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  1. Tulsi Gabbard’s Resignation Raises Troubling Questions About Trump’s White House

    Tulsi Gabbard’s Resignation is intensifying concerns about turmoil inside Trump’s White House and growing instability across U.S. intelligence leadership.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-

  2. Trump Anti Weaponization Fund Sparks Alarming Questions About Power, Payback, and Public Money

    Trump Anti Weaponization Fund raises urgent questions about taxpayer money, executive power, and political retribution after a DOJ settlement tied to Trump’s IRS lawsuit.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-

  3. Trump replacement tariffs ruled illegal in major trade court blow

    Trump replacement tariffs were ruled illegal by a U.S. trade court, sharply limiting executive trade power and raising new economic and legal consequences.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-

  4. Congress Iran War Powers Resolution Failure Raises Serious Questions About Who Is Defending the Constitution

    Congress Iran War Powers Resolution Failure reveals how lawmakers are avoiding constitutional accountability as Trump’s Iran conflict tests war powers.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-

  5. #SCOTUS weighs another step in favor of broad presidential #power sought by #Trump

    Chief Justice #JohnRoberts has led the Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency….

    The justices could take the next step in a case being argued Monday that calls for a unanimous 90-year-old decision limiting #ExecutiveAuthority to be overturned.

    #law #ActivistCourt #independence #HumphreysExecutor
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  6. But several senators, #Democrats & some #Republicans, as well as #HumanRights groups questioned the legality of Trump’s action. They called it a *potential* [frickin obvious] #overreach of #ExecutiveAuthority in part because the #military was used for #LawEnforcement purposes [#PosseComitatusAct].
    By claiming his campaign against drug cartels is an active “armed conflict”, #Trump appears to be [illegally] claiming extraordinary wartime powers to justify his action.

    #law #war #illegal #WarPowers

  7. The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.

    #Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
    nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/poli

  8. Well, this is all very upsetting.

    Apparently #Nixon was right.

    If the president does it, then it isn’t illegal.

    At least according to this #SCOTUS.

    Pretty much the final nail in the coffin of #democracy in the #UnitedStates.

    #FuckSCOTUS #law #NationwideInjunctions #Constitution #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower

  9. Congress Iran War Powers Resolution Failure Raises Serious Questions About Who Is Defending the Constitution

    Congress Iran War Powers Resolution Failure reveals how lawmakers are avoiding constitutional accountability as Trump’s Iran conflict tests war powers.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-

  10. Congress Iran War Powers Resolution Failure Raises Serious Questions About Who Is Defending the Constitution

    Congress Iran War Powers Resolution Failure reveals how lawmakers are avoiding constitutional accountability as Trump’s Iran conflict tests war powers.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-