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#constitutionalcrisis — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #constitutionalcrisis, aggregated by home.social.

  1. While #PamBondi has yet to actually specify what “improper public comments” #Boasberg made to elicit such an attack, both her chief of staff & the right-wing #FederalistSociety have reported that this huge, inappropriate mistake Boasberg made was simply expressing his (valid!) concern that the #Trump admin was liable to “disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a #ConstitutionalCrisis,” while at a judicial conference.

    #law #Constitution #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

  2. #PamBondi Takes Revenge on Judge #Trump Absolutely Hates

    The #DOJ is targeting Judge #Boasberg.

    Trump’s Justice Department is moving to retaliate against one of the federal #judges who stood up to Trump’s extrajudicial [illegal] #deportations.

    #law #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
    newrepublic.com/post/198540/pa

  3. More increases in #immigration #enforcement #funding:

    - $14.4B for #ICE Transportation & Removal (current budget $721M)

    $1.25B for immigration courts

    $1.32B for ICE prosecutors
    + $600M for the prosecutions

    $787M for state/local assistance
    +$650M specifically for memos of agreement between ICE & state/local law enforcement agencies allowing those agencies to perform immigration enforcement duties, including detention & removal.

    #law #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch

  4. Other new #immigration “fees”:

    - $250 bond for ALL nonimmigrant #visa applicants

    - $550 for “parole” work permits

    - $1,500 fee for applying to adjust status to get a #GreenCard before a judge.

    The bill would also dramatically increase immigration #enforcement #funding.

    $45B for #ICE #detention, assuming $4.5B/year, that would be nearly a 250% annual increase to the current $3.4 detention budget.

    #law #House #Republicans #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch #judiciary

  5. The prohibitive fees continue:

    2 "fees" are actually penalties:

    - $5,000 "fee" for being ordered deported for missing a court hearing.

    - $5,000 "fee" for being an inadmissible *alien* apprehended between ports of entry.

    This new fee is grotesque:

    - $500 for any Special Immigrant Juvenile [#SIJ] Status application — these are abused, abandoned or neglected kids, ya think they have $500?

    #law #immigration #judiciary #Republicans #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch

  6. More prohibitive #immigration“fees” — these are just for trying to defend your status in #court:

    - $100 fee for ANY continuance (except in "exceptional” circumstances)

    - $1,050 fee for ANY waiver application

    - $900 fee for all appeals except bond (currently $100)

    - $1,500 fee for non-Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) cancellation (currently $100)

    #law #JimJordan #House #judiciary #Republicans #GOP #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch #AbuseOfPower

  7. Crazy

    At the end of the #House #Judiciary reconciliation bill, there are 2 major restrictions on the judiciary & #litigation:

    First, as noted above, it bans judges from enforcing #contempt unless there was an FRCP 65(c) bond (rare in #CivilRights suits). Obviously aimed to stop Judges like #Boasberg & #Xinis, among others.

    Second, they would bar money damages in settlements. [see pic]

    #law #Republicans #GOP #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch #AbuseOfPower

  8. During ordinary times, this accommodation would reflect an appropriate respect for the constitutional #SeparationOfPowers. In dealing with this Administration, with its maximalist conception of executive authority & its contemptuous attitude toward the #judiciary, the Justices are being played for fools.

    #Trump #SCOTUS #law #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #ChecksAndBalances #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #JudicialBranch #AbuseOfPower

  9. That, the govt argued, would intrude on the President’s sole power to conduct foreign relations. So the govt’s responsibility here is to, what, maybe issue #AbregoGarcia a Global Entry card to cut the #immigration line if he somehow turns up at a #US airport? This defiant position cannot stand—not if the rule of #law is to survive.

    #SCOTUS #Trump #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower