Trump Dictatorship and All Things Politics
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Don’t expect the courts to save us from Donald Trump
Courts are inherently reactive institutions. Trump always gets the first move.
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The Trump administration plans to essentially shutter the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Shutting down USAID is almost certainly illegal — the agency is funded by Congress, and the president cannot lawfully cut off congressional appropriations (including money set aside to run USAID) without legislative approval. Because of these facts, there’s also a lawsuit, known as American Foreign Service Association v. Trump, seeking to block these efforts to shut down USAID. And that lawsuit may ultimately succeed — the most recent development in that suit is a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to put USAID employees on leave.
By the time this lawsuit fully plays out, however, many of USAID’s employees may have already found new jobs. If the Supreme Court ultimately rules that the agency must continue to function, that decision could take months or years. And, by that point, the agency may have experienced such severe brain drain that it will be a shadow of its former self. (And that’s all assuming that Trump even complies with a court order reopening the agency.)
The Trump administration, in other words, will always be the first mover in a conflict between it and the courts. The federal judiciary can often stop someone who is already violating the law from continuing that behavior, but it can’t prevent the violation from happening in the first place.
Thus, even if we could trust these courts to apply the law fairly and impartially to a Republican administration — and, in a world with Trump v. United States, the decision that said it’s okay for presidents to commit crimes, we simply cannot — Trump and his people can do extraordinary damage before any judge has a chance to even look at what they have done.
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Man Idaho tries to pass some ridiculous ****. No way this gets past the supreme Court, right? Or does it, with Trump's lapdogs running the SC?
Do you think they'll allow reading from the Quran? How about the satanic Bible?
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Do you think they'll allow reading from the Quran? How about the satanic Bible?
Bill introduced to require Bible reading in all public schools, sparking constitutional questions
School districts would be required to organize the daily selections so that the entire Bible would be read sequentially over 10 years.
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America under Trump is an intolerant America. It is, and will forever denote his presidency.
Al-O-Meter
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Wouldn't pass the Supreme Court, wouldn't pass the Circuit Courts, wouldn't pass the Idaho State courts, won't get passed in the Idaho Legislature. If you actually read the article you posted, the Republican who passed got this bill out of committee did so just to debate it so the legislature could definitively kill it.Man Idaho tries to pass some ridiculous ****. No way this gets past the supreme Court, right? Or does it, with Trump's lapdogs running the SC?
Do you think they'll allow reading from the Quran? How about the satanic Bible?
Bill introduced to require Bible reading in all public schools, sparking constitutional questions
School districts would be required to organize the daily selections so that the entire Bible would be read sequentially over 10 years.
TheStormofWar
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Not a chance in hell that stands.Man Idaho tries to pass some ridiculous ****. No way this gets past the supreme Court, right? Or does it, with Trump's lapdogs running the SC?
Do you think they'll allow reading from the Quran? How about the satanic Bible?
Bill introduced to require Bible reading in all public schools, sparking constitutional questions
School districts would be required to organize the daily selections so that the entire Bible would be read sequentially over 10 years.
Man Idaho tries to pass some ridiculous ****. No way this gets past the supreme Court, right? Or does it, with Trump's lapdogs running the SC?
Do you think they'll allow reading from the Quran? How about the satanic Bible?
Bill introduced to require Bible reading in all public schools, sparking constitutional questions
School districts would be required to organize the daily selections so that the entire Bible would be read sequentially over 10 years.
Bit of red meat for Christian nationalists.... The added bonus that its anti Catholic too. Excellent.
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Let's see, so if you had Ethnic Cleansing and Unitary Executive Theory on your bingo cards, go ahead and mark those off. We'll get to the Automotive industry shortly.
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