#executivepower — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #executivepower, aggregated by home.social.
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Mayoral Aspirations of City Administrators Questioned
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Mayoral Aspirations of City Administrators Questioned
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Trump’s Hormuz Toll Plan Looks a Lot Like a Protection Racket
Trump's Hormuz toll plan would charge ships 20 percent of cargo value for U.S. protection, raising legal, constitutional, and international law questions.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trumps-hormuz-toll-plan/
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John Roberts Believes In The Unitary Executive, Except For When It Might Crash His Investment Portfolio
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John Roberts Believes In The Unitary Executive, Except For When It Might Crash His Investment Portfolio
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⚖️ SCOTUS just dropped its most consequential term-ending rulings in decades — executive power, the Fed, mail ballots, Carroll & digital privacy.
thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/supreme-court/supreme-court-reshapes-executive-power
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⚖️ SCOTUS just dropped its most consequential term-ending rulings in decades — executive power, the Fed, mail ballots, Carroll & digital privacy.
thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/supreme-court/supreme-court-reshapes-executive-power
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⚖️ The Supreme Court just ended its term with some of the most consequential rulings in a generation — overturning a 91-year-old precedent on presidential power, protecting the Federal Reserve, upholding mail ballot grace periods, letting the E. Jean Carroll judgment stand, and expanding Fourth Amendment digital privacy rights. All in one day.
What it means for every American — and what comes next — at The Democracy Advocate.
🔗 https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/supreme-court/supreme-court-reshapes-executive-power/
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ExecutivePower #ElectionLaw #FourthAmendment #FederalReserve #HumphreysExecutor #Democracy #Accountability #USPolitics -
The justices ruled in the case of former #FTC member #RebeccaSlaughter, whom #Trump fired WITHOUT cause despite a provision of #federal #law that requires a reason. The logic of the decision extends to other agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Trump also has fired board members.
#law #Independence #ExecutivePower #HumphreysExecutor #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #democracy
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The justices ruled in the case of former #FTC member #RebeccaSlaughter, whom #Trump fired WITHOUT cause despite a provision of #federal #law that requires a reason. The logic of the decision extends to other agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Trump also has fired board members.
#law #Independence #ExecutivePower #HumphreysExecutor #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #democracy
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#Trump #robertscourt #SCOTUS #executivepower
Next step to an “imperial Presidency”? https://lyldenlawnews.com/2026/06/28/next-step-to-an-imperial-presidency/
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#Trump #robertscourt #SCOTUS #executivepower
Next step to an “imperial Presidency”? https://lyldenlawnews.com/2026/06/28/next-step-to-an-imperial-presidency/
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#SCOTUS Expands Trump’s #ExecutivePower Over #Immigration
The court handed #Trump victories in his push to rescind #deportation & for hundreds of thousands of people & turn away #immigrants at the southern border.
#law #immigration #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #judiciary #legislation #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #racism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#SCOTUS Expands Trump’s #ExecutivePower Over #Immigration
The court handed #Trump victories in his push to rescind #deportation & for hundreds of thousands of people & turn away #immigrants at the southern border.
#law #immigration #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #judiciary #legislation #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #racism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Regime Change Chapter 21 Details Trump Team’s Epstein Crisis
Regime Change Chapter 21 details alleged Trump team turmoil over Epstein files, DOJ secrecy, MAGA backlash, and White House damage control.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/regime-change-chapter-21/
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Regime Change Chapter 21 Details Trump Team’s Epstein Crisis
Regime Change Chapter 21 details alleged Trump team turmoil over Epstein files, DOJ secrecy, MAGA backlash, and White House damage control.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/regime-change-chapter-21/
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Senate Votes to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers in Rare Rebuke
Senate Votes to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers as bipartisan senators rebuke the White House over congressional authority and the Iran conflict.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/senate-votes-to-limit-trump/
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"This threat to states’ sovereignty is vastly greater than those addressed in the Court’s prior federalism jurisprudence. And a willful President can do far more harm to a state’s finances than a federal court hearing challenge to a state agency’s violation of federal law."
