The problem we have is a SCOTUS majority that wants a "Unitary Executive" and seems to be ensuring Trump gets his way. The tariff case, as well as US Birthright, are 2 examples where the Constitution doesn't allow the POTUS to enact decrees, but SCOTUS may rule that POTUS has that right.
I'm with you, I have my own big concerns with their obsession with Unitary Executive Theory, a the conservative packed court, and their inability to stay "neutral." I find the shadow docket to be the most concerning. It's still worth fighting with what we have though. "Strict Scrutiny" podcast really keeping my anxiety levels high with SCOTUS watch.
Sheldon Whitehouse has been exposing rampant corruption on the SC for years. He hosts an ad-free podcast on YouTube and you can watch his floor speeches there as well. He brings the receipts and has followed the money that reactionary King lovers like Leonard Leo have gone to great pains to hide.
It is not a conservative court; they upended our Constitution with their outrageous presidential immunity decision. They are reactionaries who want to revert to the days of King George because they know their views are not popular with the vast majority of Americans.
This feels likely - we already know that's the reason but half the EOs, the bribes, the exemptions for companies. That's why we have to fight this bullshit at every step with every lever available to us including the courts.
Follow the money. Google, Scam Altmann, that pitiful excuse for a human Zuck and Chief Nazi Elmo Mucks all contributed to his monstrosity of a ballroom and attended his inauguration and contributed millions to his inauguration slush fund, so they get what they want
I'm not even sure that anything that would feel like personal degradation to most of us matters to Trump--as long as he gets paid by whoever has the money, he can go on his merry way. As for the others, it's not like everyone involved weren't warned by Trump's way of doing things. All along, I get the feeling Trump thinks of himself as the shunned little boy who didn't do anything to deserve what others are "dishing out" to him. It would be sad if it weren't so dangerous.
I've been writing and calling Gov Newsom, Ken Martin, and my CA reps about this for years. Now that the Red party is completely bought and paid off by the likes of Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, the Dems will once again jeopardize elections if they don't distinguish themselves as a reliable bulwark against unregulated social media and AI.
Both my Senators are bought and paid for by Big Tech; so is Gavin Newsom. I intend to vet and protest any candidate who will not renounce accepting super PAC money from crypto and/or Big Tech and who has no reasonable plan to regulate algorithms and AI, i.e., repeal Section 230 so they are held legally accountable for damages caused by their apps, require all bots and foreign accounts be labeled clearly as such, and require all things created by LLMs/AI be labeled as such.
I mean, Biden appointed Lena Khan. Dems have not been nearly as in lock step as Republicans. They need to do better though. We need to restore limits on money in politics….
Big Tech and AI companies are actively lobbying Democrats right now. If the Dems don't separate themselves from these HUGE campaign donors they risk losing the election, especially if the repugs run a candidate who opposes them.
Let’s all remember that executive orders are not laws. They are no more than instructions to executive agencies. Unless both houses of Congress act and send the orange stain a bill to sign, I see no reason for any panic. How many EO tantrums has he issued since day one? Go back to sleep Donald.
It's complicated, and though common sense would agree with your take you can't easily dismiss the legal contortions our corrupt MAGA "justices" have been willing to use in order to rewrite the Constitution. Case in point: the presidential immunity decision.
Kind of like the recent US National Security Strategy document that was released, which is disastrous policy. Much of what is in there would require Congressional codification for practical implementation.
It’s an Executive Order not a law passed by Congress. He can’t just nullify state laws at whim. You know we kinda fought a big war over that kind of thing.
Evan Zamir: Yes, indeed . . . and that's why Congress needs to take back its power (which seems to be happening as we speak and being led by some states and lots of individual people); and it's why, as an element of the system, SCOTUS needs to be held accountable by powers outside of their little historical vacuum, a formal advisory council of sorts that has some teeth. They aren't even 'conservative' anymore. They are just careless little kings all wrapped up in the principles of narrow self-service, but only when they are not serving that other king.
I don't think anything has disappointed me more than to see the corruption and misapprehension of the rule of law and the Constitution itself (with some exceptions) so brazenly obvious in today's Supreme Court. Oh, well, maybe the twisted-up flip-flopping of the moral lives of people like Rubio vies for that place in my own history of democratic thought. They are not exactly profiles in courage. Apparently, power really is corrosive.
This is far from the first example of the Trump administration having contempt for its own people, and not even the most egregious example, but one thing is clear: The US government under Trump 2.0 is the most antidemocratic government in the nation's history. I don't think anyone should stop speaking out and protesting against this government's unpopular policies, especially the state-sponsored violence towards marginalized groups, it's painfully clear that they have zero regard for anyone's interests but themselves and their corporate allies.
it's bizarre. AI and Israel have eaten what little remained of Trump's brain. The good news is that this will be immediately challenged by blue states in multiple courts and will probably make it to SC before long. What SC will decide is anyone's guess but hopefully they respect state policy powers and separation of powers, and deny exec. branch ability to use power of purse to coerce states as a backdoor preemption when Congress has decided twice to not preempt, by massive margins (99-1 in July).
WTF are you talking about? As my Rabbi said, Israel is not a person; Israel is not a Jew. And even if it were, Tam Hunt's remark is not remotely anti-semitic.
P.S. I looked at George's other comments and posts--what a vile piece of garbage.
Don't you get it? People aren't buying this nonsense anymore. Not an opinion, just look at the polling numbers. Maybe the silver lining of people waking up to how the Israeli state has completely co-opted US politics is the understanding of what it means to conflate.
George Shay I got multiple complaints about your posts from more than one person. I have not (yet) taken any action but you should consider yourself to be at risk for being banned for ad hominem remarks.
But that's the point George, nobody believes that b******* anymore. Zionists have been selling that nonsense forever and people have caught on, it just doesn't work anymore. Either you're low IQ and haven't figured it out yet or you're being paid. Everybody sees you for what you are. Go ahead, call me more adolescent names, it doesn't change anything. You're a dying breed who just doesn't know it.
I’m surprised that anyone still thinks there is a move that will somehow turn Trumps evangelists against him. Been waiting for that magic trick for 10 years now.
Thanks for writing this. It's what I've been thinking lately. I've been uneasy since I learned that Vance is a protégé of Peter Thiel, representing the tech bro globalists. And they've captured Trump. The only saving grace is that the public seems to understand the issue, as seen by the opposition to forbidding state AI policies when they tried to get it through Congress a couple of months ago.
They say the states are the laboratories of democracy, and this exactly what they mean. It's our super power to be able to run fifty experiments to learn what policies work. It's very unlikely that the Feds would draft a good policy on the first try. Especially with the AI titans in Trump's ear.
Steve L: State oversight that works would depend on interstate cooperation by people who are quite different from our current "regime." I see these movements as intelligent workarounds, put in place temporarily until the corrupt self-destruct by the force of their own incompetence, self-degradation, and short-sightedness.
When this blows up, he'll claim it was Biden's E.O. -- and the sycophants will take to right-wing media, all with the same message: "Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia."
There is also a strong presumption AGAINST federal preemption in our constitutional system, particularly for these knids of regulation, traditioally falling under state police powers. When Congress has expressed its strong opposition to preemption it will only be a bizarre argument that could win the day in the SC decision on this EO. But hey they've done a lot of bizarre things lately so it's still a frickin coin flip as to how they'll actually rule.
Worth a reminder - executive orders are frequently challenged and the likelihood this will stick is dubious. Don't give up and don't be complacent
The problem we have is a SCOTUS majority that wants a "Unitary Executive" and seems to be ensuring Trump gets his way. The tariff case, as well as US Birthright, are 2 examples where the Constitution doesn't allow the POTUS to enact decrees, but SCOTUS may rule that POTUS has that right.
I'm with you, I have my own big concerns with their obsession with Unitary Executive Theory, a the conservative packed court, and their inability to stay "neutral." I find the shadow docket to be the most concerning. It's still worth fighting with what we have though. "Strict Scrutiny" podcast really keeping my anxiety levels high with SCOTUS watch.
Sheldon Whitehouse has been exposing rampant corruption on the SC for years. He hosts an ad-free podcast on YouTube and you can watch his floor speeches there as well. He brings the receipts and has followed the money that reactionary King lovers like Leonard Leo have gone to great pains to hide.
It is not a conservative court; they upended our Constitution with their outrageous presidential immunity decision. They are reactionaries who want to revert to the days of King George because they know their views are not popular with the vast majority of Americans.
Rose Gardner: . . . but a grifter presidents gets paid for pardons. Why not for executive orders that, later, it turns out, don't work?
The fact that many tech industry leaders wanted him in office is strong evidence that they are more interested in power than innovation.
Amy A: exactly that. OR than in being just plain responsible people.
This feels likely - we already know that's the reason but half the EOs, the bribes, the exemptions for companies. That's why we have to fight this bullshit at every step with every lever available to us including the courts.
WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
Follow the money. Google, Scam Altmann, that pitiful excuse for a human Zuck and Chief Nazi Elmo Mucks all contributed to his monstrosity of a ballroom and attended his inauguration and contributed millions to his inauguration slush fund, so they get what they want
I wasn’t gonna say.
I'm not even sure that anything that would feel like personal degradation to most of us matters to Trump--as long as he gets paid by whoever has the money, he can go on his merry way. As for the others, it's not like everyone involved weren't warned by Trump's way of doing things. All along, I get the feeling Trump thinks of himself as the shunned little boy who didn't do anything to deserve what others are "dishing out" to him. It would be sad if it weren't so dangerous.
As you all lack of memory, most past presidents have close ties with big corps and big techies. No big surprise..
None this nakedly self-serving or obviously corrupt. Big difference.
Sure. Whatever you tell yourself to belive a senile pedo to be not corrupt. Autopen case, just that, it's pretty much a case for corruption
fixed! thanks.
"Some Republicans are apparently already looking for a candidate who is less tied to big tech" - Democrats should be doing this ...
edited to add -
Democrats should not allow themselves to be out populist-ed ...
I've been writing and calling Gov Newsom, Ken Martin, and my CA reps about this for years. Now that the Red party is completely bought and paid off by the likes of Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, the Dems will once again jeopardize elections if they don't distinguish themselves as a reliable bulwark against unregulated social media and AI.
Both my Senators are bought and paid for by Big Tech; so is Gavin Newsom. I intend to vet and protest any candidate who will not renounce accepting super PAC money from crypto and/or Big Tech and who has no reasonable plan to regulate algorithms and AI, i.e., repeal Section 230 so they are held legally accountable for damages caused by their apps, require all bots and foreign accounts be labeled clearly as such, and require all things created by LLMs/AI be labeled as such.
I mean, Biden appointed Lena Khan. Dems have not been nearly as in lock step as Republicans. They need to do better though. We need to restore limits on money in politics….
Big Tech and AI companies are actively lobbying Democrats right now. If the Dems don't separate themselves from these HUGE campaign donors they risk losing the election, especially if the repugs run a candidate who opposes them.
Let’s all remember that executive orders are not laws. They are no more than instructions to executive agencies. Unless both houses of Congress act and send the orange stain a bill to sign, I see no reason for any panic. How many EO tantrums has he issued since day one? Go back to sleep Donald.
Did you read the legal analysis Gary linked to?
It's complicated, and though common sense would agree with your take you can't easily dismiss the legal contortions our corrupt MAGA "justices" have been willing to use in order to rewrite the Constitution. Case in point: the presidential immunity decision.
Kind of like the recent US National Security Strategy document that was released, which is disastrous policy. Much of what is in there would require Congressional codification for practical implementation.
It’s an Executive Order not a law passed by Congress. He can’t just nullify state laws at whim. You know we kinda fought a big war over that kind of thing.
Evan Zamir: Yes, indeed . . . and that's why Congress needs to take back its power (which seems to be happening as we speak and being led by some states and lots of individual people); and it's why, as an element of the system, SCOTUS needs to be held accountable by powers outside of their little historical vacuum, a formal advisory council of sorts that has some teeth. They aren't even 'conservative' anymore. They are just careless little kings all wrapped up in the principles of narrow self-service, but only when they are not serving that other king.
I don't think anything has disappointed me more than to see the corruption and misapprehension of the rule of law and the Constitution itself (with some exceptions) so brazenly obvious in today's Supreme Court. Oh, well, maybe the twisted-up flip-flopping of the moral lives of people like Rubio vies for that place in my own history of democratic thought. They are not exactly profiles in courage. Apparently, power really is corrosive.
This is far from the first example of the Trump administration having contempt for its own people, and not even the most egregious example, but one thing is clear: The US government under Trump 2.0 is the most antidemocratic government in the nation's history. I don't think anyone should stop speaking out and protesting against this government's unpopular policies, especially the state-sponsored violence towards marginalized groups, it's painfully clear that they have zero regard for anyone's interests but themselves and their corporate allies.
it's bizarre. AI and Israel have eaten what little remained of Trump's brain. The good news is that this will be immediately challenged by blue states in multiple courts and will probably make it to SC before long. What SC will decide is anyone's guess but hopefully they respect state policy powers and separation of powers, and deny exec. branch ability to use power of purse to coerce states as a backdoor preemption when Congress has decided twice to not preempt, by massive margins (99-1 in July).
Tam Hunt: Check out Indiana today--In your face, Trump and the Heritage Foundation.
Hey Gary, I think you mistakenly suspended the wrong account.
WTF are you talking about? As my Rabbi said, Israel is not a person; Israel is not a Jew. And even if it were, Tam Hunt's remark is not remotely anti-semitic.
P.S. I looked at George's other comments and posts--what a vile piece of garbage.
Don't you get it? People aren't buying this nonsense anymore. Not an opinion, just look at the polling numbers. Maybe the silver lining of people waking up to how the Israeli state has completely co-opted US politics is the understanding of what it means to conflate.
You're just proving to everyone reading your comment that you're a Jew hating bigot.
Do you support Hamas?
George Shay I got multiple complaints about your posts from more than one person. I have not (yet) taken any action but you should consider yourself to be at risk for being banned for ad hominem remarks.
One more thing George, who the hell are you to speak for all Jews? That's the thing about you Zionist, you swim in your own hubris.
But that's the point George, nobody believes that b******* anymore. Zionists have been selling that nonsense forever and people have caught on, it just doesn't work anymore. Either you're low IQ and haven't figured it out yet or you're being paid. Everybody sees you for what you are. Go ahead, call me more adolescent names, it doesn't change anything. You're a dying breed who just doesn't know it.
I blocked that trash. I suggest that others do the same.
i think States would be wise to make their own Ai laws now and see what happens in the courts.
I’m surprised that anyone still thinks there is a move that will somehow turn Trumps evangelists against him. Been waiting for that magic trick for 10 years now.
Thanks for writing this. It's what I've been thinking lately. I've been uneasy since I learned that Vance is a protégé of Peter Thiel, representing the tech bro globalists. And they've captured Trump. The only saving grace is that the public seems to understand the issue, as seen by the opposition to forbidding state AI policies when they tried to get it through Congress a couple of months ago.
They say the states are the laboratories of democracy, and this exactly what they mean. It's our super power to be able to run fifty experiments to learn what policies work. It's very unlikely that the Feds would draft a good policy on the first try. Especially with the AI titans in Trump's ear.
Steve L: State oversight that works would depend on interstate cooperation by people who are quite different from our current "regime." I see these movements as intelligent workarounds, put in place temporarily until the corrupt self-destruct by the force of their own incompetence, self-degradation, and short-sightedness.
When this blows up, he'll claim it was Biden's E.O. -- and the sycophants will take to right-wing media, all with the same message: "Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia."
There is also a strong presumption AGAINST federal preemption in our constitutional system, particularly for these knids of regulation, traditioally falling under state police powers. When Congress has expressed its strong opposition to preemption it will only be a bizarre argument that could win the day in the SC decision on this EO. But hey they've done a lot of bizarre things lately so it's still a frickin coin flip as to how they'll actually rule.
I'm starting to feel more and more like a federalist lately and that's weird