A not-at-all-subtle reminder to Trump that he's just the president — and that means his power is limited. And: The Seventh Circuit keeps troop deployment blocked in Illinois.
I used to think, I wonder how the SCOTUS conservatives will justify doing [something Trump wants that contradicts any number of previous rulings]. Now we know they will do it on the shadow docket with no explanation.
How long will it take for SCOTUS to consider the merits of these challenges to National Guard deployments?
So, with this verdict, would the governors of these states be able to active their own National Guard to protect their citizens against armed, masked people kidnapping people off the streets or does this have to go to the supreme court before governors have their rights restored?
When you are being grabbed and manhandled by a law enforcement type for no reason and in the fracas you end up hitting, scratching, or "almost hitting" them, the concept "self defense" comes to mind. It may or may not have been pled, but juries know it when they see it. "Resisting arrest" doesn't cut it either if the arrest is not remotely lawful, like of someone filming an incident without being involved in it or in the way.
Let's hope any jury on the trial of the Portland clarinet player will see it that way. What grounds were there for arresting her BEFORE she got bowled over and pushed to the ground? It it a crime to happen to be in the way of an someone the cops are after?
A 3 day trial for a misdemeanor charge. The process is the punishment. How much did the defense cost - both in $$ and lost time (not to mention fear and aggravation)? And what actual crimes were not prosecuted while they wasted time on this nonsense.
Clearly the 7th accepted the reasoning in the Constitutional Accountability Center's amicus brief in rejecting the government's threshold claim that the President's judgment was immune from juficial review.
Even at this early stage of this particular litigation, this bodes ill for Justice's core argument if (when?) Trump tries to loose the Guard or active military again on equally spurious grounds.
Justice's cherrypicking of Mott isn't likely to prevail in another court given the 7th's incisive repudiation of its assault on the separation of powers and the role of judicial oversight.
Can’t wait for jury duty this month. #FreeDC!
I've got my first jury duty coming up in Chicago!
I used to think, I wonder how the SCOTUS conservatives will justify doing [something Trump wants that contradicts any number of previous rulings]. Now we know they will do it on the shadow docket with no explanation.
How long will it take for SCOTUS to consider the merits of these challenges to National Guard deployments?
Did I just pay for a trial on a misdemeanor charge? I want my money back.
So, with this verdict, would the governors of these states be able to active their own National Guard to protect their citizens against armed, masked people kidnapping people off the streets or does this have to go to the supreme court before governors have their rights restored?
Apparently it’s frowned upon to park clown cars in federal courthouses.
Thanks for the heads up!
Thank you for this great reporting and showing us that our courts are still holding up
Chris is awesome.
When you are being grabbed and manhandled by a law enforcement type for no reason and in the fracas you end up hitting, scratching, or "almost hitting" them, the concept "self defense" comes to mind. It may or may not have been pled, but juries know it when they see it. "Resisting arrest" doesn't cut it either if the arrest is not remotely lawful, like of someone filming an incident without being involved in it or in the way.
Let's hope any jury on the trial of the Portland clarinet player will see it that way. What grounds were there for arresting her BEFORE she got bowled over and pushed to the ground? It it a crime to happen to be in the way of an someone the cops are after?
All along these last ten months, it has been the judiciary, less the Supreme Court, that has resisted the executive's tyranny. Thank God for them.
Thank you! Really needed this dose of hope today. ✊️
A 3 day trial for a misdemeanor charge. The process is the punishment. How much did the defense cost - both in $$ and lost time (not to mention fear and aggravation)? And what actual crimes were not prosecuted while they wasted time on this nonsense.
Clearly the 7th accepted the reasoning in the Constitutional Accountability Center's amicus brief in rejecting the government's threshold claim that the President's judgment was immune from juficial review.
Even at this early stage of this particular litigation, this bodes ill for Justice's core argument if (when?) Trump tries to loose the Guard or active military again on equally spurious grounds.
Justice's cherrypicking of Mott isn't likely to prevail in another court given the 7th's incisive repudiation of its assault on the separation of powers and the role of judicial oversight.