Ron Nelson
@ronels.bsky.social
Lawyer, Constitutionalist. Kansas Progressive. I think. Therefore, I am not a Republican.
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Ron Nelson
@ronels.bsky.social
· Apr 20
The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E
Democracy dies with solitude
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@nytimes.com editorial board: "Many lower courts have responded heroically to Mr. Trump’s ill-founded efforts to centralize power and weaken democracy." But the Supreme Court is "allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs" instead of stabilizing American democracy.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
@nytimes.com editorial board: "Many lower courts have responded heroically to Mr. Trump’s ill-founded efforts to centralize power and weaken democracy." But the Supreme Court is "allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs" instead of stabilizing American democracy.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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"There are three key strategic lessons that those puzzling over how to litigate in the face of the shadow docket might glean from litigants’ efforts."
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
Litigating in the Shadows: Federal Funding and the Supreme Court
Even the shadow docket holds important lessons for litigants challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions and others.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"There are three key strategic lessons that those puzzling over how to litigate in the face of the shadow docket might glean from litigants’ efforts."
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
John Lewis explores the Supreme Court's handling of the litigation challenging the Trump administration’s funding actions.
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a racist conspiracy theory that, with regards to Europe, inspired the worst terrorist attack in Norwegian history. It's not only a neo-Nazi screed but nations of Europe would be right to interpret it as an incitement to terrorism against their states.
Cool that a racist false conspiracy theory is now official U.S. policy, because the people who peddled it are now in charge. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Europe will be 'unrecognizable' in 20 years due to immigration, White House strategy document claims
Political experts told NBC News that the reports' language regarding "civilization erasure" and immigration echoes "great replacement theory."
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
a racist conspiracy theory that, with regards to Europe, inspired the worst terrorist attack in Norwegian history. It's not only a neo-Nazi screed but nations of Europe would be right to interpret it as an incitement to terrorism against their states.
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New: Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and two senior Trump admin. lawyers offered bare bones accounts of their roles in a decision not to turn around planes of Venezuelan migrants in March after a judge’s directive
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New: Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and two senior Trump admin. lawyers offered bare bones accounts of their roles in a decision not to turn around planes of Venezuelan migrants in March after a judge’s directive
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Three federal judges who rescinded their decisions to retire from active service on the bench after Donald Trump was elected, thus depriving him of vacancies he could fill, did not violate judicial ethics rules, a chief federal appellate judge has concluded @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4rGUPG8
US judges cleared of ethics breach for halting retirements after Trump election
Three federal judges who rescinded their decisions to retire from active service on the bench after President Donald Trump was elected, thus depriving him of vacancies he could fill, did not violate j...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Three federal judges who rescinded their decisions to retire from active service on the bench after Donald Trump was elected, thus depriving him of vacancies he could fill, did not violate judicial ethics rules, a chief federal appellate judge has concluded @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4rGUPG8
#NotACourt AnitiConstitutional edicts
Lower courts have uniformly said the executive order runs afoul of the Constitution, federal immigration law and Supreme Court precedent. But on Dec. 5, the Supreme Court said it will hear an appeal from the Trump administration. Here’s what to know.
Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?
President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a change that could overturn more than a century of legal precedent.
bloom.bg
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#NotACourt AnitiConstitutional edicts
The criminal regime must be eliminated
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The criminal regime must be eliminated
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“An infant would be a United States citizen and full member of society if born in New Jersey, but a deportable noncitizen if born in Tennessee.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship is a Trump power grab
The implications for citizenship are complex. But when it comes to Trump’s ability to implement his policies, the result is dangerous.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“An infant would be a United States citizen and full member of society if born in New Jersey, but a deportable noncitizen if born in Tennessee.”
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The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to step into a years-old legal battle over a policy that bars immigration judges from expressing their personal views in public, a case that could have wider consequences for federal workers.
Justice Department urges Supreme Court to block free speech suit from immigration judges | CNN Politics
The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to step into a years-old legal battle over a policy that bars immigration judges from expressing their personal views in public, a case that ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to step into a years-old legal battle over a policy that bars immigration judges from expressing their personal views in public, a case that could have wider consequences for federal workers.
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A federal judge scolded the administration for deporting a Guatemalan man in violation of a prior ruling.
Judge Scolds Trump Officials Over Deportation Error: ‘Blatant Lawlessness’
www.newsweek.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A federal judge scolded the administration for deporting a Guatemalan man in violation of a prior ruling.
Anti American courts
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Anti American courts
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“This Court’s stay ensures that manyTexas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race. That result, as this court has pronounced year in and year out, is a violation of the Constitution.”
Kagan dissenting today from the GOP Court’s Supreme Hypocrisy.
Kagan dissenting today from the GOP Court’s Supreme Hypocrisy.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“This Court’s stay ensures that manyTexas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race. That result, as this court has pronounced year in and year out, is a violation of the Constitution.”
Kagan dissenting today from the GOP Court’s Supreme Hypocrisy.
Kagan dissenting today from the GOP Court’s Supreme Hypocrisy.
