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The result is an extraordinary threat to fundamental #constitutional rights of #DueProcess & #LegalRepresentation….

#Legal scholars say no previous US admin has taken such concerted action against the legal establishment, with #Trump’s predecessors in both parties typically respecting the constitutionally enshrined tenet that everyone deserves effective representation in court & that #lawyers cannot be targeted simply for the cases & clients they take on.

Unsurprisingly

#LawFirms refuse to represent #Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks

Trump issued yet another #ExecutiveOrder Tuesday sanctioning yet another #law firm, Jenner & Block. The result overall has been called an extraordinary #threat to #constitutional rights of #DueProcess & #legal representation & a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.

#RevengePolitics #CivilRights
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacksBy Michael Birnbaum
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Fraenkel offered a simple, yet powerful, picture of how the #constitutional & #legal foundations of the Weimar Republic eroded, & were replaced by #strongman-style rule in which the commands of the #Nazi Party & its leader became paramount. His perspective was not grounded in abstract political theory; it grew instead from his experience as a Jewish lawyer in Nazi Berlin representing #dissidents & other disfavored clients.

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@heidilifeldman

" I understand Roberts as attempting to simultaneously reassure Trump about that while also seeming to stand firm on behalf of federal judges."

I'm seeing it as a pure PR play on #JohnRoberts part to buff the cred of #SCOTUS

Anyone who is paying any attention knows that #LeonardLeo's implementation of the #SupremeCourt is designed for one purpose only:

To enshrine the #UnitaryExecutive as #UnitedStates #Constitutional fact

Can we still talk about a
'#Constitutional crisis' in #America?

Because to call it a 'Constitutional crisis'
It is first necessary
that a compendium of >binding< Constitutional laws >exist
if the laws are not binding... they are NOT laws
there is NO 'Constitution' or rule of Law.
Trump (by decree of the Scotus) is not tied by laws
much less by a 'Constitution' that has been ignored
many time to bring Trump to power.

So
is it a Constitutional crisis if the Constitution is no more followed ?

Will #trump direct #SCOTUS to end #ACA - In April US #SupremeCourt will hear arguments in a case w serious #health and financial consequences for millions of #Americans in every state. At issue is whether the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers cover preventive care at no cost to patients is #constitutional. If ACA’s no-cost preventive-care provision is ruled unconstitutional, Americans would need 2 pay 4 such care or forgo it. #healthcare #medicine healthjournalism.org/blog/2025 #insurance

Association of Health Care Journalists · SCOTUS will hear case threatening no-cost preventive careIf SCOTUS rules the ACA’s no-cost preventive care provision as unconstitutional, Americans would need to pay for such care or forgo it.

#Democratic #politicians
They can no longer behave as they behaved when #America was #Democratic and #Constitutional
'respect for the presidential office' is a joke ... no longer exists
Even the #republicans have NO respect for 'the office of the presidency'
if they had had it... they would not have voted for Trump.

#Democrats must change their way of 'doing politics'
I repeat
America is no longer in a democracy
Democrats cannot continue to behave as if they were.

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@wendysiegelman
SOMETHING NO ONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT is the fact #TraitorTrump's first #impeachment was for trying to circumvent funds appropriated by Congress (withhold #Javelin Missiles from #Ukraine in exchange for dirt of #Biden.)

ONLY CONGRESS HAS THE POWER OF THE PURSE.

#DOGE has NO #Constitutional authority to withhold funding. T**** has #Musk doing for him what doing HIMSELF got him impeached the first time.

#constitutional : belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind

- French: constitutionnel

- German: konstitutionell

- Italian: costituzionale

- Portuguese: constitucional

- Spanish: constitucional

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