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If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War https://contrarian.substack.com/p/if-we-had-a-functional-constitution

If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War
MAGA stooges destroyed the rule of law

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to cut around 50 positions, or ~15% of its workforce, with about half of them in the newsroom, as it seeks to cut costs (J. Scott Trubey/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/02/the-a

AJC is eliminating news and operations jobs, shifting resources to growth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution (Mark Sherman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-873a45bc58de9e92773f554bf5bba9a0
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p92#a251205p92

I’m reading Civilization Before Greece and Rome, by H. W. F. Saggs. Published in ‘89 so some interpretations are outdated, but a section on the emergence and rise of the god king in Mesopotamia for instance shows how the evangelical butt kissing of 🍊💩 and their efforts to sanctify him have been a part of human behavior for the past 5KY that we have written records of, and likely for a long while before that. Our constitution tries to buck the trend, but the odds for success look slim.

"The attack on January 3 is not the first against Venezuela. In fact, the pressure campaign began in 2001 when the government of Hugo Chavez enacted a Hydrocarbons Law in accordance with the sovereignty provisions in the Bolivarian Constitution of 1999."
Trump’s regime change bid in Caracas follows 25 years of strangling #Venezuela | Morning Star

A fascist paramilitary abducting too many people is not an excuse for unlawful detentions, ignoring court orders, violations of the constitution, inhumane treatment, excessive force, and invasion.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qwcwhs
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I don't like videos that tell …

After Missouri residents voted to repeal their state’s near-total abortion ban
and enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution,
Conservative advocates quickly got to work.
In a lawsuit filed the day after the 2024 election,
abortion providers challenged not only the constitutionality of the state’s ban,
⚠️but also a slew of other restrictions that, they said,
made their jobs so arduous as to be impossible.
More than a year later, they are…

If the Democratic Party takes Congress in 2026, the first thing they should do is end the Senate filibuster. It’s a rule that if it ever did serve a purpose, it now prevents any opportunity for Congress to challenge a POTUS that does not respect the rule of law. It’s not in the constitution.
#USpol #SenateFilibuster

Trump's Pardon Abuses Are a Means to Legalize Corruption https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-pardon-abuses-legalize-corruption-1235477609/

Trump Is Trying to Legalize Corruption by Abusing His Pardon Power
Donald Trump is abusing the Constitution and the president's pardon power to try to legalize corruption, letting a string of loyalists off the hook.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which had about 75K digital-only subscribers and 40K print subscribers, ends its print edition after 157 years (Kay Powell/Atlanta Magazine)
https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-cultu

An obituary for the AJC's print edition, from its legendary obituary writer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution print edition, 157, dies on December 31, 2025, succumbing to burgeoning digital news coverage. No service is planned. The paper’s survivors will include 40,000 Atlanta Journal-Constitution print subscribers. In lieu of flowers, readers are asked to refresh their browsers.

Stopped by ICE? Here’s what the Constitution says about your rights - Poynter
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/stopped-by-ice-heres-what-the-constitution-says-about-your-rights/

Q: How does the Polish Constitution differ from the American?
A: Under the Polish Constitution citizens are guaranteed freedom of
speech, but under the United States constitution they are
guaranteed freedom after speech.
-- being told in Poland, 1987

Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi

“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

😅 New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
#usa

New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the Republican Party deepen partisan divides over how the Constitution should guide presidential authority and the balance of power.

The key to ⚠️holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accountable for constitutional violations -- may lie in a 1987 law review article by a young law professor named Akhil Reed Amar.
“I think it was a good idea then,” he said last week,
“and it’s only taken more than half a lifetime for people to actually read the thing.”
The article has, in truth, been quite influential. It has been cited, for instance, in seven Supreme Court opinions.
But it was also 96 pa…

A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations
A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.

My new year related hot take: The 250th birthday of the United States is 250 years after the ratification of the constitution (In 2038), not the declaration of independence.

