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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

shuts down

But did the ruling actually effect a change in troop deployment? Has anyone in the administration complied with any of these rulings? I've seen tons of articles about judges issuing rulings against the Trump administration, but I have seen zero follow-up articles about how the administration is complying with any of these rulings.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If the deployment has been ruled illegal, will our military leaders pull their troops back?

    Is it open season on illegal armed soldiers on my block?

    I got questions.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If the deployment has been ruled illegal, will our military leaders pull their troops back?

    Trump has been actively trying to find ways to replace career military leaders with loyalists. If they start defying his orders to try to comply with the courts, I'm pretty sure he could fire them and the Supreme Court would sign off on the action.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    POTUS does not need court backing to fire military officers. That's well within his powers. But in no case can he wipe the slate clean all the way down. Hell, think the military wouldn't shatter if he fired the 800 generals that were in that meeting last week? He can only move so fast and keep a functioning military.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    I wonder how long it's gonna take before judges start falling out of windows.

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    [–] 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What I appreciate most here is not that they told them to stop, which may be challenged and rejected by fascists in the judiciary, but that they stated that ICE and the government in general aren't credible. They've just been making things up and being given a default of assuming good faith. It's like the courts that just take "I feared for my life" at face value, despite the fact that saying that magic phrase regardless of the situation is taught in courses and their fears are based on fantasies. A court that's unwilling to judge the credibility and rationality of a defendant isn't a functioning court.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There was a law professor on a podcast talking about how courts traditionally lend credibility to the government as a default position, but it might have to change because of all the shit this admin is pulling

    https://trumpconlaw.com/89-bad-faith-president

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    They really shouldn't, and it's been a problem for a lot longer than Trump. BLM didn't come about because there was a functioning justice system willing to cast a critical eye to its operatives. The idea that certain individuals are just trustworthy by default is what breeds a culture of unaccountability.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don't think they believe what they are saying, they just know their base is that gullible.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago* (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Damn, this is straight up out of The Emperor Has No Clothes. Trump has replaced all competent people with weasels and snakes, so now all he hears is the lies they feed him that make him feel better.

    It's impossible to feel sorry for him, because he brought this on himself by firing anyone who wouldn't pledge loyalty to him. But still, makes you realize that he is actively being deceived by his own people.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago*

    Finally a judge with a backbone, morals, and a brain to boot!

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago
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    Shut it down you orange turd!

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    technically the issue national guard could deal with are ice nazis

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