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Bytes Europe<p>Stop anti-Trump judges, it’s still the economy, stupid and other commentary <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1290192/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1290192/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DrugCartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugCartels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Editorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Editorial</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EDUCATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDUCATION</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FastTakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FastTakes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Nicol%C3%A1sMaduro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NicolásMaduro</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Trump’s use of a 1977 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> to declare an economic *emergency* to impose the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> is also under challenge. The impending ruling from last week’s hearing before a US appeals court could cause <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to find other legal justifications if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> say he exceeded his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a>.</p><p>Even people who worked with Trump during his first term are skeptical that things will go smoothly for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, such as Paul Ryan, the fmr Republican House speaker….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At the same time, ambitious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> are overreaching [?] &amp; cynical actors are using the global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> to wage <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfare</span></a>, undermining their institutional authority &amp; even the concept of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RulesBasedOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RulesBasedOrder</span></a> [🚨]. In short, when people complain that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawsOfWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawsOfWar</span></a> are often ignored, they are right.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanitarianLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanitarianLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> have also questioned the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s motives in a handful of politically sensitive cases that officials have sought to dismiss — sometimes against the will of the prosecutors working on them day-to-day.</p><p>In a sweeping opinion issued in April, Judge Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan rejected as false the reasons the DOJ gave for dismissing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> charges against Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> of New York.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While it is impossible to know for sure how deeply this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/distrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distrust</span></a> has set in among <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> across the country, a number of judges in recent weeks have openly questioned the fundamental honesty &amp; credibility of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> in ways that would have been unthinkable only months ago.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The dissolution of these traditional bonds of trust — known in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> circles as the presumption of regularity — goes well beyond <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>’ use of blunt words — “egregious,” “brazen,” “lawless” — to describe the various parts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>-grabbing policy agenda.</p><p>Ultimately, legal experts say, the actions that caused such doubts among judges about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> &amp; those who represent it could have a more systemic effect &amp; erode the healthy functioning of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> Openly Doubt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USGovernment</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> *Misleads* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a>] &amp; Dodges Orders</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers have long enjoyed a professional benefit when they appear in court. As a general rule, judges tend to take them at their word &amp; assume they are telling the truth.</p><p>But…as members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> DOJ have repeatedly misled courts, violated orders &amp; demonized judges…, some jurists have started to show a loss of faith in the people &amp; institution they once believed in most.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/politics/trump-justice-department-judges-courts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-justice-department-judges-courts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Ex-minister Thomas Lembong files ethics complaint against judges – Politics <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1259785/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1259785/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EthicalViolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalViolation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EthicsViolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsViolation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JudicialCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardons</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ThomasLembong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasLembong</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> Keep Restrictions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> Arrests, in Setback for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Agenda</p><p>An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> &amp; other factors, such as speaking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a>, in making <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/arrests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrests</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RacialProfiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfiling</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/los-angeles-immigration-raids-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/los-</span><span class="invisible">angeles-immigration-raids-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> Questioned by Appeals <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> voice skepticism that president can use <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/emergencypowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergencypowers</span></a> to replace import schedule <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> adopted. “It’s just hard for me to see that Congress intended to give the president…a wholesale authority to throw out the tariff schedule that Congress adopted after years of careful work,” said Judge Timothy Dyk. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialstability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialstability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-tariff-authority-is-tested-in-court-as-deadline-on-trade-deals-looms-09b323f1?st=LVASDT&amp;mod=djemwhatsnews" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-tar</span><span class="invisible">iff-authority-is-tested-in-court-as-deadline-on-trade-deals-looms-09b323f1?st=LVASDT&amp;mod=djemwhatsnews</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> recount <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeathThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathThreats</span></a>, '<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/swatting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swatting</span></a>' after rulings against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>A group of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalJudges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalJudges</span></a> took the rare step of speaking out about receiving death threats &amp; mysterious pizza deliveries in the name of a judge's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/murdered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murdered</span></a> son after they blocked parts of Trump's agenda.</p><p>"It was disturbing, it was frightening," Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolentExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolentExtremists</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judges-recount-death-threats-swatting-after-rulings-against-trump-2025-07-31/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/government/u</span><span class="invisible">s-judges-recount-death-threats-swatting-after-rulings-against-trump-2025-07-31/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In filings in the case, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin insists that “a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEmergency</span></a> exists” necessitating its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> policy. A 3-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade, a specialized federal court in New York, was unconvinced however, ruling in May that Trump exceeded his powers.</p><p>The issue now rests with the appeals <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>.</p><p>The challenge strikes at just one batch of import taxes from an admin that has unleashed a bevy of them &amp; could be poised to unveil more on Friday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But an attorney for the plaintiffs, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NealKatyal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NealKatyal</span></a>, characterized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s maneuver as a “breathtaking” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> grab that amounted to saying “the president can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, for as long as he wants so long as he declares an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a>.”</p><p>No ruling was issued from the bench. Regardless of what decision the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>’ deliberations bring, the case is widely expected to reach <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The 1977 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, signed by President Jimmy Carter, allows the president to seize assets &amp; block transactions during a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEmergency</span></a>. It was first used during the Iran hostage crisis &amp; has since been invoked for a range of global unrest, from the 9/11 attacks to the Syrian civil war.</p><p>In sharp exchanges w/Schumate, appellate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> questioned that contention, asking whether the law extended to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> at all &amp;, if so, whether the levies matched the threat the admin identified.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Update</span></a></p><p>Appellate court <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> expressed broad skepticism over Trump’s legal rationale for his most expansive round of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>.</p><p>Members of the 11-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington appeared unconvinced by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s insistence that the president could impose tariffs without approval by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, &amp; it hammered its invocation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IEEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IEEPA</span></a>] to do so.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-court-lawsuit-trade-4c289f51008f6a3a02939caa73ab5404" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-tarif</span><span class="invisible">fs-court-lawsuit-trade-4c289f51008f6a3a02939caa73ab5404</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>So <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> are trying to sanction <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> for sharing his expert opinion, one of the primary functions of a federal judge.</p><p>Trump has called for Boasberg’s impeachment since March when he first ruled against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>, &amp; has continued to slander any judge who dares to rule against him…. The targeting of Boasberg is unfortunately par for the course now, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> will have to consider either capitulating to Trump or risking their safety, reputation, &amp; livelihood.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> Takes Revenge on Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Absolutely Hates</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is targeting Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a>.</p><p>Trump’s Justice Department is moving to retaliate against one of the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> who stood up to Trump’s extrajudicial [illegal] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/198540/pam-bondi-doj-targets-judge-boasberg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/198540/pa</span><span class="invisible">m-bondi-doj-targets-judge-boasberg</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/adams-john/78058/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>John Adams</b></a></p><blockquote>The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people and every blessing of society, depends so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.</blockquote><p><b>John Adams</b> (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)<br>Letter (1776-04) to George Wythe, “Thoughts on Government”</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/adams-john/78058/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/adams-john/78058/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=johnadams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>johnadams</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=checksandbalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>checksandbalances</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=separationofpowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>separationofpowers</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2274346/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2274346/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump ‘one-two punch’ targeting immigration courts will test TX detention centers: experts <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bond</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> may identify a candidate on their own, it is authorized by a federal statute, according to Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> had met with the judges who held the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to extend her term to try to persuade them of her competence.</p><p>But her efforts had largely fallen flat, according to several prominent lawyers in the state with knowledge of the discussions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/546" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28</span><span class="invisible">/546</span></a></p>