Chrysippus
@chrysippus-1.bsky.social
Old-fashioned country lawyer. Constitutional law professor. Hero: Thomas Paine. Advocate for Pro-Democracy & Constitutional Order. Hate: willful ignorance and stupidity. Love: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
2/2 Trump is a bad faith actor who depends on good faith actors like soldiers committed to their oath. That's how he corrupts people. He wants to corrupt them. Once they're corrupted, they become more pliable.
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
2/2 Trump is a bad faith actor who depends on good faith actors like soldiers committed to their oath. That's how he corrupts people. He wants to corrupt them. Once they're corrupted, they become more pliable.
1/2 If many more soldiers refuse, it will lead to expanding resistance. Trump can't court martial every soldier. And the bad publicity will cause the Republican enablers to back off.
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
1/2 If many more soldiers refuse, it will lead to expanding resistance. Trump can't court martial every soldier. And the bad publicity will cause the Republican enablers to back off.
2/2Many will say that it will be quickly appealed to the Supreme Court, put on the "shadow docket," and stayed "pending further litigation" - their infamous pattern and practice to delay action way into the future.
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
2/2Many will say that it will be quickly appealed to the Supreme Court, put on the "shadow docket," and stayed "pending further litigation" - their infamous pattern and practice to delay action way into the future.
1/2What saddens me is the sense of the rule of law is so degraded now that I think most pro-democracy people will feel the decision will not be obeyed.
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
1/2What saddens me is the sense of the rule of law is so degraded now that I think most pro-democracy people will feel the decision will not be obeyed.
2/2 It will cost hundreds of millions, probably billions, when there is no money to feed school children but trillions available to increase the debt and give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires.
September 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
2/2 It will cost hundreds of millions, probably billions, when there is no money to feed school children but trillions available to increase the debt and give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires.
1/2 Says the guy who said he wouldn't get the country into a war.
It's way above his head, but 'the best offense is a good defense.'
This change requires Congressional approval. The EO has no legal force (if that matters).
It's way above his head, but 'the best offense is a good defense.'
This change requires Congressional approval. The EO has no legal force (if that matters).
September 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/2 Says the guy who said he wouldn't get the country into a war.
It's way above his head, but 'the best offense is a good defense.'
This change requires Congressional approval. The EO has no legal force (if that matters).
It's way above his head, but 'the best offense is a good defense.'
This change requires Congressional approval. The EO has no legal force (if that matters).
6/6 If there is a difference between the application of the Führerprinzip by Trump and Hitler, I do not see it.
August 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
6/6 If there is a difference between the application of the Führerprinzip by Trump and Hitler, I do not see it.
5/ In essence, it established a system of absolute, centralized authority with the Führer at the top, dictating policy and expecting unquestioning obedience from all levels of the government and society.
August 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
5/ In essence, it established a system of absolute, centralized authority with the Führer at the top, dictating policy and expecting unquestioning obedience from all levels of the government and society.
4/ The “principle” stipulated that the Führer's will was supreme and above all written laws, and that all government policies, decisions, and officials were to serve in the realization of his will.
August 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
4/ The “principle” stipulated that the Führer's will was supreme and above all written laws, and that all government policies, decisions, and officials were to serve in the realization of his will.
3/ The Führerprinzip of Hitler has been replaced with the unitary presidency of Trump. The Führerprinzip is the core tenet of the unitary president that is being foisted on us by the black-robed supreme suckerfish. It was the core tenet of Nazi ideology.
August 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
3/ The Führerprinzip of Hitler has been replaced with the unitary presidency of Trump. The Führerprinzip is the core tenet of the unitary president that is being foisted on us by the black-robed supreme suckerfish. It was the core tenet of Nazi ideology.
2/ The Supreme Court's conservative majority is committed to enfranchising this erroneous, conceptual monstrosity. There is actual history that demonstrates the utterly destructive outcome of a unitary president. It is called the Führerprinzip.