#Trump #spendingpower #federalism #executivepowerPower of the Purse V: How Transformations at the National Level Threaten Federalism https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/power-of-purse-v-how-transformations-at.html
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"This threat to states’ sovereignty is vastly greater than those addressed in the Court’s prior federalism jurisprudence. And a willful President can do far more harm to a state’s finances than a federal court hearing challenge to a state agency’s violation of federal law."
#Trump #spendingpower #federalism #executivepowerPower of the Purse V: How Transformations at the National Level Threaten Federalism https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/power-of-purse-v-how-transformations-at.html
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Trump Taxpayer Funded Ballroom Emerges After White House Promised Private Funding
🚨 Trump’s ballroom was sold as privately funded. Now reports say $352 million in federal funds was redirected toward it anyway. That is not a funding detail. That is the whole ballgame. #Trump #Accountability #Politicshttps://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-taxpayer-funded-ballroom/
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Trump Taxpayer Funded Ballroom Emerges After White House Promised Private Funding
🚨 Trump’s ballroom was sold as privately funded. Now reports say $352 million in federal funds was redirected toward it anyway. That is not a funding detail. That is the whole ballgame. #Trump #Accountability #Politicshttps://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-taxpayer-funded-ballroom/
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Suspending #HabeasCorpus was one of two radical ideas #StephenMiller had been pushing that alarmed Mr. Scharf. The other was invoking the #InsurrectionAct to deploy the #military to enforce the #law on #US streets as #protests grew against #deportation sweeps.
Scharf wrote confidential memos to Wiles on both topics….
[article is long, but I recommend reading it]
#Trump #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutivePower #Constitution #democracy #WhiteSupremacy #immigration
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Suspending #HabeasCorpus was one of two radical ideas #StephenMiller had been pushing that alarmed Mr. Scharf. The other was invoking the #InsurrectionAct to deploy the #military to enforce the #law on #US streets as #protests grew against #deportation sweeps.
Scharf wrote confidential memos to Wiles on both topics….
[article is long, but I recommend reading it]
#Trump #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutivePower #Constitution #democracy #WhiteSupremacy #immigration
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The #Constitution, Scharf wrote in his memo to #SusieWiles, the WH chief of staff, permits suspension of #HabeasCorpus only in cases of rebellion or invasion. #Courts have almost uniformly held that only #Congress can do it.
He added∶“Even where Congress has explicitly suspended habeas corpus rights, the Supreme Court has held that some alternative process must be provided to defendants, with procedural safeguards akin to a habeas corpus action.”
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The #Constitution, Scharf wrote in his memo to #SusieWiles, the WH chief of staff, permits suspension of #HabeasCorpus only in cases of rebellion or invasion. #Courts have almost uniformly held that only #Congress can do it.
He added∶“Even where Congress has explicitly suspended habeas corpus rights, the Supreme Court has held that some alternative process must be provided to defendants, with procedural safeguards akin to a habeas corpus action.”
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He had helped develop the #Trump team’s legal arguments behind the successful effort to get the Mar-a-Lago #ClassifiedDocuments indictment thrown out, as well as the arguments behind the presidential #immunity case that prevailed at #SCOTUS. He had embraced the most contentious elements of Trump’s agenda, but was quickly coming up against the limit of what the #Constitution, in his reading, could be made to bear.
#HabeasCorpus #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutivePower #democracy
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He had helped develop the #Trump team’s legal arguments behind the successful effort to get the Mar-a-Lago #ClassifiedDocuments indictment thrown out, as well as the arguments behind the presidential #immunity case that prevailed at #SCOTUS. He had embraced the most contentious elements of Trump’s agenda, but was quickly coming up against the limit of what the #Constitution, in his reading, could be made to bear.
#HabeasCorpus #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutivePower #democracy
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The man who outlined his concerns in the memo, Mr. Scharf, was no resistance figure. A trim, balding, Harvard-trained lawyer who had run for office in Missouri, he had bemoaned John McCain as too moderate for the 2008 Republican nomination, & believed #Trump had been vindictively prosecuted after his 2020 election loss.
#HabeasCorpus #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #Constitution #ExecutivePower #democracy #immigration
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The man who outlined his concerns in the memo, Mr. Scharf, was no resistance figure. A trim, balding, Harvard-trained lawyer who had run for office in Missouri, he had bemoaned John McCain as too moderate for the 2008 Republican nomination, & believed #Trump had been vindictively prosecuted after his 2020 election loss.
#HabeasCorpus #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #Constitution #ExecutivePower #democracy #immigration
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Trump Jr Refinery Stake Puts India Tariff Reversal Under a Harsh New Light
Trump Jr Refinery Stake puts a Texas refinery deal, India tariffs, and Reliance policy wins under fresh scrutiny.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-jr-refinery-stake/
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#davidsuper #spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #OMB
"More broadly, President Trump’s seizure of much of Congress’s Power of the Purse has dramatically reduced Congress’s importance and hence the importance of agencies’ liaison roles. Russell Vought has made clear to agencies that money comes from OMB and that it is OMB, not Congress, that agencies must appease."
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-iii-shifts-in-power.html
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#davidsuper #spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #OMB
"More broadly, President Trump’s seizure of much of Congress’s Power of the Purse has dramatically reduced Congress’s importance and hence the importance of agencies’ liaison roles. Russell Vought has made clear to agencies that money comes from OMB and that it is OMB, not Congress, that agencies must appease."
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-iii-shifts-in-power.html
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#spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #Republicans #davidsuper
"Today, however, Republican appropriators have sat by meekly as the institution they have worked so hard to lead is humbled."
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-ii-shifts-in-power.html?m=1
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#spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #Republicans #davidsuper
"Today, however, Republican appropriators have sat by meekly as the institution they have worked so hard to lead is humbled."
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-ii-shifts-in-power.html?m=1
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House War Powers Resolution Delivers Rare Rebuke to Trump Over Iran
House War Powers Resolution passes the House in a bipartisan vote aimed at limiting Trump’s authority to continue military action against Iran.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/war-and-conflict/house-war-powers-resolution/
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"George Washington made the office one of honor. Andrew Jackson, of democratic vigor. Abraham Lincoln brought theretofore unseen energy to the executive and Franklin Roosevelt put the office, and himself, at the center of Washington policymaking. Lyndon Johnson marked the White House with his domineering ambition and Richard Nixon did the same with his crushing paranoia."
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"George Washington made the office one of honor. Andrew Jackson, of democratic vigor. Abraham Lincoln brought theretofore unseen energy to the executive and Franklin Roosevelt put the office, and himself, at the center of Washington policymaking. Lyndon Johnson marked the White House with his domineering ambition and Richard Nixon did the same with his crushing paranoia."
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#SurveySays : Majority of #Americans ( 68% to 21%) oppose #DJT questionable expenditures of $1 billion+ tax dollars on #WhiteHouse vanity #ballroom ...
full #Verasight #poll will be released on Monday
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-oppose-spending-1-billion #polling #USGov #FederalTaxes #GOP #ExecutivePower
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#SurveySays : Majority of #Americans ( 68% to 21%) oppose #DJT questionable expenditures of $1 billion+ tax dollars on #WhiteHouse vanity #ballroom ...
full #Verasight #poll will be released on Monday
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-oppose-spending-1-billion #polling #USGov #FederalTaxes #GOP #ExecutivePower
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Trump’s secret settlement
https://youtube.com/shorts/_nz15A6X-hM?si=sVghYHMvCuMkcTBr
...even worse...
#executivepower #Trump #doj #settlement #blanche #blacheforprison
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Trump’s secret settlement
https://youtube.com/shorts/_nz15A6X-hM?si=sVghYHMvCuMkcTBr
...even worse...