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Grand jury doesn’t indict Leticia James probably because …you know…law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Grand jury doesn’t indict Leticia James probably because …you know…law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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So there is a difference between redistricting to help people who were disenfranchised for centuries and redistricting to further disenfranchise those very same people.
This should not be difficult or controversial.
#TheGOPCourt
This should not be difficult or controversial.
#TheGOPCourt
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So there is a difference between redistricting to help people who were disenfranchised for centuries and redistricting to further disenfranchise those very same people.
This should not be difficult or controversial.
#TheGOPCourt
This should not be difficult or controversial.
#TheGOPCourt
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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SCOTUS greenlit Texas's political gerrymander despite careful district court findings that it was impermissibly race-based. Apparently, the way to discriminate based on race in electoral redistricting is to stop district courts from stopping discrimination based on race in electoral redistricting.
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
SCOTUS greenlit Texas's political gerrymander despite careful district court findings that it was impermissibly race-based. Apparently, the way to discriminate based on race in electoral redistricting is to stop district courts from stopping discrimination based on race in electoral redistricting.
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The conservative justices are going to gut or overturn the Voting Rights Act protecting minority voters despite the fact that Congress, made up mostly of White representatives and senators, could repeal it if it wanted to.
Almost too much to bear.
#notacourt
Almost too much to bear.
#notacourt
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The conservative justices are going to gut or overturn the Voting Rights Act protecting minority voters despite the fact that Congress, made up mostly of White representatives and senators, could repeal it if it wanted to.
Almost too much to bear.
#notacourt
Almost too much to bear.
#notacourt
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#notacourt. Really. www.amazon.com/Supreme-Myth...
Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is Not a Court and Its Justices Are Not Judges
Amazon.com: Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is Not a Court and Its Justices Are Not Judges: 9780313396878: Segall, Eric J.: Books
www.amazon.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#notacourt. Really. www.amazon.com/Supreme-Myth...
The corrupt Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map that will boost Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that found the new boundaries were likely unconstitutional because they were drawn based on race.
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The corrupt Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map that will boost Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that found the new boundaries were likely unconstitutional because they were drawn based on race.
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The corrupt Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map that will boost Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that found the new boundaries were likely unconstitutional because they were drawn based on race.
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BREAKING: Judge Illston issues a TRO blocking State Dep’t RIFs set to go into effect as soon as Friday.
![Given the urgency of this motion - with employee firings scheduled for tomorrow, on
exceedingly short notice from defendants - the Court finds it appropriate to grant plaintiffs' TRO motion without a hearing. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b); Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). Some federal employees scheduled to be separated tomorrow are stationed abroad, meaning their separations could occur in a matter of only several hours.
Case 3:25-cv-08302-SI|
Document 125 Filed 12/04/25
Page 2 of 3
The Court has reviewed the motion, the supporting declarations, and the supplemental
pleading and concludes that plaintiffs have met their burden in demonstrating that a TRO should issue.' On November 12, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Continuing Resolution ending
the government shutdown. Pub. L. No. 119-37, 139 Stat. 495 (2025). The Continuing Resolution contains Section 120, which provides in part:
SEC. 120. (a) PROHIBITION.— Notwithstanding section 106(1), during the period between the date of enactment of this Act and the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act,['] no federal funds may be used to initiate, carry out, implement, or otherwise notice a reduction in force to reduce the number of employees within any department, agency, or office of the Federal Government.
Pub. L. No. 119-37, § 120(a), 139 Stat. 495 (2025) (emphasis added). That is, Section 120(a) prohibits federal agencies from issuing or implementing RIFs from November 12, 2025, through January 30, 2026. Nothing in the plain text of the statute limits Section 120(a) to apply only to those RIFs initiated during the government shutdown. Plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on their claims that the State Department's actions to separate employees on December 5, 2025, pursuant to RIF notices issued earlier in the year, violates Section 120(a) of the Continuing Resolution. The Court therefore adopts the language of plaintiffs' proposed TRO until a preliminary injunction hearing can be held.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreig66x66ozkbouciavcjgtevgamjzcfb3uaxr3akt6jzgsk6pahk7a@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
BREAKING: Judge Illston issues a TRO blocking State Dep’t RIFs set to go into effect as soon as Friday.
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The Supreme Court has approved Texas’s heavily Republican-favored map for 2026. That means Prop 50 will now go into effect to counter the Texas redistricting. Virginia is also considering adding new Democratic-leaning seats to push back against Trump’s redistricting efforts in other states.
US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps
Major win for Trump as majority rejects lower-court ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymandered
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Supreme Court has approved Texas’s heavily Republican-favored map for 2026. That means Prop 50 will now go into effect to counter the Texas redistricting. Virginia is also considering adding new Democratic-leaning seats to push back against Trump’s redistricting efforts in other states.
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The Supreme Court has put their seal of approval on gerrymandering. Every blue state should do it, NOW!
Virginia, I'm talking to you.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Virginia, I'm talking to you.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Supreme Court has put their seal of approval on gerrymandering. Every blue state should do it, NOW!
Virginia, I'm talking to you.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Virginia, I'm talking to you.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Supreme Court reinstated the Trump-inspired congressional map in Texas.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms