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She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists

When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.”

Nick Turse, August 24 2026

Excerpt: "Under self-styled #WarSecretary #PeteHegseth, the U.S. military has mounted the most aggressive assault on #PressFreedom in memory, from an effort to outlaw 'unauthorized' questions from reporters to imposing unconstitutional restrictions on journalists’ access to the Pentagon. Hegseth has compared reporters to 'Pharisees,' who in the Bible call Jesus’s teachings into question, while the secretary’s minions regularly hurl insults at reporters. This is part of a broader war on press freedoms by the #TrumpAdministration, that includes demonizing #journalists; filing so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation, or #SLAPPs, to intimidate and silence criticism through expensive legal proceedings; and employing grand jury subpoenas and search warrants to intimidate reporters.

" 'Threatening journalists with placement on a #blacklist in retaliation for reporting the government doesn’t like is as #unconstitutional as it gets,' said Seth Stern, the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation. 'This should put to rest the Pentagon’s prior claims that it’s anti-press policies — like its infamous requirement that reporters sign pledges to only print authorized information — are somehow content neutral.'

"Allee revealed the existence of the blacklist after this reporter was left on hold for more than two hours and complained about a long-standing lack of transparency by the command. In calls earlier that morning, Maj. Emma Thompson, #CENTCOM ’s media operations chief, repeatedly refused to answer questions about Iranian attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East, disparate U.S. casualty counts, and medical evacuation flights: 'Nothing for you,' 'Don’t have anything for you,' 'No comment.' Thompson then hung up on this reporter mid-question.

#TheIntercept called back multiple times until Allee picked up the phone. 'They’re not going to answer your call if you just keep calling and calling,' he told this reporter."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/uPwYW

#USPol #Censorship #SiliencingDissent #SilencingThePress #NoComment #Orwellian #MinistryOfTruth #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Florida Judge Rules Red Light Camera Tickets Are Unconstitutional

https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-news-judge-rules-red-light-camera-tickets-unconstitutional

#HackerNews #Florida #Judge #RedLightCameras #Unconstitutional #TrafficLaw #LegalNews

"Část Nejvyššího soudu jednala zjevně protiústavně, protože povinnost vyhlásit rozsudek veřejně plyne přímo z ústavy a je bezvýjimečná." -- "Ústavní soud tomuto neústavnímu konání Nejvyššího soudu rozsvítil červenou." -- "veřejně označil za porušení ústavního práva." -- "V dané věci dokonce Nejvyšší soud jednal úskočně, když ve spise v protokolu uvedl, že byl rozsudek vyhlášen, aniž by však údajné vyhlášení oznámil účastníkům a veřejnosti. " -- "špatnou praxi Nejvyššího správního soudu."

https://www.ceska-justice.cz/nazory/rozsudek-musi-vyhlasit-verejne-i-nejvyssi-soud/

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vůči českému🇵🇭*) režimu když toto vidím.

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vůči českému🇵🇭 režimu.

#ústava #protiústavní #soud #ústavnísoud #právnístát #česko #českárepublika #nejvyššísoud #opovržení #contempt #court #unconstitutional #constitution #constitutionalcourt #ruleoflaw #czech #czechia #czechrepublic #supremecourt

Supreme Court says Trump’s attempt to use the military on Americans went too far – Vox

• Politics

The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss

Even some of the Court’s Republicans ruled that his attempt to use troops against US citizens went too far.

by Ian Millhiser, Dec 23, 2025, 1:50 PM PST

Supreme Court justices stand during President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Ian Millhiseris a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.

The same Supreme Court that ruled that President Donald Trump is allowed to use the powers of the presidency to commit crimes finally placed a meaningful limit on Trump’s authority on Tuesday.

In Trump v. Illinois, three Republican justices joined all three of the Court’s Democrats in ruling that Trump violated federal law when he deployed a few hundred members of the National Guard to squelch protests outside of an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, which is about 12 miles west of Chicago.

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Notably, however, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a separate opinion saying he would have ruled against Trump on very narrow grounds. So, it appears that only a bare majority of the justices voted to place significant limits on Trump’s authority to deploy the military against Americans located on US soil.

Trump attempted to use the military against a small number of protesters outside of the Broadview facility. According to Judge April Perry, a federal district judge who previously heard this case, “the typical number of protestors is fewer than fifty,” and “the crowd has never exceeded 200.”

Nevertheless, Trump claimed the authority to use National Guard members against this minor protest under a federal law that permits the federal government to take command of the Guard (which is ordinarily controlled by states) if there is “a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” or if “the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”

The Supreme Court’s Tuesday order does not even engage with Trump’s implausible claim that several dozen people protesting an immigration facility (some of whom have been charged with crimes) constitute a “rebellion.” Instead, it focuses largely on Trump’s claim that he could deploy the Guard because he is “unable” to execute US law without it.

