#threebranches — Public Fediverse posts
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Trump's, SCOTUS' & Congress' Undoing of American Democracy #ABlueView🧵1/3
The separation of powers into 3-branches, states & the press devised by the Founders to prevent king-like power has been almost completely undone.
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Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch – ABC News
Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch
The White House has argued Trump has plenary power on immigration.By Hannah Demissie, May 21, 2025, 4:50 PM,36:47
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump’s call for impeachment of judge
In a rare on-camera appearance on Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump’s call to impeach a judge who ruled against his administration’s immigration policies.During a wide-ranging podcast interview with the New York Times posted Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance said Chief Justice John Roberts was “profoundly wrong” for recent comments he made on the Supreme Court’s role to check the excesses of the executive.”I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment. That’s one half of his job. The other half of his job is to check the excesses of his own branch,” Vance stated. “You cannot have a country where the American people keep on electing immigration enforcement and the courts tell the American people they’re not allowed to have what they voted for. That’s where we are right now,” Vance continued.
Vance’s comments occurred while discussing the administration’s immigration policies and initiatives, which have been met with swift legal actions. Vance said the White House believes Trump “has extraordinary plenary power.”
Read more: Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch – ABC NewsSource Links: Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch – ABC News
#Balance #ExecutiveBranch #FederalJudiciary #StopTrump #SupremeCourt #ThreeBranches #Trump #Vance #VicePresident #WrongIdeas
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Welcome to the three branches of U.S. government: the Judicial, the Executive, and the Obsequious.
#checksandbalances #democracy #government #usgovernment #us #usa #america #americandemocracy #threebranches
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"not clear whether #DOGE or the #Trump administration more broadly recognized that the move had the potential to open #conflict with the #JudicialBranch.
...it’s not the first time that DOGE initiatives have ruffled the feathers of the judicial branch... the Administrative Office Of the #US Courts rebuked the Office of Personnel Management [taken over by Musk] for emailing the entire judicial branch workforce."
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Judicial Branch Swept Up In Trump-Musk Lease Termination Spree
Federal public defender offices given notice of possible lease cancellation
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-judicial-branch-swept-up-in-trump-musk-lease-termination-spree"public defenders are not executive branch employees. They work for the judicial branch.
... #Trump and Elon Musk’s #DOGE infringing on judicial branch operations & prerogatives raises the constitutional stakes as the new administration sidelines #Congress"
#Musk #Coup #Constitution #ThreeBranches #Government #US #News #Press
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“Who has the stronger claim to speak on behalf of the people,” Linz asked, “the president or the legislative majority that opposes his policies?” Presidential systems would teeter & fall, he argued, when the president & #Congress could not resolve their competing claims to legitimacy.
#law #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #Trump #SeparationOfPowers #ThreeBranches #ChecksAndBalances #USpol #democracy #authoritarianism
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The Spanish political scientist Juan Linz once theorized that presidential systems are more likely than parliamentary systems to undergo constitutional crises or #coup attempts, because they create dueling centers of #power. The president & #Congress both enjoy popular elections, creating a clash of popular mandates when opposing parties win simultaneous control.
#law #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #Trump #SeparationOfPowers #ThreeBranches #ChecksAndBalances #democracy #authoritarianism
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The #UnitedStates is sleepwalking into a #ConstitutionalCrisis. Not only has the #Trump administration seized for itself #extraconstitutional powers, but yesterday, it raised the specter that, should the courts apply the text of the #Constitution & negate its plans, it will simply ignore them.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #ThreeBranches #ChecksAndBalances #USpol #democracy #authoritarianism
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#Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.
By Jonathan Chait
#law #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #SeparationOfPowers #ThreeBranches #ChecksAndBalances #USpol #democracy #authoritarianism
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/trump-vance-courts/681632/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcpDYZkH63VMrt4VyRA1noE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share -
"What Vance's wording suggests here, without directly saying it, is that the executive could potentially respond to a court order by saying to the court, 'You're unconstitutionally intruding on my authority & I'm not going to do what you say.'... "At that point, the #Constitution falls apart."
#law #Trump #SeparationOfPowers #ThreeBranches #ChecksAndBalances #law #USpol #democracy #authoritarianism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/trump-federal-courts-lawsuits.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
CW: Separation of powers, “journalism”
A former Premier of Queensland (Bjelke-Petersen) gained notoriety for many reasons, one of which was his inability to explain the doctrine of the separation of powers, a fundamental tenet of Westminster democratic systems.
It seems Guardian journalists also lack knowledge of this basic principle, because the only alternative to unforgivable ignorance is deliberate malice.
In one short headline they’ve also apparently divined what’s contained in a sealed indictment and passed judgment on that as being “right” as well. The contempt for process and principles is amazing.#ThisIsNotJournalism #uspol #ThreeBranches #SeparationOfPowers #InnocentUntilProvenGuilty