depending on how serious) get deported. This is due to despite being hear legally for the majority of their childhood and adulthood, they are not citizens.
So yes I propose that children who were brought in this country illegally be treated in the same manner that children who were brought to this country legally.
I guess being compared to Stalin is a step up from being compared to Hitler though... so he's making progress. Very tiny small step though.
Well, Elon Musk is on his way to Mars in Falcon Heavy. It wasn't a mannequin--it was actually him. The rocket is carrying the equipment necessary to set up a small one-man base, from which he will declare his independence from Earth.
I don't see how the Democrats are going to be able to bring any pressure to get anything they want out of the new round of budget/funding negotiations. There is no question about it--if the government shuts down Trump will blame Democrats for not rolling over and just taking it like a dog who has been abused so much it knows not to object.
According to Trump, nothing bad is ever Trump's fault. Nothing good is not due to Trump. That is all there is.
EDIT:
And in Pennsylvania they were ordered by their state Supreme Court to redo their very partisan gerrymandered districts. They refused and petitioned the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court passed on taking the case. Now they are talking about impeaching and removing the judges that ruled against them. I believe they have the numbers to do that thanks to their partisan gerrymandering.
Also
The U.S. has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/us-is-no-longer-a-full-democracy-eiu-warns.html
edit/add: Trump told the Pentagon he wanted a military parade "like they have in France" (he was there on Bastille Day and was impressed by the parade there, it seems). erm...okay...sure, whatever. Don't we essentially have those every July 4th? Are we going to be accused of treason if we don't attend?
In the midst of all this, apparently this is a real thing:
Why stop there?? Why not dig up Leni Riefenstahl to get the whole thing on film. For one thing, countries that are secure in their place in the world don't go waving their dick around in relative peace-time like this. For another, how many tens of millions of dollars would this shit cost?? And lastly, military parades don't lead anywhere good in a free society (or an ostensibly free society). Eventually, that parade ends up taking place at Nuremberg.
Who will stand up to them? Right now, the answer is nobody. We can be sure Trump loves this - he encourages this type of stuff and his rhetoric eggs them on. He's got their back. The only thing holding the US together are a couple judges and Trump and Republicans are attacking them and packing courts. How long will the judiciary be able to hold out?
This will not end well for the state GOP if the above quote is the grounds they want to use to impeach an ENTIRE state Supreme Court. The argument they seem to want to present is "We make the laws, we are the highest authority".
Shame about the FACT that there's better than 200 years of legal precedent that Congress is not the be-all-end-all of law.
The Constitutions (U.S.+States) provides the broadest, most general guidance for the various Congresses.
Acts of Congress make the laws.
But it's up to the executive branches and various (and lot) of agencies to carry out those laws.
And the courts to decide constitutionality of those laws.
I'd be EAGER to see that go to court to get that "ruling by the bench" dissatisfaction that has been simmering in the GOP out in the open and have it crushed flat.
Edit-A comment in that twitter that I like in discussion about who has the authority to carry out the court's will.
I edited "Court" from "Cory", presuming it to be a typo.
"If your broader question is what happens when civil authorities decide they will no longer respect Court rulings then the answer is ‘we’re fucked’. But I don’t think that’s happened here."
Also, before anyone panics about members of other branches criticizing the courts... let's all remember that President Roosevelt constantly called justices on the Supreme Court senile and ordered his allies in the New York press to refer to four Supreme Court justices with whom he disagreed as "The Four Horseman" (as in, of the Apocalypse)
Conflict between other branches and the judiciary is not new. Sometimes it can even be healthy. It usually involves big talk by one member, but let's not take threats to impeach five justice seriously (it will never happen).
People have encouraged me support a third party, and I flirted with the idea briefly years ago, but learned quickly that I'm much better off supporting the classical liberal wing of the GOP (though this is getting harder nowadays... RIP Jeff Flake
Supporting a faction within one of the major parties seems to be the best way to effectuate change.
In fact, it's fairly common knowledge at this point that Obama DID want to warn the public about the Russian attacks. But Biden warned him that doing so would make it seem like HE was the one trying to tip the scales. So they went to McConnell, and asked him to join in a bipartisan statement. McConnell refused.
Edit: now the Wall Street Journal has concluded the story is bunk. Not surprisingly, it was pushed into the media by Ron "Secret Society" Johnson:
If the GOP is making quasi-legal power grabs that are even half as shameless as FDR's, that represents a very serious threat to American democracy.
On the flip-side, John Kelly and Orrin Hatch have spent their day defending top White House aide Rob Porter, who has now had TWO ex-wives come forward and accuse him of domestic assault. The White House has known about this the entire time, as the protective orders filed against him prevented him from receiving a full security clearance.
It also appears that the White House has known about the domestic abuse allegations against Porter (again, Kelly's right-hand man) since NOVEMBER. The FBI informed them. But I suppose this is just another plot to take down Trump:
Beware once you see it, you can't unsee it.
So he's had obvious scalp reduction surgery and has a massive nasty combover. I'm follically challenged myself. I shave my damn head instead of trying to pretend I still have hair.