Michael Lux 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺
@michaellux.bsky.social
Mountains, music, poetry, philosophy, mathematics, law. Ex-soldier, ex-academic. Left Coaster. Last of the New Dealers. A picture can provoke a thousand words and one word can beget a thousand futures.
Great idea! But is it legal???
October 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Great idea! But is it legal???
In re Judge Immergut's second TRO and Trump- what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
October 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In re Judge Immergut's second TRO and Trump- what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
I wonder who's driving the RFKjr deathmobile?
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I wonder who's driving the RFKjr deathmobile?
An unbelievably partisan remark given the audience.
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
An unbelievably partisan remark given the audience.
Yes, that definitely looks doctored.
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yes, that definitely looks doctored.
In re Judge Immergut's second TRO and Trump- what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
October 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In re Judge Immergut's second TRO and Trump- what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
In re Judge Immergut's second TRO and Trump- what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
October 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In re Judge Immergut's second TRO and Trump- what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
That's the million dollar question. How does the judiciary endure their orders are obeyed if the executive simply ignores them?
October 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
That's the million dollar question. How does the judiciary endure their orders are obeyed if the executive simply ignores them?
You obviously live here in PDX to know about them. They have their twice daily commutes over our neighbothood
October 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You obviously live here in PDX to know about them. They have their twice daily commutes over our neighbothood
So what happens if the Trump Administration simply ignores the judge's order? How does the judiciary check an Executive who ignores their attempts to restrain him/her?
October 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
So what happens if the Trump Administration simply ignores the judge's order? How does the judiciary check an Executive who ignores their attempts to restrain him/her?
He called her action a legal insurrection. There was a tone to his remarks that suggests to me that he may be the driver of these invasions, even to the point of giving Trump misleading videos, etc.
October 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
He called her action a legal insurrection. There was a tone to his remarks that suggests to me that he may be the driver of these invasions, even to the point of giving Trump misleading videos, etc.
Although a Trump appointee she has enjoyed a solid reputation for general fairness in my state.
October 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Although a Trump appointee she has enjoyed a solid reputation for general fairness in my state.
Although a Trump 1.0 appointee, she has a reputation for fairness in my state of Oregon. This ruling reinforces that feeling.
October 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Although a Trump 1.0 appointee, she has a reputation for fairness in my state of Oregon. This ruling reinforces that feeling.
Sweet Jeebus, where's my barf bag?
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sweet Jeebus, where's my barf bag?
Unless the Republicans pull some kind of illegal trickery, we WILL regain the House in the midterms. I think most people are fed up with this administration.
October 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Unless the Republicans pull some kind of illegal trickery, we WILL regain the House in the midterms. I think most people are fed up with this administration.
At some point NATO must resolve to reply with similar hybrid aggressions. They need not continue as a punching bag.
October 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
At some point NATO must resolve to reply with similar hybrid aggressions. They need not continue as a punching bag.
Lawdork reports the stay on the TRO is now in the hand of a Trump appointee judge who is viewed as being generally fair.
October 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Lawdork reports the stay on the TRO is now in the hand of a Trump appointee judge who is viewed as being generally fair.
It's a joke. Governor Abbott of Texas said on X yesterday "Maybe we should shutdown Portland for good". What a clown. The country would be better off if we shutdown Texas for good.
October 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's a joke. Governor Abbott of Texas said on X yesterday "Maybe we should shutdown Portland for good". What a clown. The country would be better off if we shutdown Texas for good.
Don't knuckle under Governor, take them to court.
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Don't knuckle under Governor, take them to court.