BinaryHawk<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, its Trump <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperMajority</span></a>, and abolishing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>! Not to mention the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> owned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> majority in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a>!</p>
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Nonilex<p>"When we talk about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loan</span></a> application records, there is no more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInformation</span></a> anywhere than in that database," Scott Marlow, a fmr snr ofcl in the US Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a>, told NPR. "The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmer</span></a>'s entire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> life & the life of their kids & their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a>, every time they've missed a payment, every time they've had a hard time, every time they've gotten in financial trouble…it's there."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> keeps gaining access to sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>. Now, it can cut off billions to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a></p><p>A staffer from…DOGE recently got high-level access to view & change the contents of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a> system that controls tens of billions of dollars in government payments & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loans</span></a> to farmers & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ranchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ranchers</span></a> across the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, according to internal access logs reviewed by NPR.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5455779/doge-usda-farmers-data" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-54557</span><span class="invisible">79/doge-usda-farmers-data</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>I’ve had this song in my head since November 2024.</p><p>Whether you read this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> or you read the lyrics or listen to this song by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnnyCash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyCash</span></a>, it is all the same,</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ItsAllOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItsAllOver</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanExperiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanExperiment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> </p><p>SCOTUS article:<br><a href="https://wapo.st/4exRCmd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4exRCmd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash official:<br><a href="https://www.johnnycash.com/track/its-all-over/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">johnnycash.com/track/its-all-o</span><span class="invisible">ver/</span></a></p><p>It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash audio:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-v5lPtUzr0&pp=ygUbSm9obm55IENhc2ggSXTigJlzIEFsbCBPdmVy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=k-v5lPtUzr</span><span class="invisible">0&pp=ygUbSm9obm55IENhc2ggSXTigJlzIEFsbCBPdmVy</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"This is from AdImpact, the canonical outfit tracking political spending on advertising. Note that the🚨"top advertiser" so far this year is the DHS, so the Trump administration's spending taxpayer dollars in support of the President."<br>-J Marshall</p><p>The illegitimate president is <a href="https://toad.social/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a>, he doesn't abide by the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> or follow the rules.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/AppropriationsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppropriationsClause</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> depts around the country have noticed there's something strange happening w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>: It's not showing up on schedule & there's been no communication about why.</p><p>The federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> agency doles out most of the money it receives from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> health depts, which then contract w/local orgs. That's how public health work gets funded in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5442689/cdc-trump-layoffs-public-health-rescission" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5442689/cdc-trump-layoffs-public-health-rescission</span></a></p>
babakofi<p>The courts are lost because <a href="https://union.place/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> let them go<br><a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ussupremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ussupremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Supremecourtruling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Supremecourtruling</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monarchy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/executiveorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorders</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <br><a href="https://butchware4gov.news/p/the-courts-are-lost-because-democrats-let-them-go" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">butchware4gov.news/p/the-court</span><span class="invisible">s-are-lost-because-democrats-let-them-go</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> on Friday rejected a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> measure that would have forced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to go to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> for approval of another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> strike against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChecksAndBalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChecksAndBalances</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveAuthority</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DemocracyDefendersAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyDefendersAction</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NAACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAACP</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LDF</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LULAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LULAC</span></a> et al have also now filed a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> to hold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a> order <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> nationwide.</p><p><a href="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/06/Barbara-complaint.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2</span><span class="invisible">025/06/Barbara-complaint.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Once again, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> conservative super-majority abandoned its constitutionally assigned role & dangerously empowered the President. As Justice Sonia <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sotomayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sotomayor</span></a> put it in her dissent, “its decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The case, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> v. Casa, involved one of the most blatantly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> of Trump’s orders: his bid to revoke, by executive fiat, the constitutional guarantee of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a>. But the implications of the ruling extend far beyond that single issue. Friday’s decision means that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> are now hobbled from stopping any of the Admin’s actions, no matter how unconstitutional they may be, nor how much damage they will inflict.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> cannot protect us from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> overreach. That is the terrifying lesson of Friday’s 6–3 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruling limiting the power of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> to issue broad orders blocking Trump’s policies from taking effect while the lawsuits challenging them make their way through the courts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> Sides with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a></p><p>Its ruling lets the President temporarily revoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a> —& enforce other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a> without fear of being blocked by “rogue judges.”</p><p>By Ruth Marcus</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-supreme-court-sides-with-trump-against-the-judiciary" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/the-lede/th</span><span class="invisible">e-supreme-court-sides-with-trump-against-the-judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>CASA (plaintiff in Maryland <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a> case) has now filed an amended complaint seeking class certification for similarly situated individuals impacted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a>.</p><p>…and so it begins. The thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> certification requests.</p><p>Have fun <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourts</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/06/CASA-v-Trump-Amended-Complaint.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-con</span><span class="invisible">tent/uploads/sites/32/2025/06/CASA-v-Trump-Amended-Complaint.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>— $2 billion in congressionally appropriated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> flowing through the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> frozen by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>— >25k children face deportation without lawyers because the admin cut off a contract that pays for their legal representation</p><p>And that’s just a few of the cases with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Still, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ ruling doesn’t mean they will instantly evaporate. Experts say the next step is for individual courts to apply the new precedent in their own cases. In some instances, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> will likely challenge existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> to see if they need to be pared back under the Supreme Court’s new precedent.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>District-court judges have repeatedly used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> to block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin policies, including to halt the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> of civil servants, the defunding of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> & the relocation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> women in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalPrisons</span></a> to men’s housing. Some of those injunctions have been lifted by higher courts; many, including those detailed below, remain in place, …for now.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Friday’s ruling will lead to a drastic reduction in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourts</span></a>’ ability to check the White House, according to Judith Resnik, a professor at Yale Law School. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> “the capacity to tell the key nationwide actor, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a>, to behave lawfully,” she said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Friday’s opinion could affect any case, on any issue, where a federal judge makes a ruling that extends beyond the party or parties that actually brought the lawsuit. It left open the possibility that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> could still block government actions nationwide, but only in situations where there was no narrower approach available that would protect the actual plaintiffs whom the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> is seeking to benefit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ opinion setting new limits on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> of district-court <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> to use one of their most potent tools— <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationwideInjunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideInjunctions</span></a> —marks the beginning of a profound shift in the way the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourts</span></a> operate.</p><p>Before, >1k judges had the power to issue nationwide orders that could stop the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> in its tracks.</p><p>Now, those judges’ rulings can only apply to the actual plaintiffs in the case.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-scotus.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-birthright-citizenship-scotus.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
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