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Trump administration 2024-2028

In Russia, you fall through those damn hospital windows that don't seem to want to shut down. In the USA, you are alleged to have committed mortgage fraud.

dapaterson said:
SCOTUS has abandoned stare decesis.
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There is no such thing as Stare Decisis for a Supreme Court. Only a High Prudence unwritten rule that basically states that they should not be inclined to easily reverse one of their past decision without very good reasons and supported by strong reasoning as to why the past decision should be reversed. Stare Decisis binds lower tribunals and courts only.

In the case of flag burning here, all the courts below the SCOTUS would be bound to find the executive order to be unconstitutional, I would suspect even by way of very, very summary judgement. And if it doesn't feel like changing, the SCOTUS could very easily say nothing and just as quickly deny permission to appeal (I suspect that is what they would do here because they already have a huge docket and aren't looking for more work on something stupid such as this).

I can see cases going very fast:

At arraignment, Flag-Burner pleads Not Guilty, but admits to burning flag and to doing so as a political statement against the President's EO. Next, his lawyer moves for immediate summary dismissal on two basis: EO's are not laws and SCOTUS as already decided flag burning is protected free speech that cannot be sanctioned and this position binds you. Court turns to US Attorney: "Can you show me a SCOTUS decision that reverses that, Attorney?" Waffle, waffle, waffle. Court: Case dismissed, this EO is patently unconstitutional.

Appeals Court is just as fast a few weeks later, with the same result. Within 5 days of US Attorney asking for permission to appeal, SCOTUS denies permission.

End of EO.

Some of these things can be quick, sometimes, even in the US with its "wall of molasse" (an apt description of the US system of courts and jurisprudence that was once made by a Harvard Law School professor).
 
lenaitch said:
And today in the Oval Circus;

Trump fires the Chair of the Federal Reserve:

www.theguardian.com

Trump fires Fed governor Lisa Cook after allegation of mortgage fraud

Departure of Cook, first Black woman to sit on central bank’s board, will allow US president to tap replacement
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and is establishing a 'special National Guard unit' to fight crime in the streets:

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Should be interesting to see, especially as she's fighting back saying he has no actual authority, and SCOTUS has previously upheld the Fed needs to be independent from the Executive to be effective.

But given the success they've had after stacking their decks, wouldn't be surprised if SCOTUS again bent in circles to please the Tangerine Tsar and undermined the entire American economy and confidence of investors by changing their minds. No big deal if an organization tasked in making unpopular decisions on the economy of the country is subject to the whims of politicians is it?
 
Navy_Pete said:
Should be interesting to see, especially as she's fighting back saying he has no actual authority, and SCOTUS has previously upheld the Fed needs to be independent from the Executive to be effective.

But given the success they've had after stacking their decks, wouldn't be surprised if SCOTUS again bent in circles to please the Tangerine Tsar and undermined the entire American economy and confidence of investors by changing their minds. No big deal if an organization tasked in making unpopular decisions on the economy of the country is subject to the whims of politicians is it?
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The question we should be asking is how to attract any investors spooked about potential banana republic shit in the states.
 
PrairieFella said:
The question we should be asking is how to attract any investors spooked about potential banana republic shit in the states.
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I guess it depends if it's working for or against them. If you can get him on your side with some cheap compliments and by staying at one of his hideous hotels probably happy about it (and who knows what a private jet or huge loan to your son in law buys). But when you see him weaponizing it against people that annoy him, and how quickly he turns on former allies, probably a risk/reward roll of the dice.

I think the prospect of unreliable material costs from all the tariffs they would pay is going to have a long term impact, but a lot of this stuff has a long lead time so who knows.

THe stock market is completely irrational though, so probably going to be all over the place, with the big impact on ordinary consumers now paying a lot more for groceries, gas and other staples. As well as millions without health insurance now, and FEMA, NIOSH and other government agencies being gutted expect there will be some massive disasters coming down the pipes with no one to figure it out.

But they are owning the libs, so guess it's all good.
 
IOW: 'National' Socialism...


The U.S. government has taken a stake in Intel. Defence industry contractors could be next​



A Bloomberg report on the Intel transaction on Friday said Trump was embracing "a new brand of economic statecraft." But an official in his first administration had a more caustic take.

"Washington is embracing what can only be called corporate socialism — profits privatized, losses socialized and taxpayers held hostage to the fortunes of politically connected firms," wrote Vance Gunn, an associate director for economic policy in the White House's Office of Management and Budget between 2019 and 2020, this week for the liberal think-tank American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).

 
Point of view from the Democrats.
Mods might move this to the funny videos form.

Norway, and or the Committee members are next on the WH sanctions list!

Nobel Prize Committee Drops SURPRISE TRUMP BOMB​

 
U.S. Ambassadors all over being invited in for chats ....
www.usatoday.com

Is the US running a secret operation in Greenland? Denmark summons US envoy

Danish intelligence services uncovered at least three people working on pro-US "influence operations" in Greenland.
www.usatoday.com
www.breitbart.com

Denmark Summons U.S. Amb. Over 'Covert Influence Ops' in Greenland

Alleged goal of 'Covert Influence Operations' is to weaken relations with Denmark from within Greenlandic society.
www.breitbart.com www.breitbart.com
www.foxnews.com

US ally summons Trump ambassador over 'unacceptable' antisemitism allegations

U.S. ambassador Charles Kushner faces a diplomatic rebuke from France over his letter linking Palestinian state recognition to antisemitic incidents.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
ca.news.yahoo.com

France summons US envoy over antisemitism claims

France denies allegations it is failing to tackle a surge in antisemitism since the Gaza war began.
ca.news.yahoo.com ca.news.yahoo.com
 
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