Anthropic overhauled Claude's "Constitution" to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/21/anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-n…

Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’
The AI company is publishing a new "constitution" that teaches its chatbot how to think, not just what to do.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115822463106796601
The U.S. Constitution is the only thing that has ever made sense to me. (And no, I am not an atheist or agnostic.)

Background of the speech and debate clause
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S6-C1-3-2/ALDE_00013301/#:~:text=The text and …

I explained something for a friend in a simple way, and I think it's worth paraphrasing again here.
You cannot create a system that constrains itself. Any constraint on a system must be external to the system, or that constraint can be ignored or removed. That's just how systems work. Every constitution for every country claims to do this impossible thing, a thing proven is impossible almost 100 years ago now. Gödel's loophole has been known to exist since 1947.
Every constitution in the world, every "separation of powers" and set of "checks and balances," attempts to do something which is categorically impossible. Every government is always, at best, a few steps away from authoritarianism. From this, we would then expect that governments trand towards authoritarianism. Which, of course, is what we see historically.
Constraints on power are a formality, because no real controls can possibly exist. So then democratic processes become sort of collective classifiers that try to select only people who won't plunge the country into a dictatorship. Again, because this claim of restrictions on powers is a lie (willful or ignorant, a lie reguardless) that classifier has to be correct 100% of the time (even assuming a best case scenario). That's statistically unlikely.
So as long as you have a system of concentrated power, you will have the worst people attracted to it, and you will inevitably have that power fall into the hands of one of the worst possible person.
Fortunately, there is an alternative. The alternative is to not centralize power. In the security world we try to design systems that assume compromise and minimize impact, rather than just assuming that we will be right 100% of the time. If you build systems that maximially distribute power, then you minimize the impact of one horrible person.
Now, I didn't mention this because we're both already under enough stress, but...
Almost 90% of the nuclear weapons deployed around the world are in the hands of ghoulish dictators. Only two of the countries with nuclear weapons not straight up authoritarian, but they're not far off. We're one crashout away from steralizing the surface of the Earth with nuclear hellfire. Maybe countries shouldn't exist, and *definitely* multiple thousands of nuclear weapons shouldn't exist and shouldn't all be wired together to launch as soon as one of these assholes goes a bit too far sideways.

https://resist.bot/petitions/PBTZAA

ICE Is Breaking the Constitution — Congress Is Letting It Happen
Text SIGN PBTZAA to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Worth a read on the broad opposition to the CAQ's proposed Quebec constitution. It's great to see lengthy quotes from my colleague and friend Paul-Étienne Rainville, who works at the Ligue des droits et libertés.
“The government has not respected any of the criteria established by the United Nations for the adoption of a democratic and legitimate constitution.”

'Authoritarian and undemocratic': 300 groups unite against Legault's proposed Quebec constitution
Groups that focus on human rights, immigration issues and the environment join unions in calling the CAQ's plan deeply flawed.

We will hunt down ICE members and their command chain, arrest them, lock them up and throw away the key. They are all treasonous insurrectionists shredding the Constitution. They will pay. https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/115973241364827209

The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents
—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/ice-scotus-impunity/685298/

Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power
The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.

“Our constitution written by our founders is intended to protect us against a threat identical to Donald Trump.”
- Al Gore, SF Climate Week San Francisco's Exploratorium, April 2025
#algore #trump

Ya wanna know what is a bad idea? “AI-directed experimentation and manufacturing” is.
potus should have just called it a hand out for Oracle.
It is a solution searching for a problem. It literally gives 90 days for them to identify 20 problems it might solve.
It uses public funds for private research.

Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

I donated to ACLU today https://www.aclu.org/
"For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in thi…

Home | American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

This is
a) a violation of our US laws (and Constitution) regarding war-like acts.
b) going to further inflame and fuel the belief among Muslims that the US is pursuing a new christian-religious crusade. The long term damage this will cause to the US is immense.
In other words, el cheato is violating US law and putting US interests (and citizens) in considerable danger.
"US carries out strikes on Nigeria targeting Islamic State militants, Trump says"
<…

"“Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures.”
In major rebuke, federal judge blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order  - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-permanently-blocks-core-parts-trump-elections-executive-order/

Wasn't the 2nd Amendment – the right to bear arms – included in the U.S. Constitution to ensure that an armed citizenry could act as a safeguard against government tyranny?
The safeguard doesn't seem to work.
At all.