The first part of the Court’s response to Trump is a bit alarming. The Court’s order explains that the words “regular forces,” as it is used by the relevant statute, “likely refers to the regular forces of the United States military.” Thus, Trump cannot use the National Guard unless he is somehow unable to enforce the law by using the full might of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

This argument could be troubling, because it seems to goad Trump into actually attempting to use the regular Army or Marines on political protesters. But, the Court’s Illinois order also contains some language suggesting that his power to use the regular military is also limited.

The circumstances when Trump may do so, the Court explains, are “exceptional.” That is because a separate federal law prohibits the military from “execut[ing] the laws” outside of “cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.” And, as the Court’s brief order notes, Trump “has not invoked a statute” that permits him to use the regular military to execute the laws.

That said, the Illinois order is unlikely to be the end of this conflict. As Kavanaugh notes in his separate opinion, Trump might attempt to deploy regular troops under the Insurrection Act, which permits the military to “suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy” — but only in limited circumstances.

The Justice Department has long interpreted these circumstances very narrowly. A 1964 memorandum signed by then-Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, for example, indicates that the Insurrection Act may only be invoked when “those engaging in violence are either acting with the approval of state authorities or have, like the Klan in the 1870s, taken over effective control of the area involved.”

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Oklahoma City’s and Tulsa’s business courts ruled unconstitutional

FIRST RESPONDERS FOR TH…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #attorney #business #Businesscourt #constitution #court #courtsystembacklog #decision #familycourt #gov.kevinstitt #Governor #GovernorKevinStitt #KevinStitt #koco #law #lawmakers #money #Oklahoma #oklahomacity #OklahomaSupremeCourt #political #Politics #senatebill #state #SupremeCourt #time #Tulsa #unconstitutional #unitedstatesofamerica
https://www.europesays.com/2477902/

#SanFrancisco federal judge sez #DJT can't cutoff #FederalFunding to #SF (and 35 other #SanctuaryCities including #Boston, #Chicago etc ) ...

Judge Orrick ruled that #Drumpf #ExecutiveOrders were “unconstitutionally vague and violate due process” not to mention #Coercive #Unconstitutional and in violation of the #Constitution’s mandated "separation of powers" as well as the #SpendingClause plus Fifth and Tenth Amendments.

How long til' #GOP robed calendar pinups #Alito, #BrettKavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett all just say he can do whatever he wants?

Set your stopwatch...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/23/sanctuary-cities-trump-administration-funding

"This argument is absurd!" - filled w/ dozens of exclamation marks, this federal judgement hammers the administration. I work at this law firm, so it's great to hear; the DOJ hasn't appealed in their similar losses (I've a friend at Perkins Coie, who also won), so things look good for us.
#WilmerHale #PerkinsCoie #unconstitutional #executive #order #injunction #law #firm #fight #win #unlike #SkaddenArps or #PaulWeiss #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #DOJ #PamBondi https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/wilmerhale-wins-in-court-as-judge-throws-out-executive-order

#Namibian #court declares #laws #banning #gay #sex #unconstitutional.

"It's a great day for #Namibia. It won't be a #crime to #love anymore."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Nambia #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #LoveWins

https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/21/namibian-court-declares-laws-banning-gay-sex-unconstitutional/

#Ohio #SenateRepublicans passed #bill limiting #judicialpower to stop #injunctions against clearly #Unconstitutional #statelaws

Recently, #restrainingorders and #preliminaryinjunctions stopped #laws banning #abortion and blocking #transgender #youth from getting #genderaffirmingcare

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.wosu.org/2024-05-27/ohio-senate-republicans-pass-bill-that-limits-judicial-power-to-pause-new-state-laws

#SouthCarolina #Ignores #4thCircuit #AppealsCourt #Ruling.

#StateSenate #Bans #Trans #HealthCare just days after a #ruling stating that #discrimination against #transgender #medicalcare is #unconstitutional.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthCarolina #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/south-carolina-ignores-4th-circuit

#Trans #boy #banned from playing #male #lead in #school #production of ‘#Oklahoma!’

Although #Republicans in #Texas did pass a #ban on #dragperformances earlier in the year, this was declared #unconstitutional by a #US #districtjudge back in September.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/07/trans-boy-male-lead-school/

#US. #District #Judge #ThomasParker, a #Trump #appointee, #ruled the #dragban “is an #unconstitutional #restriction on #speech.”

The District Attorney wrote in a three-page “#notice” addressed to #BlountPride organizers and distributed to local #law #enforcement, “however if sufficient #evidence is presented to this office that the #unconstitutional #criminal #statutes have been #violated, our office will ethically and justly prosecute these cases in the interest of justice.”

"From community performances of Shakespeare to famous family movies like Mrs. Doubtfire, #dragPerformances have been a form of #entertainment for millions of #Americans for generations. This new law will further alienate members of Montana’s #LGBTQ+ community," said Sarah Warbelow, legal director of the Human Rights Campaign

This is another blatantly #unconstitutional #discrimination and prohibition of viewpoints and expressions. A violation of the #FirstAmendment.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/25/montana-ban-drag-reading-events/70255258007/

First US Appellate Court to Decide Finds #Geofence #Warrant #Unconstitutional
#privacy #courtdecision https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/first-us-appellate-court-decide-finds-geofence-warrant-unconstitutional