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[spike.t]

Interesting one using the definitions of genocide ....and use of cell phone signal jammers....

 

[DillonG]

 

[RLD]

Wow......court blocks tariffs

US trade court blocks Trump's sweeping tariffs in blow to trade policies

The Trump administration lodges an appeal against the ruling shortly after it was announced.

www.bbc.com

This is a fascinating decision.

The court used the same reasoning that stopped Biden from doing loan forgiveness and struck down a number of significant EPA regulations.

When this gets to SCOTUS I expect the Center right justices will be really conflicted.

 

[Brent in Az]

What we are dealing with in this country, is a judicial coup. Fueled by the deep state to stop Trump any way they can.

 

[Hank2211]

Another perspective is that it might be the US constitution working as it was designed to work. The Founding Fathers were afraid of nothing more than tyranny, having had the recent experience of King George to guide them. So they set up a system - which has come to be called “checks and balances” - to ensure that tyranny never took hold in the US. No President or branch of government would ever have the power to rule according only to their own will.

Being elected was never, and is not today, an indication that the winning office holder’s position on any issue was or is constitutional. And while US courts have been and can be somewhat political from time to time, overall, the system of checks and balances has worked well for over two centuries.

Those with some background in history might recall the troubles the FDR had with the Supreme Court, and that one of his proposed solutions was to increase the size of the court to pack it and try to get decisions to go his way. That obviously failed, but the lessons are there.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/does-the-president-of-the-us-h-Zs5UTyJ1TiaSTk6tJR75gw

 

[spike.t]

AFRICOM chief warns China attempting to 'replicate' US assistance as Washington pulls back - Breaking Defense

Gen. Michael Langley's warning comes amid the Pentagon's rebalancing of priorities and drastic cuts to foreign aid programs.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Brent in Az]

Another perspective is that it might be the US constitution working as it was designed to work. The Founding Fathers were afraid of nothing more than tyranny, having had the recent experience of King George to guide them. So they set up a system - which has come to be called “checks and balances” - to ensure that tyranny never took hold in the US. No President or branch of government would ever have the power to rule according only to their own will.

Being elected was never, and is not today, an indication that the winning office holder’s position on any issue was or is constitutional. And while US courts have been and can be somewhat political from time to time, overall, the system of checks and balances has worked well for over two centuries.

Those with some background in history might recall the troubles the FDR had with the Supreme Court, and that one of his proposed solutions was to increase the size of the court to pack it and try to get decisions to go his way. That obviously failed, but the lessons are there.

LOL.......all of that worked out real well against the politically weaponized Biden administration....eh!

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

 

[RLD]

What we are dealing with in this country, is a judicial coup. Fueled by the deep state to stop Trump any way they can.

You actually have that backwards. You have a President who does not respect constitutional norms and thinks he is a King. Which I think you guys got rid of some time ago.

Or, to give it a more generous reading Trump is trying things that other Presidents have not, and people are trying to figure out what really is within executive purview and what is not. Trump is entitled to try and push consitutional boundaries if he thinks it is the right thing to do, but he is not the final arbiter of where those boundaries are.

In some cases, what he has tried is clearly ultra vires or unconstitutional, other cases are more grey and will take some work to figure out.

 

[RLD]

LOL.......all of that worked out real well against the politically weaponized Biden administration....eh!

It did. All sorts of court rulings stopped Biden from doing things he wanted. Or did you miss that?

 

[Brent in Az]

You actually have that backwards. You have a President who does not respect constitutional norms and thinks he is a King. Which I think you guys got rid of some time ago.

Or, to give it a more generous reading Trump is trying things that other Presidents have not, and people are trying to figure out what really is within executive purview and what is not. Trump is entitled to try and push consitutional boundaries if he thinks it is the right thing to do, but he is not the final arbiter of where those boundaries are.

In some cases, what he has tried is clearly ultra vires or unconstitutional, other cases are more grey and will take some work to figure out.

Explain to me why I would care about a Canadians point of view over american politics? GTFO.

 

[Brent in Az]

It did. All sorts of court rulings stopped Biden from doing things he wanted. Or did you miss that?

It didn't stop the political lawfare against Trump or any of the dems political enemies, open borders, leftist degeneracy, or many other transgressions against the taxpayers.....or did you miss that?

 

[RLD]

Explain to me why I would care about a Canadians point of view over american politics? GTFO.

You really are bitter arn't you?

How about because I have a better understanding of how your constitutional system works than you do.

