"Springfield OH has epitomized what's great about the American Dream, up to today's chance for Haitians to thrive, and its dark underbelly of lynching and anti-Black riots
What's new is men openly riding the dark side to seize the White House."
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8/ "It took time, but around 2020 a perfect storm of thousands of Haitian migrants granted protected status in the U.S. with worsening unrest in their homeland and new employers seeking eager laborers began to change Springfield, for good. Downtown revitalization and demand for housing surged.
Change was not welcomed by everyone."
13/ "“There are certainly ppl trying to do what’s right, like mayor speaking out & condemning what’s going on,” Springfield minister told me. “It’s bringing attention and a spotlight to this community, but... What community is next? Bc there’ll be another Springfield.”
There can no longer be any confusion over what this election is all about. On the night of Nov5, will America be illuminated by flashing neon bulbs of hope, or the riotous arson fires of rage?"
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@davidtheeviloverlord Yes, I posted that this a.m. a few times, as I recall.
Here's one:
Despite--or because of--all its wealth and the United States has no shame. I know of no nation ever that has survived such power coupled with such hubris and arrogance.
That's why I worry for the US. Not so much because of the rights or wrongs of this but because no nation survives this.
It is truly grow or die.
Liebe Menschen im #Fediverse
Am Freitag darf ich bei @datenspuren zur Frage sprechen:
👉 Was hat das Netz je Gutes für uns getan?
Ich nehme das zum Anlass, um eine offene Sammlung zu genau dieser Frage zu starten, so dass wir möglichst vielfältige Perspektiven dazu zusammentragen und später alle weiternutzen können.
Machst du mit? 🙏
Das geht hier
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(Ein kurzer Satz reicht völlig aus!)
Gerne boosten. Danke ❤️
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The #Supreme #Court was hit by a flurry of damaging new #leaks Sunday as a series of confidential memos written by the chief justice were revealed by The New York Times.
The court’s Chief Justice #John #Roberts was clear to his fellow justices in February:
He wanted the court to take up a case weighing Donald Trump’s right to presidential immunity
—and he seemed inclined to protect the former president.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,”
Roberts wrote to his Supreme Court peers, according to a private memo obtained by the Times.
He was referencing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to allow the case to move forward.
Roberts took an unusual level of involvement in this and other cases that ultimately benefited Trump, according to the Times
—his handling of the cases surprised even some other justices on the high court, across ideological lines.
(As president, Trump appointed three of the members of its current conservative supermajority.)
Such was the case in March that debated whether Colorado, or any state, had the authority to 🔸remove an official from a federal ballot.
♦️Roberts persuaded the other justices to make their opinion
—that states could not unilaterally drop a federal candidate from the ballot
—unsigned to authoritatively signal their unanimity, according to the Times.
The judges agreed, until the conservatives sought to include an additional proposition that mandated anyone seeking to enforce the Constitution’s ban on insurrectionist candidates get congressional approval.
Four justices
—Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amy Coney Barrett
—thought that idea went too far, and wrote concurrences in disagreement.
Roberts himself wrote the majority opinion.
♦️Roberts also took charge of the court’s ruling that declared the 🔸government went too far in charging those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
He had initially assigned the case to Samuel Alito
but abruptly took it over himself days after the Times revealed Alito’s wife Martha-Ann hung an upside-down U.S. #flag
—an emblem of the “Stop the Steal” movement, and propagated by some Jan. 6 rioters
—outside his home, according to the Times.
It was unclear whether the two episodes were linked; none of the justices answered the Times’ questions
👉The switch, however, was unusual among court standards. Such instances usually only occur when a decision changes, experts told the Times.
Thus came the Trump ruling.
The conservatives had voted to grant Trump, and all presidents, expansive #immunity for “official” acts during their tenure.
🔥But Roberts again took the case for himself, prompting some at the court to wonder whether he may have taken on too much.
He got pushback from justices both liberal (Sotomayor) and conservative (Barrett), though the opinion made it through in July, providing Trump with a clear win.
🆘 The clear loser? Judge #Tanya #Chutkan, who must decide how the ruling applies to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s still-pending case against Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
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How #Roberts Shaped #Trump’s #SCOTUS Winning Streak
Behind the scenes, the #ChiefJustice molded 3 momentous #Jan6 & #election cases that helped determine the fmr president’s fate.
Last Feb, Chief Justice #JohnRoberts sent his 8 #SupremeCourt colleagues a confidential memo that radiated frustration & certainty.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #AntiGovernment #Unlawful #extremism #MAGA #Republicans #conservative
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#Trump, seeking to retake the #WhiteHouse, had made a bold, last-ditch appeal to the justices. He wanted them to block his fast-approaching #criminal trial on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he was protected by presidential #immunity. Whatever move #SCOTUS made could have lasting consequences for the next #election, the scope of presidential #power & the court’s own battered reputation.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism
The #ChiefJustice’s Feb 22 memo, jump-starting the justices’ formal discussion on whether to hear the case, offered a scathing critique of a lower-court decision & a startling preview of how the high court would later rule, acc/to several people from the court who saw the document.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #AntiGovernment #Unlawful #extremism #MAGA #Republicans #conservative
The #ChiefJustice tore into the appellate court opinion greenlighting #Trump’s trial, calling it inadequate & poorly reasoned. On one key point, he complained, the lower court judges “failed to grapple w/the most difficult questions altogether.” He wrote not only that #SCOTUS should take the case — which would stall the #trial — but also HOW the justices should DECIDED it.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #criminal #extremism #MAGA #Republicans
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently” from the appeals court, #ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts wrote. In other words: grant #Trump greater protection from prosecution.
