In response to’ the flurry of cases being brought against the Trump administration for its radical attempts to slash and burn all aspects of the federal government without constitutional authority, we’re seeing some arguments from Republicans that lead to the conclusion that there is at least some consideration being given to simply ignoring the courts orders. Some have evoked the likely apocryphal statement attributed to President Andrew Jackson in which he was said to have declared “[Chief Justice] “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it” which raises the question if Trump is planning to abide by Court rulings he doesn’t agree with. The NY Times described the famous quote as “potent” because it does perfectly illustrate perhaps the most important “norm” in our system of government, the acknowledgement and acceptance of the idea set forth by The Marshall Court in the 1803 case Marbury v. Madison that “it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.
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Delirium exposes the gap between the ideal and the reality
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If at first you don’t succeed…. “North Carolina will be the first and only state where elections oversight is within the state auditor’s office,” explains Ren Larson at The Assembly. Why is that and how did it happen? Therein lies a tale. Let’s skip the odd bio of Dave Boliek, North Carolina’s newly elected Republican state auditor, and review the subhead, “Eight Years, Six Tries.” It started when Republicans lost the governor’s mansion in 2016 to Democrat Roy Cooper. The Republican-controlled legislature in a lame-duck session attempted a brazen power-grab aimed at transferring to the legislature some of Cooper’s appointment powers, including over the state Board of Elections: In January 2018, the state Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature’s transfer of appointment powers from the executive branch to the legislature was unconstitutional. Yet again Republican legislators struck back, passing a bill in June 2018 to allow voters to decide whether to amend the constitution and allow the legislature to make all eight appointments.
It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
As pro-Palestine journalists face arrest, raids, and terror charges in Europe, the case of Richard Medhurst reveals how far Western governments are willing to go to silence dissent.
The post Richard Medhurst, Leading Gaza Reporter, Arrested and Charged with ‘Terrorism’ in European Crackdown appeared first on MintPress News.
SNL’s contemporary standing as an established institution has somewhat obscures its initial trailblazing daring.
How cute is the cover of this early 1960s cocktail booklet? It never really occurred to me to see if “Cuervo,” as in “JOSE CUERVO” was a word in Spanish. I took high school Spanish (the minimum 2 years required for graduation) and we never got to types of birds. Jose Cuervo literally translates toContinue reading Sangrita Cuervo (early 60s-ish)
Katharine Halls won the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her work as translator of Ahmed Naji’s Rotten Evidence, published in 2023 by McSweeney’s (and currently available for 20 percent off in our store). Publishers Weekly called the book “a moving testament to the power of free expression,” and the Banipal judges called the translation “a brilliant feat” and “a masterclass.” We spoke to Ahmed and Katharine about their work.
Assassination by innuendo By now you’ve seen Tuesday’s bizarre press event in the Oval Office. The leader of the free world expounded at length on rooting out fraud and waste in the U.S. government while Donald Trump, his lieutenant, sat inert behind a large desk. REPORTER: If you have received billions of dollars in contracts from the Pentagon and the president is directing you to look into the DoD, does that present a conflicts of interest? MUSK: First of all, I'm not the filing the contract. It's people at SpaceX pic.twitter.com/JFQKHAQDvZ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2025 I don’t know what they teach in journalism schools these days, but insisting that political figures back up wild claims with checkable data and facts seems to have fallen out of the curriculum.
Hey there, it’s me again. Just following up on my letter from earlier this week. I know this is a bad time, but I’d like a refund for the April 14 performance of Our American Cousin.
I’m aware the Ford’s Theatre team has been rather busy the past few days. I understand you have so many more things to worry about, but I’d really appreciate a refund. I had a seventy-five-cent balcony ticket.
Not to be a stickler, but I read the theater’s posted policy on refunds. Well, I read part of it before federal agents rushed in and escorted the whole audience out of the building. From what I gathered, though, I’m entitled to a refund. Cash would be preferable. I don’t want a voucher or anything.
In the grand scheme of things, it’s no big deal. The nation is in mourning. The killer is on the loose. I get that. Technically, though, I paid for a full show and only saw part of it. When I spend my hard-earned money on a three-act play, I expect to see every scene, interruptions be damned.
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face questions over Lord Walney's prolonged tenure as documents reveal position was supposed to have been terminated years ago
- by Aeon Video
- by Jonathan Rhodes
The man was repeatedly threatened by debt collectors due to the scam, which followed a change in the law by the last Conservative Government
Rishi Khiroya and Lydia Henning If you asked people what skill they would most love to have, you might receive answers like ‘to fly’, ‘to be invisible’ or even ‘predicting the future’. If you asked people who worked in financial markets in particular, ‘accurately predicting the future’ would probably be top of the list. From … Continue reading Fossicking in the dark or twenty-twenty foresight?
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Labor has won the Werribee by-election in Melbourne’s outer west by a whisker, with a massive swing against the party in what was formerly a rock-solid ALP state seat. The post Labor vote collapse points to workers’ growing anger first appeared on Solidarity Online.
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Trump has also made clear his plan to take over Gaza: REPORTER: If you have received billions of dollars in contracts from the Pentagon and the president is directing you to look into the DoD, does that present a conflicts of interest? MUSK: First of all, I'm not the filing the contract. It's people at SpaceX pic.twitter.com/JFQKHAQDvZ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2025 Elon Musk: "There's a limestone mine where we store all the retirement paperwork. You look at this picture of this mine, this mine looks like something out of the '50s because it was started in 1955. It's like a time warp. And then the limiting factor is the speed at which the… pic.twitter.com/4CGQcSKk9y — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2025 Reporters: But if there is a conflict of interest when it comes to you yourself, for instance, you’ve received billions of dollars in federal contracts.. Is there any sort of accountability check and balance in place that would provide any transparency for the American people? Musk: If you see anything you say like, wait a second, Elon, that seems like maybe that’s, you know, there’s a conflict there. They’ll say it immediately.
A NEWLY-WED couple and a local woman who has returned to her hometown to take up an internship are among the cohort of new junior doctors joining Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Doctors Isra Karem and Mostafa Abasseri recently tied the knot in Sydney after finishing their medical degrees and are now excited to grow their... The post Coffs Harbour hospital welcomes new junior doctors appeared first on News Of The Area. As the billionaire was reportedly slashing Education Department contracts, SpaceX secured a multimillion-dollar “supplemental” deal from NASA.
“Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, has reportedly been criticized by some of the party’s state governors for not resisting Donald Trump’s agenda and cabinet nominees strongly enough.” – The Guardian - - - FROM THE DESK OF CHUCK SCHUMERDesperate times call for incremental measures. As radical conservatives gut our institutions left and right, America needs an opposition leader with strength and resilience. Until we find that person, I will lead the charge. And I vow to fight for democracy every weekday of my life. To the millions of enraged citizens who need a voice—I will be your soft whisper. To the civil servants fighting back against unlawful purges—I’ll be with you every other step of the way. To the conservatives who might underestimate me—you have no idea what I’m capable of fitting into a slideshow about the value of norms. | ||