#executivepower #Trump #doj #settlement #blanche #blacheforprison
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president
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Trump prison agenda is collapsing badly as broader failures drag his approval down
Trump prison agenda is faltering under legal scrutiny, public backlash, and broader policy failures that are accelerating his sinking approval ratings.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/trump-prison-agenda/
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Trump prison agenda is collapsing badly as broader failures drag his approval down
Trump prison agenda is faltering under legal scrutiny, public backlash, and broader policy failures that are accelerating his sinking approval ratings.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/trump-prison-agenda/
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The Empire’s New Enforcers: ICE and the Birth of Trump’s Praetorian Guard
Cliff Potts, WPS News
You can tell a lot about a government by the agency it empowers. Under Trump’s second term, the clearest signal of the administration’s intentions isn’t in the laws Congress passed—none of the big changes came from Congress—but in the agency Trump elevated: Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE has always been large, always aggressive, and always controversial. But it was never explicitly political. Not until now.
Since January 20, 2025, ICE has undergone a transformation that should worry anyone who still thinks the Constitution—not the presidency—sets the limits of federal power. What we’re seeing is not the creation of a secret police force or a cartoonish dictatorship. It’s something older, quieter, and historically far more accurate: the emergence of a Praetorian Guard—a force inside the state whose loyalty bends toward the leader instead of the law.
Administrative Power Becomes Personal Power
Most Americans don’t realize ICE carries its own version of a warrant. It’s called an “administrative warrant”—signed not by a judge, but by an ICE officer. These forms were originally intended for limited, civil immigration operations. Under Trump 2.0, they’ve become a shortcut around the Fourth Amendment and a license to act on political priorities.
In practice, these warrants now function like imperial seals: documents used to justify raids, interrogations, and detentions without the inconvenience of judicial oversight. Anyone in the crosshairs—immigrant communities, sanctuary officials, journalists documenting abuse—can be swept into these operations. The paperwork is clean. The legality is gray. The real purpose is pressure.
Fear as a Policy Tool
One of the oldest tactics of the Praetorian Guard was not violence but presence—showing up, unannounced, where the emperor wanted fear to travel. ICE has adopted the same strategy. “Knock-and-talks” now appear in neighborhoods known not for immigration violations, but for political opposition: immigrant-rights organizers, city council members resisting federal mandates, faith groups hosting asylum seekers.
These operations often rely on residents not knowing their rights. No judicial warrant. No obligation to open the door. But the implication of consequences—vague, undefined, and intimidating—is usually enough. The power isn’t in what ICE does; it’s in what people fear it might do.
The Fusion of Agencies
The Praetorian Guard didn’t operate alone. They blended with other forces, pulling power from their proximity to the emperor. ICE today follows that same arc. “Fusion” teams with U.S. Marshals and select state police blur lines of accountability, allowing operations in areas where local officials refuse cooperation.
This blurring isn’t a bureaucratic accident—it’s a feature. When authority becomes cloudy, loyalty, not law, becomes the deciding factor. That’s why Rome fell into the hands of emperors the Guard preferred. And it’s why ICE’s growing fusion culture is so dangerous now.
Surveillance as the New Sword
Instead of daggers, ICE has something more powerful: data. Through partnerships with Palantir, Clearview AI, DMV databases, and utility companies, ICE now holds one of the most comprehensive domestic intelligence networks in the country. Originally sold as tools to track criminals, these databases increasingly sweep in activists, observers, and critics.
This is the new Praetorian playbook: keep a list—not of enemies of the state, but enemies of the ruler’s narrative.
Detention as a Message
ICE’s detention powers allow weeks or months of confinement without criminal charges. Transfers to remote facilities. Restricted access to counsel. Long waits for hearings. Families separated through bureaucratic inertia. These are not accidents. They are soft weapons.
