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  1. “At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of #authority that would allow the #military to execute the laws in #Illinois,” the court said in its unsigned order.

    And of course, Conservative Justices Samuel #Alito, #ClarenceThomas & Neil #Gorsuch dissented.

    #Trump #law #immigration #military #NationalGuard #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

  2. #House #Republicans are weighing a slate of #legislation that would overhaul criminal #justice policies in #DC & further restrict #HomeRule — including a proposal that would 🚨remove the city’s locally elected attorney general & replace him with a presidential appointee🚨, according to a draft summary of the policies shared with congressional staffers & obtained by WaPo.
    #Trump #MilitaryState #law #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #TrumpCoup2

  3. That blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian #LawEnforcement — one that encouraged the adoption of #military - style equipment & tactics, & helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive #police force that is common today.

    What accounted for the #Army’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, #political elites were not yet #polarized & still placed trust in apolitical #expertise.

    #law #Trump #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard #Marines #autocracy