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NonilexEach of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdMartin</a>’s actions violates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> rules and norms: Prosecutors are barred from making investigative decisions based on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>; they are asked not to comment on specific cases; and they are supposed to avoid turning their investigations into public spectacles.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</a>

NonilexIn Pursuing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Rival, *Weaponization Czar* Sidesteps <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> Norms<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdMartin</a>’s conduct is part of a pattern in which top administration officials try to [ab]use the vast powers of the government to cast the specter of criminality on Trump’s enemies.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJindependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJindependence</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-letitia-james-weaponization-czar.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-letitia-james-weaponization-czar.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

NonilexThe core of the dispute is over whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a>’s in-house judges, called administrative law judges, enjoy unlawful protections that shield them from removal by the president. If that’s the case, it violates constitutional rules governing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>, the judges said.The panel included two judges appointed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & a third judge appointed by George H.W. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bush</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a>

NonilexThe three-judge panel said being subjected to a possibly unconstitutional administrative proceeding, which is what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> claimed, is an irreparable harm — so the pause continues. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> brought the unfair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> practices claim against SpaceX after it fired a group of employees who signed an open letter criticizing CEO <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> & a culture of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sexism</a> in the company.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe ruling keeps unfair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> practice cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> & 2 other companies, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnergyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnergyTransfer</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Findhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Findhelp</a>, on hold while the companies pursue their claim that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> structure violates the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>. While the court did declare it unlawful, this is far from a settled issue & the NLRB is undoubtedly likely to challenge the ruling.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe ultraconservative <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> handed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> a win Tuesday, in a ruling that prevents the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> from prosecuting unfair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> practices against the company. The ruling by the Fifth District Court of Appeals, which suggests the structure of the NLRB is likely unconstitutional, could have far-reaching effects.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/08/19/5th-circuit-holds-removal-protections-for-nlrb-members-likely-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/08/19/5th-circuit-holds-removal-protections-for-nlrb-members-likely-unconstitutional/</a>

United States News BeepSpaceX Keeps Labor Board Case Frozen With Fifth Circuit Win (1)SpaceX and two other companies can keep their court orders freezing unfair labor practice cases as they litigate… <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsBeep</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/judicialappointmentsandnominations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judicialappointmentsandnominations</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/preliminaryinjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#preliminaryinjunctions</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/securitiesviolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securitiesviolations</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/separationofpowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#separationofpowers</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/unfairlaborpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unfairlaborpractices</a> <a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/94904/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsbeep.com/us/94904/</a>

LilMikeSF<a href="https://c.im/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drumpf</a> bluster about banning <a href="https://c.im/tags/Voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Voters</a> right to use mail in <a href="https://c.im/tags/ballots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ballots</a> for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Presidential</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elections</a> not supported by <a href="https://c.im/tags/Constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitutional</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-mail-voting-midterms-2026-8be6dba80091fd7e6d8570814b34a7fe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-mail-voting-midterms-2026-8be6dba80091fd7e6d8570814b34a7fe</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/berry-wendell/17687/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Wendell Berry</a><blockquote>It is impossible to think that constitutional government can be suspended in a time of danger, in deference to the greater “efficiency” of centralized power, and then easily or quickly restored. Efficiency may be a political virtue, but only if strictly limited. Our Constitution, by its separation of powers and its system of checks and balances, acts as a restraint upon efficiency by denying exclusive power to any branch of government. The logic of governmental efficiency, unchecked, runs straight on, not only to dictatorship, but also to torture, assassination, and other abominations.</blockquote>Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 3, Citizenship Papers (2003) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/berry-wendell/17687/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/berry-wendell/17687/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wendellberry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wendellberry</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=checksandbalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#checksandbalances</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#efficiency</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=inefficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inefficiency</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=separationofpowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#separationofpowers</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

Kim Perales⚡️”NEW: A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that the Trump administration's bid to shut off public access to crucial government spending data was an affront to Congress' power of the purse — and a law requiring disclosure.” -K Cheney <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Justice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Comgress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Comgress</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Disclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disclosure</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/09/appeals-court-rules-trump-clamp-down-on-spending-data-defies-congress-authority-00501348" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/09/appeals-court-rules-trump-clamp-down-on-spending-data-defies-congress-authority-00501348</a>

Nonilex“We have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations, not simply drug dealing organizations,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> said.Legal specialists said that under US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>, imposing sanctions against a group by declaring it a “terrorist” entity can block its assets & make it harder for its members to do business or travel, but does NOT provide legal authority for wartime-style operations targeting it with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmedForces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArmedForces</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> has also conducted joint antidrug training exercises with other countries, including with Colombian & Mexican troops. The military also provided equipment & aircraft to former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEA</a> squads that mentored & deployed with — & sometimes got into firefights alongside — local antidrug officers in countries like Honduras. The program ended in 2017.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

NonilexAnd the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Navy</a> has long participated in intercepting vessels in international waters that are suspected of smuggling drugs toward the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>. But naval ships typically do so as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> operation, working under the command of a US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoastGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoastGuard</a> officer. Under an 1878 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a>, it is generally illegal to use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> to perform law enforcement functions.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

NonilexThe Office of Legal Counsel produced an opinion saying that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> officers who provided such information while knowing it would be used to summarily shoot down those aircraft could be putting themselves at risk of later prosecution. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> eventually modified US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> to permit such assistance.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

NonilexIn the 1990s, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> assisted Colombian & Peruvian antidrug law enforcement activities by sharing information about civilian flights suspected of carrying drugs — like radar data & communications intercepts. But after those governments started shooting down such planes, the Clinton admin in 1994 halted the assistance for months.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

NonilexAhead of the 1989 operation, William Barr, who then led the Office of Legal Counsel (& was US AG in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s first term), wrote a disputed memo saying it was within Bush’s authority to direct law-enforcement arrests of fugitives overseas without the consent of foreign states. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedNations</a> General Assembly condemned the Panama action as a “flagrant violation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a>.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

NonilexPast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> involvement in countering drug operations in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LatinAmerica</a> have sometimes pushed at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legal</a> limits. But those operations were framed as providing support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> authorities.In 1989, President George H.W. Bush sent more than 20,000 troops into Panama to arrest its strongman leader, Manuel Noriega, who had been indicted in the United States on charges of drug trafficking.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unilateral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unilateral</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> assaults on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartels</a> would be a marked escalation in the long drive to curb drug trafficking, putting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> forces in a lead role on the front lines against often well-armed & well-financed organizations. A sustained campaign would also likely raise further issues related to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s push to use the military more aggressively to back a variety of his policies, often in the face of legal & constitutional constraints.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s order provides an official basis for the possibility of direct <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> operations at sea & on foreign soil against cartels.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USmilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USmilitary</a> officials have started drawing up options for how the military could go after the groups, people familiar with the conversations said….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> secretly signed a directive to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> to begin using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> force against certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LatinAmerica</a> drug <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartels</a> that his admin has deemed terrorist organizations.The decision to bring the US military into the fight is the most aggressive step so far in the admin’s escalating campaign against the cartels. It signals Trump’s continued willingness to use military forces to carry out… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> responsibilities.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-military-drug-cartels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-military-drug-cartels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

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