US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

(I don't think they will, tbh)

it would cement the court's reputation in the public mind as a partisan body, and it would also be surrendering a remarkable amount of power to the executive branch. but we'll see!

I agree. They don't want to be tied to Trump any more than they already are. Nothing he can do to them now. Thay can make themselves look noble by going against him and acting in the name of institutional legitimacy.

tbh they might - Kavanaugh especially - but Roberts is more inclined to take the long view of the court's perogatives and standing

I think I remember reading that there's scotus precedent for fast tracking these appeals regarding conflicts btw the branches? That in fact they might address it in short order?

Mafia Rave looks pretty chill: https://www.instagram.com/mafiaraveterrace/

I don't know this place called Mafia Rave. Now, it's possible that there's a photo of me at Mafia Rave, but there are photos of me everywhere, I go to a lot of places, and maybe I've been to Mafia Rave, we'll see.

there's scotus precedent for fast tracking these appeals regarding conflicts btw the branches?

there is a precedent, but I think it's up to the court and their schedule.

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No Atmosphere And Expensive
A quiet place with zero pazzaz and expensive 400 UAH chairs at entry and required. Its not on the beach its in the woods 50 yards from the beachfront. Not worth the money, a boring place to spend an afternoon.

Not even a single pazza? Disappointing.

Outside the Target Center, Trump protesters clashed with Trump supporters, their shouting and cursing escalating as the president took the stage. Many said the longtime Democratic state suddenly felt like a battleground, and strangers approached each other to pick fights.

honestly this is such bullshit, there were some shouting matches here and there but the overall scene was peaceful, lots of times it didn't feel any more pitched than wandering around an outdoor concert

Wouldn't be surprised if SC clerks have been assembling legal precedent for months on this. SC will of course rule that examination of tax returns is implied by Article I oversight role and Article II emoluments clause.

it would be shocking if they don't in this particular instance, the WH's legal defense is such blatant horseshit

Will they? I'm not at all convinced that the end game here is for the court to help establish a conservative dictatorship and to hell with constitutional precedent.

*that the end game isn't

I'm not sure John Roberts, the new swing vote (!), can persuade any of the Furious Five to join him in any anti-Trump decision.

can't wait to find out

the WH's legal defense is such blatant horseshit

The incompetence is as breathtaking as the corruption, always.

Will they? I'm not at all convinced that the end game here is for the court to help establish a conservative dictatorship and to hell with constitutional precedent.

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, October 11, 2019

Back to 1935!

Pretty much. We talk about the insanith of ceding power to the president as if the Senate hasn't already embraced this path.

jfc

This guy is teaching his young son how to boo the press. “Boo ... bad media ... thumbs down,” he said. pic.twitter.com/egVyJNZAhd

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) October 11, 2019

My brother is on a @united flight from LA to Boston and saw this guy boarding with a shirt that reads “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” #thread pic.twitter.com/MWy5HnDxzI

— Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) October 11, 2019

maybe when the next Dem president levels up w/ this new steroidal immunity-free Exectutive Power she can bribe/extort her way into fulfilling their darkest fantasies, actually taking away their guns and stuff

You'll be cool w/ that, right MItch?

xp would have a hard time not fighting that guy tbh

maybe when the next Dem president levels up w/ this new steroidal immunity-free Exectutive Power she can bribe/extort her way into fulfilling their darkest fantasies, actually taking away their guns and stuff

honestly I think this is the only thing that might give the Roberts' court pause. The Senate knows they can fight their legislative battles essentially one at a time, but the courts work more slowly and are (ostensibly) bound by precedent. If they box themselves into a corner where they have to write very narrow rulings one way for one party and very narrow rulings another way for the other party... I dunno how tenable that is, it will make a total mess of jurisprudence.

yeah depending on my BAC pre-flight i'd be somewhat inclined to talk shit. what the guy going to do? swing at me at an international airport? fucking please. please do.

just read that thread and saw that the brother was asked to leave the flight for perceiving the shirt as a threat. U! S! A!

Jesus Christ.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-marie-yovanovitch-s-prepared-deposition-statement/dffbf543-a373-46e0-a957-bc12a9371af4/

he was asked to get off the plane to discuss it, but i think he took the flight.

Good news:

A federal appeals court held on Friday that Trump’s claims that he is immune to congressional oversight have no basis in law.

If the Supreme Court does not interfere with this decision, that means the House Oversight Committee will soon gain access to many of Trump’s financial records — potentially including his tax forms.

The case, Trump v. Mazars USA, is an especially significant one because it represents House investigators’ best opportunity to shake records loose from a president who’s offered maximal resistance to any attempt to make him disclose information that he does not want disclosed. The House committee seeks financial records that Trump turned over to his accounting firm, Mazars USA, and the firm has indicated it will comply with the committee’s subpoena if it is ordered to do so.

Trump cannot simply refuse to turn over these records because they aren’t under his control.

Judge David Tatel, a Clinton appointee on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, wrote the majority opinion in Mazars. And, as his opinion explains, the law governing this case is pretty straightforward. As a series of Supreme Court decisions that stretch back to the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal lay out, Congress has broad authority to conduct investigations so long as those investigations have a “valid legislative purpose.” Such a purpose exists as long as the investigation touches upon a matter “on which legislation could be had.”

Supreme Court getting so many chances to prove their value to their Republican overlords

A bill of impeachment is a piece of legislation.

Ben Shapiro warns that if politicians try to mandate LGBTQ 'indoctrination' at all schools, then he will "pick up a gun." Further adding "Beto O'Rourke does not get to raise my child. And if he tries, I will meet him at the door with a gun" pic.twitter.com/Hq7SyF7FeI

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 11, 2019

what are you gonna do shoot him in the foot

did he impregnate someone?????? awww

These "get my gun" tough guys all model their dialogue on gangster movies and television programs.

WASHINGTON — Marie L. Yovanovitch, who was recalled as the American ambassador to Ukraine in May, testified to impeachment investigators on Friday that a top State Department official told her that President Trump had pushed for her removal for months even though the department believed she had “done nothing wrong.”

In a closed-door interview that could further fuel calls for Mr. Trump’s impeachment, Ms. Yovanovitch delivered a scathing indictment of how his administration conducts foreign policy. She warned that private influence and personal gain have usurped diplomats’ judgment, threatening to undermine the nation’s interests and drive talented professionals out of public service. And she said that diplomats no longer have confidence that their government “will have our backs and protect us if we come under attack from foreign interests.”

nice

Deep state demoncrat

has anyone checked her phone for text messages to her looover ??

Man, Ben Shapiro sure is terrified of the urges he might fulfill if ever face-to-peen with another man.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/oct/11/donald-trump-news-today-impeachment-inquiry-ukraine-politics-live-updates?page=with:block-5da0cf9f8f084862358fc85f#block-5da0cf9f8f084862358fc85f

I thought there was already a SC ruling that said he could divert the military funds for a border wall, confused as to how this is related...

if politicians try to mandate LGBTQ 'indoctrination' at all schools

As far as I can see LGBTQ "indoctrination" consists of teaching the shocking idea that LGBTQ people are in fact people and thus deserve the same rights and dignity as other people, rather than being automatically viewed as perverted immoral criminals. I'm not really aware of any more elaborate doctrines the LGBTQ community is trying to push into schools. However, the doctrine that threats, guns and violence are a good way to disagreements seems like one that has no place in schools.

when you're a rich white conservative they let you do it

Conservative denunciations of illusory bouts of leftist indoctrination are basically just assertions that only they have the right to indoctrinate the youth.

They are afraid of other viewpoints being presented alongside their own because theirs is always gonna look like a pile of hateful pigshit in comparison.

i wonder if ben shapiro spends much time thinking about innocent children being indoctrinated with the idea that there is a strong probability that they will burn in hell for eternity

he probably does

does "they" equal jews because it's just wild as hell to me that conservative jews can make common cause w people who are going to come after them, too, just as soon as they stamp out the cultural marxists.

AIPAC's been doing it for decades

i know it was like a whole trumpyear ago, but i'm still stuck on 'they weren't with us at normandy'

well they weren't