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https://lnkd.in/e2YNEhUj “Among the radical reforms proposed, which come straight from Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky’s playbooks, include a dramatic “restructuring” that would end presidential immunity, full stop, allowing the Biden regime to carry out its weaponized lawfare against President Trump and his loyal supporters unencumbered by checks and balances. Moreover, Biden and Harris have endorsed “term limits” for Supreme Court justices and, perhaps most insidiously of all, want to hold the justices to “binding ethics rules” – which would presumably allow tyrannical presidents to switch out a rogue justice who ruled antithetically to their desired policy, such as on abortion or election integrity. For a party that only speaks the language of power, the Democrats have redefined the meaning of the term “ethics” to mean those policies that keep them in power, ideally forever, which is the underlying purpose of their call to hold justices to the “highest possible standards.”

“'If it is not necessary to decide more to dispose of a case, then it is necessary not to decide more.' — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., concurring in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) 'What it does today, the Court should have left undone.' — Retired Justice Stephen G. Breyer, dissenting in Bush v. Gore (2000) Those quotations, which bookend the concurring opinion released on Monday by three liberal justices on whether former president Donald Trump can be removed from the ballot in Colorado, amount to the judicial equivalent of fighting words. They constitute a two-part slap across the face of their supposedly conservative colleagues, accusing them of outrageous judicial activism in shielding Trump from being disqualified from holding office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. 'In a sensitive case crying out for judicial restraint,' write Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court 'abandons that course. … Today, the majority goes beyond the necessities of this case to limit how Section 3 can bar an oathbreaking insurrectionist from becoming President.' The justices aren’t this explicit, but I’ll be their anger translator: You guys are in the tank for Trump in a way that is unnecessary, unseemly and — take that, Chief Justice — hypocritical ..." https://wapo.st/3uXV4Eo #USA #Colorado #SupremeCourt #constitution #presidentialelection #candidate #constitutionallaw #principles #insurrection #ruling #elections2024 #bodypolitic #societalvalues #ethicsmatter #uspoli #uspolitics #globalimpact

I am not a political expert or a student of constitutional law, but what is happening (https://lnkd.in/g6hQhHuv) appears very concerning for a nation claiming to be the land of the free and a beacon of democracy. Allowing a leader to be immune from criminal activities opens a Pandora's box of potential abuses. This decision, by a corrupt and partisan Supreme Court, undermines the principle of accountability, which is fundamental to a functioning government. When leaders are not held to the same legal standards as their citizens, it sets a dangerous precedent that could erode public trust, threaten the integrity of democratic processes, and pave the way for the founding of an autocratic regime where power is concentrated in the hands of a few, compromising the core values of freedom and equality. #Democracy #Accountability #Justice #RuleOfLaw #CorruptSupremeCourt #PoliticalIntegrity #Freedom #Equality

CIVICS: POLITICAL DISCOURSE 2024 We must never forget the power we hold as citizens. Our voices and our votes are critical in shaping our democracy. We cannot allow the rich and powerful to undermine our Constitution and kowtow to authoritarianism. We must challenge cowardly statements and speak truth to power. “Trump—having already inspired an insurrection, already promised to be a ‘dictator on day one’ should he be re-elected, and already called for the ‘termination . . . of the Constitution.’” Recently, Trump had his attorney argue before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that, as president, one could direct Navy SEAL Team Six to assassinate political rivals and still be immune from prosecution. This is unacceptable. We must not normalize such behavior by praising would-be dictators. Let us use our power to speak up on social media and vote to uphold the rule of law and American constitutionalism. We must not let our democracy be threatened. #citizenspower #votewisely #ruleoflaw #americanconstitutionalism #speakup #stopnormalizing #democracy

BREAKING NEWS: The Colorado Supreme Court has made a historic ruling prohibiting former President Donald Trump from appearing on the Republican presidential primary ballot in the state for the year 2024. This decision, grounded in the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment, signifies a significant milestone in American politics. Legal scholar and talk show host Eric A. Cinotti explains that the court's ruling cites Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits individuals who have participated in insurrection or revolt against the United States from occupying public office. The verdict explicitly cites Trump's conduct pertaining to the event that took place in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. The ruling has generated a diverse array of responses, with several GOP members expressing disapproval, characterizing it as an excessive exercise of authority, while others perceive it as an essential defense of constitutional norms. The decision could establish a legal precedent for other states and have a significant impact on the broader political strategy for the 2024 election. This momentous occasion in American political history highlights the intricate relationship between law and politics in America's democratic process, as the 2024 presidential election intensifies. #ColoradoSupremeCourt #2024Election #Trump2024 #14thAmendment #USPolitics #ElectionLaw #PoliticalNews #LegalUpdate #PresidentialRace #AmericanDemocracy

Big ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court. Why is this important? It confirms that if you lose a democratic election, you have to accept it. A stark reminder to any supporters around the world who want to overturn the election results by 'insurrection' or 'occupation'. As this ruling will be reviewed by the US Supreme Court, it's also a reminder to those who want to keep democracy alive that Supreme Courts around the world must remain free from political abuse. Why is this important for business? "Law is context" is one of my favourite quotes from Professor Michał Romanowski. Law doesn't exist in a vacuum, a rotten democracy can't create an environment for good business, the protection of the natural environment and, last but not least, human rights. #democracy https://lnkd.in/dA5K6jgh

Apples to oranges. It is one thing to exclude someone b/c he/she does not meet the qualifications for POTUS set forth in Constitution. It is another thing altogether to try to exclude someone when the POTUS is not even mentioned in the relevant Constit prov. #politics #political #politicalnews #politicstoday #Trump #MAGA #politicsandlaw https://lnkd.in/eS_XmuYh

Excerpt: MONDAY’S SUPREME COURT ruling granting far-reaching presidential immunity gives the lie to decades of right-wing propaganda about the real purpose of the long conservative campaign to take over the court. Generations of conservative pseudointellectuals have argued that the mission of the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative legal group that has seeded the Supreme Court with its zombie-like members, was to bring the court back to its original mandate under the Constitution. The right-wing pundits who promoted the Federalist Society were always a little vague on what their version of “originalism” really entailed, which led to widespread suspicions that it just meant whatever was politically beneficial to conservatives. The ruling on presidential immunity is just the latest piece of evidence that shows that originalism was just a confidence game by the right to gain power. The court’s conservative majority has revealed itself to be a corrupt political machine with both short- and long-term goals. Today, the court is determined to protect Donald Trump and the Republican Party; longer-term, its mandate is to protect and defend the powers of those who will enable white minority rule in America for years to come.

𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗧𝗨𝗦 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗨𝘀 Excerpts: "The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪 dropped Wednesday, shattering the hopes of conservatives that maybe, just maybe, the Judicial Branch would stand up for the First Amendment rights of ordinary Americans against the egregious abuses of the executive bureaucracy." "But no. The Court instead ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing because the Biden White House allegedly backed off of its censorship campaign after the 2022 midterms (it didn’t). 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆: 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲." "If this result shocks you, if you’re surprised and outraged that the Supreme Court, which you thought was dominated by a solid conservative majority, you shouldn’t be. If you thought the supposedly conservative majority on the Court was going to check the worst impulses of the executive branch and restore the constitutional rights of Americans, you shouldn’t have. If you reposed your hope for the survival of the American republic in five or six black-robed justices who would stand athwart the tyranny of the administrative state and the collapse of our political institutions, you can say goodbye to all that. The Supreme Court is not going to save America." "And just to be clear, neither is Donald Trump. In fact, the Court’s ruling makes it all the more likely that Trump won’t even get the chance, because it gives the Biden administration a greenlight to ramp up a speech suppression campaign ahead of the November election." "But as Wednesday’s ruling in 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪 shows, no Supreme Court majority is going to save America and rescue the Constitution. That’s only going to happen, if it happens at all, through a second American Revolution and the re-founding of the country. As I’ve argued before, we need to stop calling ourselves conservatives because there is nothing left to conserve. One of the things that means is letting go of the idea that a majority of originalist Supreme Court justices is going to swoop in and undo all tyrannical mechanisms that a century of administrative bureaucracy has built up for the purpose of undermining and destroying our system of government." "That’s simply not going to happen. Continuing to wish for it and expect it is a fool’s errand, and if we want to be prepared for what’s coming, we need to be realistic about that." by John Daniel Davidson Full article: https://lnkd.in/eZeMBe-j The Federalist