Rightwing Catholic Supreme at Leonard Leo funded law school at rightwing Catholic University announces rewrite of history. newrepublic.com/post/201025/...

In the preface, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. calls the Heritage Guide to the Constitution “a great place to start” for Americans who “want to understand what our Constitution means.” Sam has been busy with the re-write too. www.heritage.org/press/herita...

Crucially, there is STILL TIME TO STOP THIS. The Trump administration has proven legally incompetent and vulnerable to concerted pushback. But this only works if people who care about democracy refuse dooming, and realize they still have agency. www.vox.com/politics/462...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funds b/c of Trump’s “pocket rescission” argument and b/c enforcing the injunction would affect foreign affairs. The Democratic appointees dissent. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Here is my report at Law Dork on tonight’s shadow docket order: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-imp...

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

There is so little transparency on how shadow docket decisions are made that I'm tempted to read into Kagan's note that the justices didn't get to deliberate in conference. Do they get to for some applications? Maybe, maybe not www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...

The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America. Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here. www.vox.com/politics/462...

This is a terrific piece by @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social. He explains extremely well, at least IMHO, the logic of competitive authoritarianism, where and how its happening here, and that we still have time to stop it.

It’s so depressing watching the dumbest people in America drive this country into a ditch …. Again

Misrepresenting testimony and evidence to a grand jury to secure an indictment is a lot easier to do in that setting since there is no defense lawyer present to challenge it, but it is a pretty perilous road for Lindsey Halligan to go down right after her predecessor resigned.

Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons. snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...

We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?

While all the attention rightly being focused on Kimmel, Comey, Schiff etc.. let us not lose sight of some really important developments. Getting the military is a key part to a complete takeover by an Authoritarian Unitary Executive. Do not underestimate Leonard Leo's six on the Supreme Court.

There are good reasons not to do this. There are however bad reasons to do this, which brings us to Hegseth. He says the greatest danger to the US is not China or Russia but internal factors. He could be right, if what he has in mind is himself. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

In other news, Chief Justice Roberts's "administrative" stay from 9/9 — allowing the Trump admin hold off spending nearly $5 billion in foreign aid that Congress said is to be spent by 9/30 — remains in effect tonight, one week and one hour from the spending deadline. www.lawdork.com/i/173230405/...

Good Grief.....

While everyone is focused on Comey, Trump executed a Presidential Memorandum that makes it a terrorist act to support anti-fascism. We are here.

Did I just hear Andrew Weissmann possibly predict trump gets "hoist with the Comey petard" ?

Harry Litman on All In with Chris Hayes just used one of my go to words since 2017; gobsmacked.

New from me (and timely!): The Very Definition of Selective and Vindictive Prosecution: No one should be wrongfully prosecuted because a president wants revenge staytuned.substack.com/p/the-very-d...

This is just the beginning. America was warned, given a violent preview on Jan 6, 2021, had the chance to prevent it, and did not have the courage to do what needed to be done to protect democracy. This list is not all-inclusive. They are coming for everyone. Unless they are stopped. #overthrow

For the historical record. The Attorney General, FBI Director & Deputy, jump to social media to rejoice in their WEAK & pathetic indictment of Trump & Flynn's main "Deep State" enemy. "No matter their perch," says K$sh PaChud. The Qanon Admin is truly fucking dumb. #overthrow

Mary McCord just voiced my exact thoughts: "breakdown of the rule of law" and "the immunity decision".

@timothysnyder.bsky.social THIS MAN, Timothy Snyder, KNOWS OF WHAT HE SPEAKS We have been warned since 2016-17 When does it get to be too late?

Probably the best video I've seen on how Project 2025 is now reality.

By 9:00 pm Eastern, I'll drop a critical Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter article: Pete Hegseth ordered an all-hands of America’s generals to Quantico. No agenda. No precedent. I break it down: scenarios, red lines, and what it means for freedom This decision by Hegseth spiked the hair on my neck.

(just finished as I heard the news about Comey indictment) anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shooting-t...

Comey was indicted because Trump pushed the DOJ to do it. He’s is a big part of why Trump won the first time— he tanked Hillary’s campaign. So I can’t stand the dude, but Trump should be thankful.

BREAKING NOW: Jame Comey has been indicted. 1. False Statements 2. Obstruction of Justice Trump is a small and bitter human being.

“A devastating, passionate takedown of Chief Justice John Roberts's Supreme Court by a Washington insider.” —Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money www.amazon.com/Without-Prec...

On CNN too. ..."no one is above the law"! HA ...when does truth and reality finally break through?

As soon as the governor signs this illegal bill, Missouri will be sued. I don't bluff and I usually win.

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

Leonard Leo's "crushing liberal democracy" and his termites at work.

Yo' Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social 👇 This confirms reasons to feel somewhat depressed but we nevah let the bastards get us down...I've been gobsmacked at the self sabotaging stupidity of the American public since 2016 but "Illegitimi non carborundum"!

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Forbes: The longest serving law professor in West Point’s history has filed suit seeking class certification for the deprivation by the US Army, West Point, and the academic dean of the 1A free speech rights of all the civilian professors, by requiring them to submit all papers for prior approval.

Ken CHESEBRO, an architect of Trump's bid to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election, has been suspended from practicing law in D.C. (he'd already been disbarred/suspended in several states) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

To be clear, I don't give a shit what John Bolton's opinion is on basically anything. I just enjoy that mid-investigation dude is out here still taking swings at the American Tyrant. 👏

Join us again tomorrow (Thursday) at H Street and 16th St from 5-7pm. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Call your members of Congress and demand the USA resumes military aid to Ukraine. #CrimeaIsUkraine

We don’t talk enough about how lucky we are to have @marcelias.bsky.social

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

Paintball anyone? Irresistible target.

All of legacy MSM’s Catholic problem. No problem labeling Protestant Christian Nationalists. Scared shitless of Catholic Nationalists, the ones on Supreme Court actually pulling the levers. www.status.news/p/cnn-jack-p...

Another closeup of Mr Cardinal on birdcam. #birds

Voters in southern Arizona have picked Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, and be the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress. She defeated Republican candidate Daniel Butierez on Tuesday in a special election.

I’m mortified to be an American, today.