So if Mike Johnson and the Trump administration try to eliminate the Federal Courts, the only thing judges can do is to have the US Marshals arrest them.
The US Marshals are an arm of the DOJ - which is headed up by a Trump loyalist.
This is going to get worse before it gets better, I think.
What do you think?
"If Mr. #Trump continues to attempt to usurp the authority of the #courts, the battle will be joined, and it will be up to the #SupremeCourt, #Congress and the #Americanpeople to step forward and say: Enough."
@marksarney @Nichelle @cstross
The Articles of Confederation were version 0.1 and some junior developers sat down and said "This is unmaintainable. We're just going to have to rewrite the codebase from scratch.".
And they started work on that rewrite on a Friday afternoon.
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There is a small crumb of comfort from the #ConstitutionalLaw perspective.
The U.S.A. constitution is currently on version 1.26.
The constitution of Eire is currently on version 2.38.
The French constitution is currently on version 5.25.
There's a piece of humourous computing folklore from the 1990s about not buying version 1 of anything. (-:
And one further point, after 250 years there needs to be a re-write of the #USconstitution, it is not fit for purpose. Speaking as a Brit without one!
> Letters from an American: March 20, 2025
Episode webpage: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-20-2025-b8d
#Republicans are seemingly removing the #political solution (#Impeachment) to a president who is violating the #USConstitution.
“A riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it #America has failed to hear?...It has failed to hear that the promises of #freedom and #justice have not been met."
- “The Other America,” 1968
Sheriffs, LEOs and electeds who swore to uphold the US Constitution must stop cooperating with illegal ICE kidnapping raids.
Defend citizens and residents.
To all those still fixated on economic aspects of #Trump's actions: Your tunnel vision will very soon have you wake up in a dictatorship! The #USConstitution is being dismantled by the #GOP as I type! Are cheaper eggs and gasoline really worth it?! https://youtu.be/LSsvi-nTseg
New Trump admin motto appears to be “move fast and violate federal law and the US Constitution.” This looks like the beginning of a new Constitutional crisis, as the executive branch breaks the law and ignores the lawful orders of federal courts.
“BOSTON (AP) — A doctor from Lebanon who arrived at the Boston airport was deported over the weekend without explanation, despite having a U.S. visa [granted just 6 days ago] and a job teaching at Brown University.
“A judge had ordered she not be sent back until there was a hearing, but government lawyers said customs officials did not get word in time.
“It’s the latest deportation of a foreign-born person with a U.S. visa in the past week, after a student at Columbia who led protests of the Gaza war was arrested, and another student’s visa was revoked. The Trump administration also transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations.
“Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, had been granted the visa on March 11 and arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, according to a complaint filed on her behalf by a cousin in federal court.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-doctor-deportation-82da65b55159243df4fd27b8be47db87
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113268756884683714
#USpol #USlaw #StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
#Trump #fascism
The US Constitution has no protections in place to guard or defend against apathy.
Those who take their freedoms for granted should not be shocked when they are lost.
"So far, America’s leading universities have remained virtually silent in the face of this authoritarian assault on institutions of higher education. That must change. Harvard must stand up, speak out, and lead a public defense of our freedom to speak and study freely."
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/14/enos-levitsky-harvard-columbia-trump/
"All at VOA, who swore an oath to the Constitution, strove daily to live up to our charter: to be accurate, objective and comprehensive. That promise, more than any broadcast or byline, is a legacy worth protecting.”— @w7voa Steve Herman
https://www.steveherman.press/p/requiem-for-the-voice-that-carried
Here is your list of Democratic Senators who gave up on defending the Constitution. It may be more the fault of their donors and the voters in their states, but here’s the list.
“The 10 Democrat caucus members who just voted to advance the government funding bill”
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-3-14-2025#00000195-968c-d3ba-afff-bede142b0000
Local protest this afternoon in Waltham, MA, 4:30-6pm:
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/762953/
I was really just practicing my lines and crosshatching, but it’s almost as if I had something on my mind while doing so. You can see it get better from the top, to the right, to the left side. 
