The Judicial 'Resistance' Is Setting Itself Up for an Epic Smackdown

[TBoneTX 46,294]

This article clarifies the madness and lends hope.

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The Judicial 'Resistance' Is Setting Itself Up for an Epic Smackdown

 

America, unfortunately, has long been suffering from a crisis of civics.  Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their government.  But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.  The media's predictable shrieks and howls of "constitutional crisis" notwithstanding, we are in the throes of a grand separation-of-powers standoff that will both serve as one such edifying civics lesson.

First: Enter the energetic executive.  [...]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/14/the_judicial_resistance_is_setting_itself_up_for_an_epic_smackdown_152366.html

[TBoneTX 46,294]

On illegal immigration, it's Trump filing the lawsuits

One of the main themes of resistance to the not-yet-1-month-old administration of President Donald Trump is the reliance on lawsuits (often filed with friendly judges) as the president's adversaries try to kneecap his policy initiatives.  So far, the court strategy has had a lot of at least temporary success because we have seen one injunction after another ordering the Trump administration to stop doing this or that.

Now Trump is fighting back with some lawsuits of his own on the critical issue of illegal immigration.  In the past week, the Justice Department has filed suits against the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois and also against the state of New York and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), as well as New York Attorney General Letitia James.  You may remember James as a particularly zealous Trump-suer, having won a $454 million judgment against him in a property valuation case that many observers felt had little or no merit.  [...]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3321217/on-illegal-immigration-trump-filing-lawsuits/

[Pooky 3,844]

On 2/14/2025 at 10:21 PM, TBoneTX said:

This article clarifies the madness and lends hope.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Judicial 'Resistance' Is Setting Itself Up for an Epic Smackdown

 

America, unfortunately, has long been suffering from a crisis of civics.  Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their government.  But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics.  The media's predictable shrieks and howls of "constitutional crisis" notwithstanding, we are in the throes of a grand separation-of-powers standoff that will both serve as one such edifying civics lesson.

First: Enter the energetic executive.  [...]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/14/the_judicial_resistance_is_setting_itself_up_for_an_epic_smackdown_152366.html

Bring on judicial reform, either by Congress, or by SCOTUS.

 

Lower court judges cannot be given free reign to obstruct, delay, or disembowel executive power on a nationwide basis without fear of consequence for proven overreach ☠️