August 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
2/ The Supreme Court's conservative majority is committed to enfranchising this erroneous, conceptual monstrosity. There is actual history that demonstrates the utterly destructive outcome of a unitary president. It is called the Führerprinzip.
No way you can look at this picture and not see the dementia.
August 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
No way you can look at this picture and not see the dementia.
7/7 What kept Anne going was far beyond what words can describe.
We also do not know the future. Whatever keeps us going will be far beyond what words can describe.
May we hold to our ideals and choose to believe that people are "truly good at heart."
We also do not know the future. Whatever keeps us going will be far beyond what words can describe.
May we hold to our ideals and choose to believe that people are "truly good at heart."
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
7/7 What kept Anne going was far beyond what words can describe.
We also do not know the future. Whatever keeps us going will be far beyond what words can describe.
May we hold to our ideals and choose to believe that people are "truly good at heart."
We also do not know the future. Whatever keeps us going will be far beyond what words can describe.
May we hold to our ideals and choose to believe that people are "truly good at heart."
6/ The question is, if she had known what would happen, would she still have written, "in spite of everything [that] people are truly good at heart?"
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
6/ The question is, if she had known what would happen, would she still have written, "in spite of everything [that] people are truly good at heart?"
5/ She wrote that entry not knowing that three days later her future would soon be taken from her. She had lived in hiding for 761 days. Part of reading her diary is our awareness that we know what happened to her, though, when she wrote her diary, she did not.
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
5/ She wrote that entry not knowing that three days later her future would soon be taken from her. She had lived in hiding for 761 days. Part of reading her diary is our awareness that we know what happened to her, though, when she wrote her diary, she did not.
4/ "It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impossible. Yet I keep clinging to them, because I still believe, in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart."
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
4/ "It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impossible. Yet I keep clinging to them, because I still believe, in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart."
3/ When I start to feel cynical, I catch myself by remembering Anne's final entries. This one in particular keeps me in touch with my soul.
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
3/ When I start to feel cynical, I catch myself by remembering Anne's final entries. This one in particular keeps me in touch with my soul.
2/ The last entry in her diary was August 1, 1944. The date of arrest was August 4, 1944 - 81 years ago today. She was 15 when she died. She would now be 96.
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
2/ The last entry in her diary was August 1, 1944. The date of arrest was August 4, 1944 - 81 years ago today. She was 15 when she died. She would now be 96.
2/ What gall! She was the very first to capitulate when she refused to do a recount and conceded quickly. She should be confronted with what she did, and made to explain her action to deprive us of the recount.
August 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
2/ What gall! She was the very first to capitulate when she refused to do a recount and conceded quickly. She should be confronted with what she did, and made to explain her action to deprive us of the recount.
1/ I voted for Harris. She would have made a great president! Harris went on Colbert and said that the one thing she didn't expect was the "capitulation."
August 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ I voted for Harris. She would have made a great president! Harris went on Colbert and said that the one thing she didn't expect was the "capitulation."
What people don't seem to get at all, is that the ICE are not meant solely for the undocumented immigrants. To the Trump Administration, they're just the test case victims, expendable, and vessels of xenophobia. ICE is meant for us!
July 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What people don't seem to get at all, is that the ICE are not meant solely for the undocumented immigrants. To the Trump Administration, they're just the test case victims, expendable, and vessels of xenophobia. ICE is meant for us!
7/7 If it goes to a rehearing, the entire case is literally reheard, not just the issues raised in the petition. And I think the criteria for rehearing have been met, such as it conflicts with controlling precedent or that the case is of exceptional importance.
June 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
7/7 If it goes to a rehearing, the entire case is literally reheard, not just the issues raised in the petition. And I think the criteria for rehearing have been met, such as it conflicts with controlling precedent or that the case is of exceptional importance.
6/ Newsom should immediately petition for a rehearing en banc. He should do all he can to force the appellate court to take a position consistent with the plain language of the statute, which specifically requires the governor to consent.
June 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
6/ Newsom should immediately petition for a rehearing en banc. He should do all he can to force the appellate court to take a position consistent with the plain language of the statute, which specifically requires the governor to consent.