Recalcitrant members of Congress who refuse to fulfill their Constitutional duty are, like Trump, using the incumbent powers of their office to remake the Constitution in a way that excuses their prejudices and enables their graft
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:7

Attorney Details Misconduct and violations of the constitution at Minneapolis Concentration camps (Minnesota - 1/31/26)
Source:
#politics

Trump is apparently taking over LA, using "WILDFIRE DISASTERS" as the means! 💀
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-state-and-local-failures-to-rebuild-los-ang…

You don't need to be a liberal to oppose Trump's ICE (Eric Levitz/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/476263/trump-ice-minnesota-constitution-renee-good
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p99#a260123p99

Asimov wrote his laws of robotics as a dramic device to show how difficult it is to write laws of robotics. How they always will contradict each other.
His laws are there to illustrate a problem, not as a genuine attempt at the solution. His laws are deliberately wrong.
#ai #anthropic

@… @… Sorry, but I don't buy the difference in the President's ability to fire members of the Fed, FTC, SEC, or NLRB. If you want to point to a specific difference in the statutes or Constitution, I'll rea…

I really don't like linking to #X. But here's the video from the upright Democrats (Don't give up), in which they remind the military of their oath and call on them to resist unlawful orders.
These are the people who are threatened with the death penalty by Darth #Trump.
Trump is dangerous becau…

First Amendment lawyers say Minneapolis ICE observers are protected by Constitution • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2026/01/29/repub/ice-observers/

If the supreme court can't read the constitution correctly how can anyone think they can write a slack message everyone will understand the same way?
So please just accept my zoom invite.

It was an error to describe the 3 branches of government as "co-equal." They are not. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people." The people are sovereign. We rule through Congress, and thereby have power to depose a president or a judge. A president is not a ruler, nor is a justice of the Supreme Court, nor a general, nor an admiral. They are servants of the people.

A Georgia judge on Tuesday tossed out racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong "conspiracy" to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics call “#Cop #City.”
Fulton County Judge

Charges against dozens of 'Cop City' protesters tossed
A Georgia judge has tossed racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility. Critics call it “Cop City.” Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer tossed the charges Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Farmer said Republican Attorney General Chris Carr didn’t have the authority to secure the 2023 indictments. Carr’s office said they plan to appeal. The 61 defendants faced …

On a atteint 10% des 100k signature pour que nos politiques bougent de X, continuons de signer : https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/2610

Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Plateforme des pétitions de l’Assemblée nationale
Cessez d'utiliser cette plateforme comme l'un des principaux porte-parole des communications officielles en France. Il existe des alternatives bien mieux modérées et régulées, et il est même possible de gérer sa propre plateforme. Si vous allez ailleurs, les journalistes et les citoyens qui veulent consommer l'information du gouvernement français iront aussi ailleurs. Le propriétaire de cette plateforme est ouvertement opposé aux valeurs de la Constitution française. Il publie régul…

The US withdrawing from many organisations including GFCE (Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) doesn’t look promising about their commitment to cybersecurity.
#us #cybersecurity

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

“The United States of America came within a few minutes of dying at the Battle of Gettysburg.
In fact, America came within seconds of being destroyed.
During those decisive moments a unit of the United States Army saved the republic.
The saviors of the Union were from Minnesota.”
https://stev…

Thank you, Minnesota
There is no greater obligation for an American than loyalty to the Constitution of the United States.

Trump admin's 'eerie' holiday posts 'may have violated the Constitution': analysis - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-christian-nationalists-2674831430/

So, now ICE says that it can enter homes without a warrant.
The article below says "The change is almost certain to meet legal challenges and stiff criticism"
Gee, I would also expect "The change is almost certain to meet the barrel of a gun".
I fully anticipate that this is going to introduce ICE agents to the sensation of buckshot - or a bullet - at short range.
So yet another section of our Constitution dies at the hands of trump and his minions…

ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

As the Republican party continues to promote the destruction of the rule of law and the constitution of the USA it is sad how far they have abandoned basic principles of a civil society.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/…

JUST IN: Judge blocks Trump's attempt to strip security clearance from #whistleblower lawyer
#Mark #Zaid.
Judge Amir Ali (Biden) says the move may violate Constitution's ban on bills of attainder.

Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social)
JUST IN: Judge blocks Trump's attempt to strip security clearance from whistleblower lawyer Mark Zaid. Judge Amir Ali (Biden) says the move may violate Constitution's ban on bills of attainder. Doc: https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv1365-52

Ich verlinke ja höchst ungern auf #X. Aber hier ist das Video der aufrechten Demokraten (Don't give up), in dem sie Militärs an ihren Eid erinnern und sie auffordern, sich rechtswidrigen Befehlen zu widersetzen.
Das sind diejenigen, die Darth #Trump mit der Todesstrafe bedroht.
Trump ist gefährlich, wei…

Ecuadorian people, in a referendum, reject the right wing president's proposal to allow US military bases and to replace the 2008 constitution, the progressive one written by a constituent assembly under the leadership of Alberto Acosta.
Ecuador impide en las urnas que Noboa instale bases de EE UU y cambie la Constitución progresista de 2008

Ecuador impide en las urnas que Noboa instale bases de EE UU y cambie la Constitución progresista de 2008
La población ecuatoriana rechaza todas las preguntas de una consulta que pretendía reinstalar bases de EEUU en el país y acabar con la Constitución de 2008, aprobada bajo la gestión de Correa.

"So it’s not enough to equate Trump’s legions to the Gestapo or the Klan. (I’ve done both.) He also is the 21st-century version of Attila or Genghis Khan, heading a horde that is defined by an exterminationist loathing of cities and all that they stand for and promote. Their diversity, their toleration, their culture, their solidarity across racial and other lines—all are threats to the horde’s and its ruler’s autocratic monoculture. On the streets, the horde’s loathing manifests as indifference (at least) to the loss of city dwellers’ lives.
As it is the 21st century, and as we have an 18th-century Constitution, Trump’s impulse for city sacking Š la Attila is constrained by laws and customs, but he’s plainly determined to find ways around as many of those constraints as he possibly can. Correspondingly, a good share of the fear he’s engendered all across America has an ancient pedigree: It’s the fear of the barbarians at the gates."
#USPolitics
https://prospect.org/2026/01/15/attila-genghis-khan-trump/

If you read just one thing today, make it this:
"By not impeaching, or even starting the process of getting there, Congress sends the message that Trump is America,
and that it has acquiesced to the Constitution being replaced by Trump’s brand of corrupt evil."

Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But f…

A Scholar's 'Bombshell' Questioned Trump's Power to Fire Officials (Adam Liptak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/supreme-court-constitution-originalist-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p59#a251208p59

Le sénateur Ron Wyden revient sur la déclaration d’intention du 14 novembre 2025 abaissant les droits de douane de 39% Š 15%. Un accord intervenu dix jours après que des chefs d’entreprises suisses ont offert Š Trump une horloge Rolex et un lingot d’or personnalisé de 1 kg. L’acceptation de «ces cadeaux d’une valeur monétaire importante» représente «un conflit d’intérêts apparent et des violations possibles de la clause sur les émoluments de la Constitution américaine».
https://www.letemps.ch/monde/un-apparent-conflit-d-interets-l-horloge-rolex-et-le-lingot-d-or-offerts-a-donald-trump-dans-le-viseur-du-senat-americain

https://resist.bot/petitions/PQLTBV

Abolish ICE, No More Deaths, Uphold the Constitution
Text SIGN PQLTBV to 50409 to send this to your officials.

On Tuesday, multiple congressional Democrats made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community of their duty to the Constitution,
not to President Trump.
The comments—made by military and intelligence veterans Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan—set the MAGAverse off.
By Thursday, President Trump suggested they be charged with sedition and executed.
And y…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) on X
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

One of our friends is the daughter of a Chilean refugee who came here as a young child after the fascist coup in 1973.
Under this Labour government she and her family would have been sent back, probably by 1980 when the dictatorship imposed a new constitution. It was still a highly repressive country. Refugees generally didn't deem it safe to return until the late 1980s. Most made lives here, contributing greatly to this country, as migrant communities always do.

Notice how Congress never communicates explicit consequences to #Trump for any of his crimes? (And he owns the SCOTUS)
He's never faced any penalty, any consequence or even a threat against his criminal fascism. No one even bothers to adhere or even reference the Constitution.
He's untouchable.

On Tuesday, multiple congressional Democrats made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community of their duty to the Constitution,
not to President Trump.
The comments—made by military and intelligence veterans Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan—set the MAGAverse off.
By Thursday, President Trump suggested they be charged with sedition and executed.
And y…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) on X
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution (John F. Harris/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/20/donald-trump-legacy-history-00736032
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p18#a260120p18

12 ordinary LA jurors say “No!” to ICE goons and federal prosecutors.
At least part of the constitution still lives and does its job:
the Sixth Amendment's right to a jury trial to decide criminal charges.
Jury acquits L.A. man who towed immigration agent’s car during TikTok influencer’s arrest
-- Susan E Seager

Rest in Peace
US Constitution
Effective March 4, 1789
Terminated January 8, 2026
On January 8, 2026 trump declared himself dictator (but avoided using that word):
'In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”.'
<…

With Trump struggling to stay awake at meetings, the prevailing image is of a driver asleep at the wheel.
Opinion polls suggest that Americans are turning against him.
Republicans are heading for the exit ahead of congressional contests next November that look bleak for the party.
“He came into office and, like a blitzkrieg,
was violating laws and the constitution,”
said Larry Jacobs,
director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the…

Trump Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says (Joanna Slater/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/15/protesters-trump-administration-free-speech-violations/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p10#a260116p10

"The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job" by #nyt "In many of those instances, however, the Supreme Court later overruled the lower courts, allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs. […] The justices have wholly denied only one of Mr. Trump’s 32 emergency petitions in his second term"
Darth #Trump

Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
Until the court imposes limits, the administration will keep acting as if there are none.

I donated to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School https://www.brennancenter.org/
Due to the dire threats to the USA from the current administration and the Republican party I am donating as much money as I spend on myself this year to protect us from those threats to our way of life.

Brennan Center for Justice | Home
Defend Democracy. Reform Justice. Protect the Constitution. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law works to build an America that is democratic, just, and free.

This article is absolute insanity. The only way I can describe it is being from a Rabidly anti-Canadian American.
And in an overall tone of disrespect for the rule of law, autonomy, democracy, or progressive thought.
"In a strategy of the retrenchment, the dismemberment of Canada becomes a wise decision. Rather than allowing it to continue down a path of anti-American antagonism, the United States could support the Alberta and Quebec separatist movements. A successful secession by Alberta alone would cripple the federal fisc, and drive separatism in other regions due to the resultant decline in their equalization payments which comprises such a substantial part of their provincial budgets. In the end, British Columbia and a unified Maritime province would be admitted to the Union as Democratic states while Alberta and Saskatchewan would be admitted as Republican states; ensuring continued balance in the US Senate.
The rump of Canada, left with only one or two provinces, would finally be able to revise its constitution with ease. Under US pressure, the rump could become a freely associated state similar to Palau, with a new constitution reordering society along American lines. In time, perhaps it too could be annexed.”
#Canada #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli #51stState #Separatism #Alberta #Quebec
https://defenseanalyses.org/work/our-canadian-problem/
(edit: sorry, wrong link previously)

The Hawaiian Supreme Court
ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations.
And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents
—unlike, they said, the U.S. Supreme Court.
https://boltsmag.org/hawaii-supreme-court-police-inter…

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

Stacey Abrams rules out 2026 bid for Georgia governor (Greg Bluestein/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/01/stacey-abrams-rules-out-2026-bid-for-georgia-governor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p95#a260108p95

There's an article in the Constitution about this
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3m5uhayi2mg2m

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)
Trump: We’re going to make the American Dream a word that—two words that you didn’t have. Remember when Biden said it’s all about three words: The American Dream. You don’t ever want to get in that situation.

