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An Army vet heading to the VA took a wrong turn—and was detained by Marines in LA. While they acted professionally, their detaining him was likely illegal under the Posse Comitatus Act. It’s another line being crossed—and it puts our Marines in a bad spot. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.

The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
June 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American.
May 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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No one should be above the law, most especially the President.

Ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return isn't just cruel; it's unconstitutional.

They're saying the quiet part aloud — if they get away with it now, they'll do it to anyone.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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To make matters even worse, the Court vacated the TROs based upon a close-to-frivolous substantive argument that's inconsistent w/a binding SCOTUS precedent (Pedreiro) the Court doesn't so much as mention. (See Point 2 & the FN of the post below.) Augurs ill.

www.justsecurity.org/109967/supre...
April 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Pretty amazing for a recusal motion to suggest it is trying to avoid “any suggestion of impartiality” - surely an all time fail of a typo
DOJ just moved to DQ Judge Beryl Howell in Perkins Coie case because she was mean to Trump and nice to Robert Mueller and Jack Smith.

"This Court has not kept its disdain for President Trump secret."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I have been a Democratic activist in NY for 45 years. I will not forget or forgive Senators who vote for cloture on this CR. This is the time to force the GOP to get rid of the filibuster. This is the time to go down fighting.

I will vote for primary opponents.
March 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
An incredible statement in defence of the rule of law. A credit to Perkins Coie and to Williams & Connolly: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A solid footnote in McConnell’s opinion on the State challenge to the OMB memo
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Some thoughts on that birthright citizenship op-ed: newrepublic.com/article/1916...
The Latest Case Against Birthright Citizenship Is a Joke
A new op-ed from a pair of conservative legal experts only raises unflattering questions about the direction of the right's juridical scholarship.
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Just to say the quiet part out loud, the point of having unelected judges in a democracy is so that *whether* acts of state are “legitimate” can be decided by someone other than the people who are undertaking them.

Vermeule knows this, of course. So does Vance.
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM