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No-one has done a petition in awhile! The Abolitionist movement used petitions so much that Congress imposed a Gag Rule on anti-slavery petitions from 1836 until 1844, which was only defeated when former President John Quincy Adams led a charge against it.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 4h

The Democrats should have had their convention in Milwaukee: they would have won (like Brewers did tonight…Boom!)

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 4h

In fact, it might be time to start to petition Congress for a redress of grievance against the President. Here are the procedures: www.congress.gov/crs-product/....

www.congress.gov

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 4h

Black people held their own constitutional conventions before the Civil War and the Black Panthers held their own constitutional conventions in the 1970s; the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 started the march to the Equal Rights Convention; and the Abolitionist movement petitioned Congress.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15h

Important piece by Prof. Kate Andrias. This is why treating SCOTUS as the only word on the Constitution gives away our power as citizens.

As I frequently say “we are founders and framers” of the next iteration of democracy in this country.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 6h

BREWERS!!!!!!!

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 6h

Again, as I noted in the UNC kerfuffle, the district courts have been skeptical of the President’s EO: it raises viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment and vagueness issues under the Fifth Amendment, because no-one knows what the heck the term DEI means in the Order.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Federal judge finds the Trump admin likely violated the First (viewpoint discrimination) and Fifth (vagueness) Amendments in a case over changed domestic violence grant conditions.

Preliminary injunction issued.

(A TRO previously was issued.)

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Case 1:25-cv-00342-MRD-PAS
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND COALITION
AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.,
Defendants.
C.A. No. 25-cv-342-MRD-PAS
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Melissa R. DuBose, United States District Judge.

Over twenty non-profit coalitions that receive federal grant money to help
support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault as well as members of
society who are unhoused or without stable housing filed suit against the United
States Departments of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD") as well as various administrators and subagencies who fall
under and within these agencies (hereinafter the "Coalitions" or the "Plaintiffs").
Compl. at 1-4. The Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants are springing new conditions
on them as grantees and are requiring compliance with new spending restrictions on grant funds (the "Grants"), all in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (the
"APA"), 5 U.S.C. § 706, the U.S. Constitution's clearly articulated separation of
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powers principles such as the Article I Spending Clause, the First Amendment, and the Due Process Clause under the Fifth Amendment. Id. 11 4, 66-89. The new
conditions and certifications foisted upon the grantees are focused on compelling
compliance with sweeping changes imposed by the executive branch by way of Executive Orders ("E.O.s") aimed at eliminating programs that are perceived as promoting gender ideology; diversity, equity, and inclusion; elective abortions; and
antidiscrimination. Id. 11 21-31, MPI at 73-74.

IV. CONCLUSION
As stated, the Court determines that the Plaintiffs have met their burden as
to the preliminary injunction factors and finds them entitled to relief. Pursuant to Section 705 of the APA, the Court finds that it is necessary and appropriate to grant
the Plaintiffs' request for a preliminary stay of the Challenged Conditions.
See 5
U.S.C. § 705 (permitting a reviewing court to "issue all necessary and appropriate
process to postpone the effective date of an agency action or to preserve status or
rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings on such conditions as may be
required and to the extent necessary to prevent irreparable injury").
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Melissa R. DuBose
United States District Judge
October 10, 2025

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 10h

Steve Bannon “likened Congress to the Duma.”

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

Ha ha ha they're like authoritarians www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 15h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11h

“The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are, arguably, the two greatest American films ever made, a portrait of America told from the perspective of outsiders peering in. But that works in large part because we see the Corleones through the eyes of Keaton’s Kay.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/diane-keat...

Diane Keaton, 1946–2025

The leading lady of the 1970s.

www.thebulwark.com

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 10h

Aggggggggghhhhhhhhh……

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 11h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 11h

Our climate report just came out and it too bears a remarkable resemblance to this pie chart.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 11h

He must quietly say everyday, I am John Roberts and this make sense to me.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 15h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13h

I also know the Trump Administration is not enforcing these civil rights laws, or more perniciously, selectively enforcing these laws. Constitutional amendments and statutes have long lives, though. The Court did not recognize the Civil Rights Act of 1866 had a private right of action until 1968.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 14h

In many cases: (a) his cancellation of grants have been overturned and the money has been turned back on by order of the Court; and (b) Congress can often make statutory grants and their revocations based on objective terms. What has been hard is that you have to find plaintiffs that can sue.

Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 14h

And indeed, part of President Trump’s success in 2024 was building a multi-racial coalition, which Stephen Miller is currently in the middle of wrecking for a generation.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 14h

Everyone: President Trump making up an imaginary DEI concept in a poorly written Executive Order that does not even define the term does not get rid of the many, many civil rights laws. The political project that has been successful is making folks feel ashamed for desiring a polyglot democracy.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 14h

It is not: the statute has not been repealed.

Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 15h

Why, yes, you can! It sure does seems as to the text of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court keeps on ignoring clearly expressed Congressional intent for its own fantasies.

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