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#RuleofLaw

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Yappari

A Playbook for Standing Up to Trump:

“The three law firms that have filed suits to block Mr. Trump’s executive orders — Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — provide a model. So far, they are winning in court. Importantly, they have won the backing of many conservatives. As our counterparts on The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board wrote, Mr. Trump’s campaign against law firms “breaks a cornerstone principle of American justice.””

nytimes.com/2025/04/06/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President TrumpBy The Editorial Board
#GiftArticle#GiftLink#law
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Wm.son

#TFPeople #DepartmentOfLoyalty
#RuleOfLaw #Immigration
#PamBondi #ErezReuveni

Attorney General Pam Bondi justified the suspension with a chilling statement: “Every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States. Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.” In other words, zealous loyalty is now a higher priority than the law itself. When a government punishes attorneys not for misconduct but for honesty, it no longer deserves to be called a Department of Justice. It becomes a Department of Loyalty, where truth is expendable, and the Constitution is little more than an obstacle to be managed.

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Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽

@serge Regressive and inflationary. If your goal were to transfer wealth from the poor to the rich; divide society even further; create unrest among the population — then #tariffs are for you!

Seems like odd things for a US president to want. But totally understandable as policies born in Moscow and implemented here at the hands of #traitors.

#Putin#Russia#Amerika
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Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽

If I worked for #Putin, all I’d want to see happen in the US is:

—> Get rid of competent leadership in the #military, and everywhere else

—> Destroy American domination of world #trade, driving allies to turn to #Russia

—> Enfeeble the US #economy

—> Divide the American people

—> Weaken #democracy and #democratic institutions

It’s almost like the titular #President of the United States is under the control of the dictator of Russia.

#Amerika#tariffs#impeach47
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"It made me wonder how Miller plans to prove that someone “illegally” entered our country — it’s not an invasion no matter how many times he says it, that’s a whole different thing — if he doesn’t believe in due process. What if a bizarro future Democratic president claimed he’s illegal? He does spend an awful lot of time yelling on television in a way that reminds me of this Austrian guy. Are we sure he’s American by birth?

Wait, stop, he’s not allowed to dispute it or prove otherwise. That would be due process and application of the rule of law. Miller seems to want the government to be judge, jury, and executioner without the need for the public process that has defined our country for the past 250 years.

When I say 250 years, I’m not exaggerating. Due process — the principle that allows people to defend themselves against accusations by the government and have their day in court — has to some extent defined America’s values since before the Founding.

While we haven’t always perfectly lived up to the ideal of guaranteeing that everybody is innocent until proven guilty — think slavery, Jim Crow, Japanese interment, or the Red Scare — it’s always been one of the lodestars of the American ethos."

theamericansaga.com/p/the-foun

The American Saga · The Founders Believed In Due Process Even for People Who Killed AmericansBy Zaid Jilani
#USA#Trump#Deportation
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