Rome’s Praetorian Guard detained senators to “send messages.” ICE detains asylum seekers, green-card holders, and activists under civil authority. The message lands just as clearly.
The Warning Embedded in History
America is not Rome. But power behaves the same way across centuries. A Praetorian Guard doesn’t take over a nation. It makes sure the person who does take over is never challenged.
ICE is not that far gone. Not yet. But its trajectory—the centralization of discretion, the political alignment, the quiet intimidation, the surveillance apparatus—matches a pattern recognizable to anyone who studies collapsing republics.
If this continues, we won’t wake up in a dictatorship.
We’ll wake up in something worse:
a democracy where power answers to the president first, and the people second.And once a Praetorian Guard forms, it almost never un-forms.
#AmericanDemocracy #Authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #ErosionOfRights #ExecutivePower #federalOverreach #historicalParallels #HomelandSecurity #ICE #immigrationEnforcement #PoliticalIntimidation #PraetorianGuard #SoftAuthoritarianism #Surveillance #TrumpAdministration -
President Trump's government overreach is unlike anything we've seen before - but let's not pretend it's something new. We've give too much power to the executive and it's time the PEOPLE took it back.
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President Trump's government overreach is unlike anything we've seen before - but let's not pretend it's something new. We've give too much power to the executive and it's time the PEOPLE took it back.
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Hypocritically, The Origin Of The Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Was An Attempt To Curb Executive Power
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Hypocritically, The Origin Of The Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Was An Attempt To Curb Executive Power
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Senate Gathers for Familiar Vote: War Powers in Iran Remain With Executive Branch
Senate Republicans voted 47-52 on Wednesday to reject a Democratic measure limiting President Trump's war powers in Iran, continuing a debate on executive authority.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #ExecutivePower, #CongressionalOversight
https://newsletter.tf/senate-votes-against-limiting-presidents-war-powers-iran/
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This is the fourth time this year the Senate has voted on limiting the President's war powers in Iran, with the latest vote failing by a margin of 5 votes.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #ExecutivePower, #CongressionalOversight
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Trump Invites More Criminal Acts By Promising Pardons To Everyone Who Works For Him
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Trump Invites More Criminal Acts By Promising Pardons To Everyone Who Works For Him
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Executive Dislocation: The 'I-Word' and Legal Recourse
In 2019, Donald Trump called impeachment 'the I-word' and threatened to use the Supreme Court against Congress. See how this changed impeachment.
#TrumpImpeachment, #SCOTUS, #PoliticalStrategy, #ExecutivePower, #2019Politics
https://newsletter.tf/trump-i-word-supreme-court-impeachment-2019/
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In 2019, Donald Trump used the term 'I-word' instead of impeachment and threatened to go to the Supreme Court. This was a new way to fight Congress.
#TrumpImpeachment, #SCOTUS, #PoliticalStrategy, #ExecutivePower, #2019Politics
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Trump distraction politics turning government into a dangerous show
Trump distraction politics reveals how spectacle and culture fights reshape real power and limit scrutiny in governmenthttps://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-distraction-politics/
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Trump signature on currency signals alarming precedent
Trump signature on currency marks a historic break from precedent, raising concerns about institutional erosion and personal power in governmenthttps://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-signature-on-currency/
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US Marines Middle East deployment signals dangerous escalation
US Marines Middle East deployment signals escalation toward possible ground war as Trump contradicts campaign promise of no new warshttps://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/war-and-conflict/us-marines-middle-east-deployment/
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SMACKDOWN!
Motion to dismiss - DENIED by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan allowing a Federal Lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of illegally exercising executive powers as the head of DOGE to move forward.
Net-net the court ruled that Musk took actions in DOGE “despite lacking lawful authority.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-bid-to-kill-embarrassing-elon-musk-lawsuit-fails-miserably/
DL the Court's Ruling here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463.119.0_3.pdf #DOGE #Lawsuit #FederalCourt #USGov #ExecutivePower #Government #Fail