In a momentous trio of #Jan6 related cases last term, the court found itself more entangled in presidential #politics than at any time since the 2000 election, even as it was contending w/its own controversies related to that day.
#ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts responded by deploying his #authority to STEER RULINGS that BENEFITED #Trump, acc/to a NYT examination that uncovered extensive new info about the court’s decision making.
[#JFC that’s it. #DisbandSCOTUS ]
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #AntiGovernment #Unlawful #extremism #MAGA #Republicans #conservative
This account draws on details from justices’ private memos, documentation of the proceedings & interviews w/ #SCOTUS insiders, both conservative & liberal,who spoke on the condition of anonymity because deliberations are supposed to be kept secret. [I thank them for providing evidence of such blatant #bias & #corruption]
The #ChiefJustice wrote the majority opinions in all 3 cases, incl an unsigned one in March concluding that #Trump could not be barred from #election ballots in #Colorado.
#law
Another case involved a highly unusual switch. In April, the #ChiefJustice assigned Justice #Alito to write a majority opinion saying that prosecutors had gone too far in bringing obstruction charges against some Capitol *rioters* [#insurgents]. But in late May, #JohnRoberts took it over.…
During the Feb discussions of the #immunity case, the most consequential of the 3, some of the *#conservative* justices wanted to schedule it for the next term.
That would have deferred oral arguments until Oct & almost certainly pushed a decision until after the #election. But #ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts provided crucial support for hearing the historic case earlier, siding w/the liberals.
Then he froze them out. After he circulated his draft opinion in June, Justice Sonia #Sotomayor, the senior liberal, signaled a willingness to agree on some points in hopes of moderating the opinion….
Though the #ChiefJustice often favors consensus, he did not take the opening. As the court split 6 to 3, #conservatives vs #liberals, Justice #Sotomayor started work on a 5-alarm dissent warning of #danger to #democracy.
In his writings on the #immunity case, #JohnRoberts seemed confident that his arguments would soar above #politics, persuade the public, & stand the test of time. [#hubris]
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #criminal #bias #corrupt
#ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts’ opinion cited “enduring principles,” quoted Alexander Hamilton’s endorsement of a vigorous presidency, & asserted it would be a mistake to dwell too much on #Trump’s actions. “In a case like this one, focusing on ‘transient results’ may have profound consequences for the separation of powers & for the future of our Republic,” he wrote. “Our perspective must be more farsighted.”
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #criminal
Now #JohnRoberts’ opinion is the key doc in a #legal drama playing out this autumn, as the judge presiding over the long-delayed trial, Tanya S. #Chutkan, parses what the court meant and how to move forward. Legal scholars say her job won’t be easy. Despite the #ChiefJustice’s reputation as a methodical craftsman, many experts, both conservative & liberal, say he produced a disjointed, tough-to-interpret opinion.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism
“It’s a strange, sprawling opinion,” said William Baude, a University of Chicago #law prof & a fmr clerk to #ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts. “It’s hard to tell what exactly it is trying to do.”
Others said the ruling was untethered from the law. “It’s certainly not really tied to the #Constitution,” said Stephen R. McAllister, a law prof at University of Kansas & fmr clerk to Justice #ClarenceThomas.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #criminal #corrupt
#ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts’s Unsigned Opinion
…In Feb, the justices heard arguments on a provocative question. The #Constitution’s #FourteenthAmendment, adopted after the Civil War, contains language barring #insurrectionists from holding office. So could #Colorado kick #Trump off the ballot in its #Republican primary, creating an obstacle for his presidential campaign?
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #extremism #MAGA #Republicans #corruption
From the start of the justices’ private discussions of the case, #TrumpvAnderson, it was clear that the court was going to say no…. Allowing states to excise candidates from ballots in a national #election was out of the question, the justices agreed. With sparse & cryptic text in the amendment, & little case #law, to guide them, they raised various ideas for the court’s ruling & rationale.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #extremism #corruption
#SCOTUS’ #conservative supermajority has prevailed in many of the most consequential cases in recent years. This time, #ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts told his colleagues he wanted the decision to be unanimous & unsigned. In any politically charged case, agreement among the justices made the decision more authoritative. He even said he would consult individually w/everyone to discuss what they would accept — a rare step.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #corrupt
While all 9 justices agreed that #Trump should remain on state ballots, 4 of the conservatives were pushing to go beyond that & rule that the #Constitution’s prohibition would require congressional action. Such a decision would provide even greater protection for Trump: To prevent him from taking office if he won re-election, #Congress would have to vote to enforce the #insurrectionist ban.
#ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts #law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism
That left #ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts in control of the outcome. He LINGERED over the choice…. Ultimately, he sided w/the 4 conservatives in an opinion that he wrote but that was issued unsigned. Justice #AmyConeyBarrett & the 3 #liberals wrote concurrences saying the majority had gone TOO FAR.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #illiberalism #AntiGovernment #Unlawful #extremism #MAGA #Republicans #conservative
The case w/the potential to undermine charges against #Trump, spurred behind-the-scenes footwork by the justices, incl the mysterious reassignment of a majority opinion.
#FischervUnitedStates, posed the question: Had prosecutors overreached in charging some #Jan6 *rioters* under a #law originally aimed at white-collar crime? Of the ~1,500 people who had been indicted in the Capitol attack as of June, when Fischer was decided, ~250 cases included a charge of #obstructing an official proceeding.
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