@thatjohnking.bsky.social
"...for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted..."
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"...for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted..."
I will not be taking questions at this time
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I will not be taking questions at this time
Can someone check Hegseth’s Signal chat to see if they’re lying about the Venezuelan boat strikes? Thanks
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Can someone check Hegseth’s Signal chat to see if they’re lying about the Venezuelan boat strikes? Thanks
@scotusplaces.bsky.social "(cleaned up)" present in Newsom v Trump. Thank you once again for contributing to clarity in legal writing.
September 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@scotusplaces.bsky.social "(cleaned up)" present in Newsom v Trump. Thank you once again for contributing to clarity in legal writing.
I used to pay attention to the CAFC when I did patent research. But the V.O.S. Selections opinion is 🔥… Major Questions? Non delegation? Unitary executive? It’s like “call, call, call… now show your cards SCOTUS!”
I suspect there will be yet another wild card declared, but nice job CAFC
I suspect there will be yet another wild card declared, but nice job CAFC
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I used to pay attention to the CAFC when I did patent research. But the V.O.S. Selections opinion is 🔥… Major Questions? Non delegation? Unitary executive? It’s like “call, call, call… now show your cards SCOTUS!”
I suspect there will be yet another wild card declared, but nice job CAFC
I suspect there will be yet another wild card declared, but nice job CAFC
Donald Trump was found guilty of multiple counts of mortgage fraud in NY state
August 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Donald Trump was found guilty of multiple counts of mortgage fraud in NY state
Economists didn’t make the cut for Niemöller, but Trump is coming for them.
August 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Economists didn’t make the cut for Niemöller, but Trump is coming for them.
What 3 constitutional amendments would help reverse atrocious, lawless Roberts Court rulings? (1/6)
July 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What 3 constitutional amendments would help reverse atrocious, lawless Roberts Court rulings? (1/6)
I hosed off my rooftop PV array and went from 4.8 kW to 5.3 kW. Kind of like cleaning your glasses
July 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I hosed off my rooftop PV array and went from 4.8 kW to 5.3 kW. Kind of like cleaning your glasses
@aoc.bsky.social could you introduce a resolution or bill to make sure ICE is not attempting to suppress voting in 2026? (You know they want to.)
July 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@aoc.bsky.social could you introduce a resolution or bill to make sure ICE is not attempting to suppress voting in 2026? (You know they want to.)
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For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem threatened to use her armed agents to “liberate” Los Angeles from its own elected leaders.
When our Senator dared to ask a question, he was attacked by her security detail.
When our Senator dared to ask a question, he was attacked by her security detail.
Senator Padilla makes an excellent point: if the FBI and Secret Service were willing to physically remove a Senator they had just escorted into the room, force him down on the floor and cuff him because he tried to ask a question
What do you think they & ICE do to regular people?
What do you think they & ICE do to regular people?
July 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
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For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...
Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.
www.muellershewrote.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
🚨Want to know where all the immigration enforcement money is going to? We've got you covered!
- $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities).
- $45 billion for ICE detention
- $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement
Grand total: $170.7 billion.
- $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities).
- $45 billion for ICE detention
- $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement
Grand total: $170.7 billion.
July 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
Reporter: Are you going to deport Elon Musk?
Trump: We'll have to take a look. We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies.
Trump: We'll have to take a look. We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies.
July 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
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He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
Good lord, just learned (form the conlawprof Listserv) about the most transparently Orbanist stunt yet. Steven Miller filed a FOIA suit against John Roberts as pretense to claim that the administrative office of the U.S. courts is really an executive agency
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
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He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
Of course, after Trump v. CASA, courts can no longer issue universal injunctions to stop the president from illegally closing an agency, impounding money, or purging the federal workforce. So as long as the next Democratic president acts fast, he gets to do all this before any court can stop him.
July 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
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He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
“We are seeing a wholesale expansion of ICE detention centers,” @lbeisen.bsky.social told @washingtonpost.com for a story about the funding for ICE detention in the federal budget bill.
ICE prepares detention blitz with historic $45 billion in funding
Much of the new allocation from Congress will go to private prison contractors tasked with doubling the nation’s capacity to lock up migrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
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He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
NEW: In letters to companies with app stores, AG Pam Bondi purported to be "irrevocably relinquishing any claims" against them — Apple, plus Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and T-Mobile — for violating the TikTok ban. This is so, per Bondi, b/c Trump said it's OK, despite contrary language in the law.
July 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
GOP has opposed any immigration reform going back 20 years and three presidents (Bush 2007, Obama 2013, Biden 2021). And now the solution being put forward is a $45B expansion of the carceral state, with masked feds executing policy with no due process. Vote no.
June 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
GOP has opposed any immigration reform going back 20 years and three presidents (Bush 2007, Obama 2013, Biden 2021). And now the solution being put forward is a $45B expansion of the carceral state, with masked feds executing policy with no due process. Vote no.
I did not learn these words reading Tolstoy. NYT: Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I did not learn these words reading Tolstoy. NYT: Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
I don't understand Middle East politics. But I am absolutely certain that Trump doesn't either, and that soliciting bribes is his main policy priority
May 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don't understand Middle East politics. But I am absolutely certain that Trump doesn't either, and that soliciting bribes is his main policy priority
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
Pretty amazing analysis by @joshtpm.bsky.social about (1) a FL scandal I'd never heard of because of (2) DOJ partisan suppression, and (3) the additional leverage that gives the Trump administration. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-o...
The Other Side of the Trump DOJ’s House of Corruption
There’s been an emerging scandal in Florida for a few weeks now...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pretty amazing analysis by @joshtpm.bsky.social about (1) a FL scandal I'd never heard of because of (2) DOJ partisan suppression, and (3) the additional leverage that gives the Trump administration. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-o...