One of my closest lawyer friends does a ton of work for the Trump family (and oddly was also on the Biden defense team on the criminal charges) and another only practises in front of the U.S. supreme court.

Do you get a discount on all the towels you have to use to wipe the rabid drool from your frothing mouth? Or does Putin give them to you for free?

 

[RLD]

It didn't stop the political lawfare against Trump or any of the dems political enemies, open borders, leftist degeneracy, or many other transgressions against the taxpayers.....or did you miss that?

Do you understand the role of a court? Why do you think courts are the cause of open borders? Do you know what judges and courts do, or do you think they patrol the border in jeeps or decide how to fund border security and priorities? How many of the cases against Trump were successful? Are those cases started by judges or by prosecutors? What do the courts have to do with "leftist degeneracy?

Do you have the first clue of how your own judicial system works or do you just feel aggrieved alot and like to rant?

I really think you are a Russian bot trying to make Americans look bad. Because seriously you make Archie Bunker look measured.

 

[Brent in Az]

Do you understand the role of a court? Why do you think courts are the cause of open borders? Do you know what judges and courts do, or do you think they patrol the border in jeeps or decide how to fund border security and priorities? How many of the cases against Trump were successful? Are those cases started by judges or by prosecutors? What do the courts have to do with "leftist degeneracy?

Do you have the first clue of how your own judicial system works or do you just feel aggrieved alot and like to rant?

I really think you are a Russian bot trying to make Americans look bad. Because seriously you make Archie Bunker look measured.

The Canadian troll who joined 2 months ago, is suddenly an expert on american politics.LOL
Guess what, Captain clueless. I've been here 10 years, long before the existence of the political thread.
All of your anti Trump whining makes the blue haired lib ladies look measured.

GFY

 

[RLD]

The Canadian troll who joined 2 months ago, is suddenly an expert on american politics.LOL
Guess what, Captain clueless. I've been here 10 years, long before the existence of the political thread.
All of your anti Trump whining makes the blue haired lib ladies look measured.

GFY

So you think the length of time you spent on this forum makes you an expert in American constitutional law and the role of the judiciary?

If Scalia (God rest his soul) joined today that would mean he didn't know anything about American jurisprudence?

Good logic there.

But we can test it if you like. Why don't we have a debate or discussion about actual legal issues and we can see how you do. I'm up for it. How about the current dispute between President Trump and the Leonard Leo the former president of the (clearly Marxist) Federalist Society?

BTW how is the weather in Minsk?

 

[mdwest]

Im not sure I agree with everything contained in this X post.. but it offers some interesting information and insight on what might be broken within our military and how we might go about fixing it (if we agree on what is broken, what is causal of the break,e tc)..

My primary objection to his evaluation is he notes how most of the officers "studied" lacked certain requirements that exist today for current military leadership..

the problem with that is.. many of the things the "old" leaders lack, didn't exist at the time they served, so of course there would be no opportunity for them to meet those requirements.. (and yet he shows that as a discriminator).. for example, none of the people studied that lived in the 1700's and 1800's attended a senior service college... well, no kidding.. senior service colleges didn't exist during their time.. had they existed, Im sure many of them would have attended..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1919780783138406611

 

[SaintPanzer]

I'm a graduate of a war college, and a Canadian Joint Staff Programme. Per Goldwater-Nichols requirements, I am a Joint Qualified Officer.

There are issues with DoD, and with Goldwater-Nichols. Those requirements are not the issues.

 

[Brent in Az]

So you think the length of time you spent on this forum makes you an expert in American constitutional law and the role of the judiciary?

If Scalia (God rest his soul) joined today that would mean he didn't know anything about American jurisprudence?

Good logic there.

But we can test it if you like. Why don't we have a debate or discussion about actual legal issues and we can see how you do. I'm up for it. How about the current dispute between President Trump and the Leonard Leo the former president of the (clearly Marxist) Federalist Society?

BTW how is the weather in Minsk?

You joined 2 months ago, and immediately began with spewing the anti trump drivel at the height of Trumps tariff war with canada. I don't take you seriously if thats all you have.
As far as Leo, Trump is upset because he felt like he got played by the Federalist Society because Trumps 3 SCOTUS picks were linked to the Federalist society.
6 of the 9 sitting Scotus judges have ties to the Federalist society.
Judges who are linked to the Federalist society typically have a better chance of Senate approval.
The NCLA, a group that Leo is involved in, is responsible for filing a lawsuit over Trumps levies on Chinese goods.
Right, wrong, or indifferent, that is why Trump is upset with Leonard Leo.

The weather in southern Arizona has been better then usual.