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Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · Jan 16

The following contains a thread of the key points from the factual analysis of Jack Smith’s report. I cited page numbers of each comment within so it can be easier to find in the report if anyone wants to read more about a specific instance.

The full report: www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: The Ninth Circuit's 2-1 Oregon National Guard order was just the start of getting to an answer.

Monday's order granting the Trump admin a stay pending appeal in the Oregon case changed nothing on the ground immediately. But, it did crystallize where we are at — and going.

Now, at Law Dork:

The Ninth Circuit's 2-1 Oregon National Guard order was just the start of getting to an answer

Monday's order granting the Trump admin a stay pending appeal in the Oregon case changed nothing on the ground immediately. But, it did crystallize where we are at — and going.

www.lawdork.com

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Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 10d

Judge Graber closed with this plea: “Above all, I ask those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.” We owe her, and other courageous judges who are upholding the rule of law in these dangerous times, that much. 22/23

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Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 10d

“… It erodes core constitutional principles, including sovereign States’ control over their States’ militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and to object to the government’s policies and actions.” 20/23

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Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 10d

Judge Graber summed up the stakes in her eloquent dissent: “Observers may be tempted to view the majority’s ruling, which accepts the government’s characterization of Portland as a war zone, as merely absurd. But today’s decision is not merely absurd. . . . 19/23

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Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · 16d

Parents brought the action against the school challenging policies related to what info they need to release to parents.

Case was thrown out w/o really reaching the merits in the lower courts and now denied at SCOTUS. Just kicks the can down the road until there is a “better” case to argue.

Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · 16d

Seems like SCOTUS wants to be able to rule on this issue so he shows his displeasure that either the parties or lower courts are actively avoiding that question to keep it away from SCOTUS.

Sometimes avoiding the questions is “safer” than the standards that the SCOTUS/appellate ct’s rulings create.

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Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · 17d

People should expect politicians to act. But, pretending Dems have done nothing to oppose this admin and/or do nothing when elected is ridiculous.

But as my last post mentions people don’t want action they want their specific goals and anything else is failure even if it is impossible to achieve.

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Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · 18d

This would be a completely fine if it wasn’t for the broad sweeping impact of the emergency docket decisions.

Even if the issue has not been “finally resolved” they are creating rulings w/ no reasoning that they then expect lower courts to follow that “unofficially” overturn years of precedent.

Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · 18d

It is both. It is favorable b/c a media company benefits from the news Trump creates so they would rather Rs in control.

Online Rs have unified top down messages while for the left it is more beneficial to criticize Ds than to promote D goals. Hard to be good when your “team” doesn’t root for you.

Lew Boo @lewboo12.bsky.social · 18d

The “do something” is less of wanting action that leads to policy changes but is better phrased (at least online) as “do everything that I want immediately or I will scream you are the same as republicans and aren’t doing anything”

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