Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson rightly dissected SCOTUS's recent decisions as disempowering the lower courts of the federal judiciary in order to assert its own power to give sanction to a #lawlesspresidency.
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson rightly dissected SCOTUS's recent decisions as disempowering the lower courts of the federal judiciary in order to assert its own power to give sanction to a #lawlesspresidency.
True. And not just on the trade front. #lawlesspresidency.
Not how the global economy is supposed to work, and not how US economic policy-making is supposed to work either:
Under the Constitution, Congress regulates trade. The president can take some action in emergencies, which these clearly are not.
The US is not operating under the Constitution.
Under the Constitution, Congress regulates trade. The president can take some action in emergencies, which these clearly are not.
The US is not operating under the Constitution.
This is, emphatically, not the way it’s supposed to work.
And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
July 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
True. And not just on the trade front. #lawlesspresidency.
This should NEVER have happened in the first place.
Thanks SCOTUS for letting this presidency get away with lawlessness and no accountability!
#LawlessPresidency
Thanks SCOTUS for letting this presidency get away with lawlessness and no accountability!
#LawlessPresidency
May 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This should NEVER have happened in the first place.
Thanks SCOTUS for letting this presidency get away with lawlessness and no accountability!
#LawlessPresidency
Thanks SCOTUS for letting this presidency get away with lawlessness and no accountability!
#LawlessPresidency
All of it is lawless. From invoking an 18th century law on false grounds to kidnapping persons off the street to wrongful imprisonment to illegal transfer to a foreign torture prison. All of it violates the Constitution & domestic & international laws. Add this statute. #lawlesspresidency.
A U.S. law bars the State Dept. from $$$ support of “'units of foreign security forces' — which can include military and law enforcement staff in prisons — facing credible allegations of gross human rights violations." Such as the money going to El Salvador's CECOT? [@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social]
Experts: $6 million payment to Salvadoran prison likely violates U.S. human rights law - Maryland Matters
The U.S. is paying El Salvador $6 million to house hundreds of immigrants deported from here. But in doing so, it may be violating a law that bars financial support of “units of foreign security force...
marylandmatters.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
All of it is lawless. From invoking an 18th century law on false grounds to kidnapping persons off the street to wrongful imprisonment to illegal transfer to a foreign torture prison. All of it violates the Constitution & domestic & international laws. Add this statute. #lawlesspresidency.
As we shouldn't accept a #lawlesspresidency, we shouldn't accept an anti-constitutional SCOTUS. If Roberts can't get a majority to defend the most basic of rights, we can no longer consider SCOTUS the arbiter of *any* rights. A decision for the government should bring massive civic resistance. 2/2
April 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
As we shouldn't accept a #lawlesspresidency, we shouldn't accept an anti-constitutional SCOTUS. If Roberts can't get a majority to defend the most basic of rights, we can no longer consider SCOTUS the arbiter of *any* rights. A decision for the government should bring massive civic resistance. 2/2
was a normal response to tyranny, chaos, genocide & total war. History isn't undone in op-ed columns. Nor is Trump/ism normal b/c he narrowly won an election. Let an outcry rise into a whirlwind against a #lawlesspresidency. Build opposition. Speak up. Speak out. That is what's normal. 5/5
January 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
was a normal response to tyranny, chaos, genocide & total war. History isn't undone in op-ed columns. Nor is Trump/ism normal b/c he narrowly won an election. Let an outcry rise into a whirlwind against a #lawlesspresidency. Build opposition. Speak up. Speak out. That is what's normal. 5/5
The furious pace of obviously illegal acts hard to even process, much less to fight. Scariest part to ponder is the utter lack of any future consequences. At worst, a single news cycle with mixed coverage. In the end, one of a thousand cuts to Democracy and rule of law. #LawlessPresidency
The funding pause orders "are actually the most lawless, brazen, unconstitutional actions that this administration has yet taken, and if sanctioned by a conservative Supreme Court, they would amount to a full disbanding of our system of government." From @ddayen.bsky.social:
Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
prospect.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The furious pace of obviously illegal acts hard to even process, much less to fight. Scariest part to ponder is the utter lack of any future consequences. At worst, a single news cycle with mixed coverage. In the end, one of a thousand cuts to Democracy and rule of law. #LawlessPresidency
the incessant, relentless, and furious pace of illegal actions is honestly hard to even process, much less fight. The scariest part is the combination of the brazen nature of the illegal acts, plus the utter and complete lack of any meaningful consequences. #LawlessPresidency
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the incessant, relentless, and furious pace of illegal actions is honestly hard to even process, much less fight. The scariest part is the combination of the brazen nature of the illegal acts, plus the utter and complete lack of any meaningful consequences. #LawlessPresidency
Correct. It is a catastrophe.
And not "likely" unlawful. Let's not mince words: IT VIOLATES THE LAW AND THE EXPRESS WILL OF CONGRESS. Not to mention being unconstitutional. (Rubio swore an oath to faithfully execute the laws, an impossibility w/ the stop work order.)
#lawlesspresidency.
And not "likely" unlawful. Let's not mince words: IT VIOLATES THE LAW AND THE EXPRESS WILL OF CONGRESS. Not to mention being unconstitutional. (Rubio swore an oath to faithfully execute the laws, an impossibility w/ the stop work order.)
#lawlesspresidency.
Trump's near-total halt of foreign aid, which is likely unlawful, is already a catastrophe for millions of people who rely on American programs for survival—HIV patients in Africa, religious minorities in the Middle East, dissidents in Venezuela ... www.justsecurity.org/106876/us-fo...
January 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Correct. It is a catastrophe.
And not "likely" unlawful. Let's not mince words: IT VIOLATES THE LAW AND THE EXPRESS WILL OF CONGRESS. Not to mention being unconstitutional. (Rubio swore an oath to faithfully execute the laws, an impossibility w/ the stop work order.)
#lawlesspresidency.
And not "likely" unlawful. Let's not mince words: IT VIOLATES THE LAW AND THE EXPRESS WILL OF CONGRESS. Not to mention being unconstitutional. (Rubio swore an oath to faithfully execute the laws, an impossibility w/ the stop work order.)
#lawlesspresidency.
When a president violates the Constitution (daily), best not to have it for reference. #lawlesspresidency
They removed the Constitution from whitehouse.gov. At least we have copies here if you need one. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
January 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When a president violates the Constitution (daily), best not to have it for reference. #lawlesspresidency
True. I would say even more: the DEI Executive Order (like SCOTUS) turns the law on its head & makes it the policy of the US government to reverse all compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act & government orders based on EEOC Guidance regarding Title VII. #lawlesspresidency
We should be clear that the language in the anti “DEI” executive order and the subsequent letter sent to federal employees to turn in colleagues who try to “disguise” DEI under other names means hires and promotions of Black and other POC will be deemed suspicious. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
True. I would say even more: the DEI Executive Order (like SCOTUS) turns the law on its head & makes it the policy of the US government to reverse all compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act & government orders based on EEOC Guidance regarding Title VII. #lawlesspresidency
Financial crimes. Political violence. Abuses of power. Trump’s Lawless Presidency is just getting started. Here’s what we’re up against and how to fight back. #LawlessPresidency
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January 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Financial crimes. Political violence. Abuses of power. Trump’s Lawless Presidency is just getting started. Here’s what we’re up against and how to fight back. #LawlessPresidency
open.substack.com/pub/theresis...
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