Alan Dershowitz, a former lawyer for Trump, recently said in an interview that he and Trump have discussed the possibility of Trump running for a third term in office
— an action that would violate the U.S. Constitution.
“I said ‘it’s not clear if a president can become a third-term president and it’s not clear if it’s permissible,'”
Dershowitz recounted of his conversation with Trump.
Dershowitz, who was part of Trump’s legal team during his first impeachment tri…

Trump Confidant Alan Dershowitz Discussed Third Term Scenario With the President
Dershowitz also shared with Trump a draft of his new book, “Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term?”…

"The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times.
Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value,
plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt."
-- Nicholas Grossman

Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social)
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar" https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/trump-swiss-gifts-gold-rolex

For two decades, the media defaulted to portraying
Chief Justice John Roberts as a moderate institutionalist,
pointing to high-profile decisions
—to uphold parts of the Affordable Care Act or striking down President Donald Trump’s attempt to ask about citizenship in the 2020 census
—in which he broke from conservative orthodoxy.
But those decisions were always the exception.
Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian aut…

This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced dumb-ass legislation today
that would allow private entities to play at Pirates🏴‍☠️in the Caribbean
The "Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act"
authorizes felon-president Trump to commission American pirates,
under "letters of marque"
to seize property and persons on land or sea.
Representative Tim Bimbo Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.

Patriots of the Caribbean: Lee Bill Authorizes American Privateers to Seize Cartel Assets with President’s Approval
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation today that would allow private entities to stop drug cartel smuggling and violence. The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act authorizes President Trump, as provided under the Constitution, to commission American operators under letters of marque to seize cartel property and persons on land or sea. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a confidential draft agreement to more than a dozen states
that would require election officials to
🆘 remove any
🔸alleged 🔸
ineligible voters identified during a federal review of their voter rolls.
The agreement
— called a memorandum of understanding, or MOU
— would❌ hand the federal government a major role in election administration,
a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution.…

A federal judge Thursday decried what he said were
“breathtaking” constitutional violations
by senior Trump administration officials
and called the president
an “authoritarian” who expects everyone in the executive branch to
“toe the line absolutely.”

In remarks laced with outrage and disbelief,
U.S. District Judge #William

Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
“The cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/115901426247196926
Although the Insurrection Act appears to confer wide-ranging authority,
the Department of Justice has long taken the position that the law is
“limited . . . by the Constitution and by tradition.”
In a 19…

Ever since the Supreme Court shattered campaign finance law with its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010,
Americans have been told there are only two ways to stop corporate and “dark” money in politics:
Amend the U.S. Constitution
or wait for the court to undo what it has done.
👉That is flat wrong.
Citizens United held that government may not regulate a corporation’s right to spend money independently in elections.
But the …

While politicians often avoid answering questions,
Speaker Mike Johnson’s habit of doing so is particularly noteworthy
because of the prominent place the speaker occupies in government.
“Very few officers are mentioned specifically in the constitution;
the speakership is one of them,”
“I would say it’s absolutely the responsibility of the speaker to keep up with what the president is saying and doing.”
But there are at least 14 examples of Johnson saying he…

Abortion will stay legal in Wyoming
after the state’s supreme court struck down two near-total abortion bans on Tuesday,
ruling that the laws violate the constitution of the profoundly conservative state.
In a 4-1 decision, the justices decided that the two bans
– which include the nation’s first exclusive ban on abortion pills
– violated a 2012 state constitutional amendment.
That amendment affirmed competent adults’ right to make their own healthcare de…