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#abuseofpower

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Nonilex

“…tucked away in section 6B of #Trump’s day-one #ExecutiveOrder declaring a national emergency at the southern border was this pearl… :

‘Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secy of Defense & the Secy of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report…about the conditions … & any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary…, including whether to invoke the #InsurrectionAct of 1807.’”

#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower
thebulwark.com/p/will-trump-in

The Bulwark · Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 Next?By Adrian Carrasquillo
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Nonilex

Nonprofits challenging the February mass-firing of #FederalWorkers urged #SCOTUS Thurs to leave in place a federal judge’s order that would require the #Trump admin to reinstate 16k fired employees from 6 #FederalAgencies.

#law #Musk #DOGE #AbuseOfPower
scotusblog.com/2025/04/nonprof

SCOTUSblog · Nonprofits urge justices to leave judge’s reinstatement of federal employees in place - SCOTUSblogA group of nonprofits challenging the layoffs of thousands of probationary employees urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that would require the federal government to reinstate more than 16,000 employees who were fired by six agencies in February. “I
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Nonilex

The justices will soon decide whether to relieve the #Trump admin from the trial court’s order halting the expulsions. Whether the govt has complied w/the order isn’t directly before #SCOTUS. But whether the Court can trust the govt’s representations during such quickly unfolding litigation is—& the justices have every reason not to.

#law#immigration#AlienEnemiesAct
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Nonilex

Believe it when it happens:

#Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that #ElonMusk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader & hatchet man.

Trump remains pleased w/ #Musk & his #DOGE initiative, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return to his businesses & take on a supporting role….

#USpol #unelected #AbuseOfPower
politico.com/news/magazine/202

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Nonilex

The decision by US Dist Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, NJ, means any appeals in the #Palestinian #activist's case will be heard by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a 6-6 split between active judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents, instead of the #5thCircuit, the country's most #conservative appeals court.

#MahmoudKhalil
#immigration #law #ColumbiaUniversity #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #DueProcess #Trump #AbuseOfPower

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Nonilex

Amazingly Sen #CoryBooker is still awake & will be interviewed on The #RachelMaddow Show which starts at 9PM ET.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our #history! I don't a #whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched #truth about #America, because that speaks to our greatness" - Sen Cory Booker

#TRMS
#resist #Trump #money #power #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup 
#democracy #law #USpol #Senate #Constitution #CivilRights #MoralMoment #GoodTrouble

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Nonilex

Senator #CoryBooker has now entered his 22nd hour speaking on the #Senate floor, criticizing the #Trump admin.

If he makes it to 7:19PM ET, he will have surpassed the all time record in US history.

Senator Strom Thurmond’s 1957 civil rights debate on the Senate floor holds the record at 24 hours & 18 minutes long.

#resist #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup
youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK2VbdLS

YouTubeLIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floorBy Associated Press
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