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A provision in the recently passed Wisconsin state budget that diverts $2.2 million annually from schools to fund 12 Milwaukee County prosecutors may violate the Wisconsin Constitution.
The positions had previously been paid for with federal funding that is set to expire.
The budget act redirects all traffic fines and forfeiture revenues in Milwaukee County to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to fund 12 positions.

State Budget Shifts Money from Schools to Milwaukee Prosecutors
$2.2 million per year diverted from city schools could violate state constitution.

AJC will stop printing the newspaper at the end of the year.
https://www.ajc.com/about-us/2025/08/the-atlanta-journal-constitution-to-become-exclusively-digital-in-january-2026/
Print is unsustainable.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to end its print edition at the end of 2025, despite being profitable; AJC has 115K paid subscribers, 75K digital-only (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/business/media/atlanta-journal-constitution-print-edition.html
http://mediagazer.com/250828/p7#a250828p7

When your opponent is Donald Trump you escalate in response to threats;
you don’t try to appease him.
Jerome Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.
This must include tying the rule of law and the threats to the constitution to the credibility and standing of the Federal Reserve itself.
Powell’s term expires in less than a year anyway.
If defe…

Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effort goes into my writing and my constant dedication to refresh and deepen my

We are barely 6 months into #TheAmericanFascist Presidency and we already find ourselves with fundamental rights in the American Constitution under direct threat and the power of the judiciary to enforce and check the power of the President being pulled back.
And Democratic Party members seem to be all talk and very very little action or leadership to counter this.
Are they waiting for the midterms to take back Congress?
At this pace, surely they see the risk that there may not BE midterms. Or that the results are negated, disputed or invalidated.
I can’t fathom how they are not removing themselves from Congress now in protest and calling for a general protest/strike of all freedom loving Americans to restore the constitution, force the Trump appointed fascist enabling judges to resign, and force Trump and his Administration to go.
July 4th is coming. Independence Day? Or not? Democracy or not?
#usa

At some point, the Supreme Court will have shredded the US Constitution so much that we need to start over after the war.
#constitution #scotus #CivilWar

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to end its print edition at the end of 2025, despite being profitable; AJC has 115K paid subscribers, 75K digital-only (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/business/media/a…

Donald Trump is gravely serious about running for a third term
in violation of the US constitution,
California governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday,
warning Americans to “wake up” to what he described as
the president’s flagrant disregard for democratic norms.
“I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election,”
Newsom, a Democrat, said during a live interview at a summit hosted by Politico in Sacramento.
“This guy doesn’t believe in free, fair el…

https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-flag-burning-4628d588350db4f6baf10ae1d91f49c1
To be honest, I don't want to burn a flag. I don't believe that liberals should let MAGA get away with appropriating national symbo…

'What if the next president issues an executive order: we're collecting all the guns. We're collecting them all tomorrow, we're going house to house, and we interpret the Constitution. The 2nd Amend. is saying, well, we're only talking about militia. And that's, oh, I don't know, the National Guard. Therefore, your AR-15 is now going to be collected by our authorities.'
**Supreme Court just opened the door for the government to grab guns: legal expert** - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-guns-major-ruling/

Como vai a América? Oh, lindamente, lindamente.
https://defenseofliberty.social/@MalcolmNance/115100795667422085

Today's SCOTUS ruling on the maximum scope of district and circuit (appellate) court rulings is going to create a hierarchy of zones in the US.
These zones will align with the boundaries of the Federal courts (and thus may be altered by Congress).
Some of these zones will have more freedom - such as those in California - and some will will have less - such as those in Texas.
We are slowing moving the US away from the Constitution and back towards the failed Articles of …

The Federal Reserve System has not been the most craven of the powerful institutions who have attempted to placate Trump to defend themselves,
but it has not been the bravest institution either.
They were quick to concede to Trump on financial regulatory issues in the hopes that would get Trump off their back.
They also ignored the attack on the legal architecture propping up independent administrative agencies in the hopes that other agencies would receive the brunt of Tru…

Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effort goes into my writing and my constant dedication to refresh and deepen my

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

For no reason, here’s a piece I wrote in 2018 about the #SupremeCourt for @… on #race,

Travel ban decision follows the Supremes' record of racial classification
(RNS) — The high court’s ruling Tuesday is not surprising. When it comes to welcoming people to America, the court almost never acts for the rights promised in the U.S. Constitution without first denying them.

In the United States, the power to use military force, including ordering airstrikes, is not granted explicitly to the President in the U.S. Constitution. Rather, this authority comes from Congress's power to declare war and grant the President the authority to take military action under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. This authority is further developed through the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which places limits on the President's ability to deploy U.S. forces into hos…

Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government’s website;
Changes in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution: Large parts of Section 8 have been removed, and Sections 9 and 10 have been deleted altogether.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/key-

Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful detention.

Supreme Court will hear challenge to limits on political party spending
The Supreme Court will hear a significant campaign finance case next term
that will examine whether it violates the Constitution to restrict the amount of money that political parties can spend in coordination with individual candidates.

The national Republican senatorial and congressional committees,
then-Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio)
and then-Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) filed suit over the limits…

Supreme Court will hear challenge to limits on political party spending
The Republicans who sued are asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions on how much political parties can spend on candidates, saying they violate free-speech protections.

USA, you're about 85 years behind Germany.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
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 and

Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it (Darlene Superville/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-flag-burning-4628d588350db4f6baf10ae1d91f49c1
http://www.memeorandum.com/250825/p98#a250825p98

250 years, wars on multiple continents, millions sworn to protect and uphold it, and Mango Zedong decides to Barbara Streisand Effect it by removing key sections.
At least the Seize-her Geezer is bad at being a monstrous dictator.

https://techcrunch.com…

Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful detention.

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s new tariffs are illegal,
upholding a ruling from the federal court of international trade
that the president’s declaration of an economic emergency to justify sweeping tariffs violates a 1977 law and the US constitution,
which reserves taxation for the Congress.
The New York-based US court of international trade previously ruled against Trump’s tariff policies in May,
saying the president had exceede…

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
issued a scathing dissent in response to the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on Friday
that limited federal judges’ ability to temporarily pause Donald Trump’s executive orders nationwide.
The 6-3 decision, authored by Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett, allows the president to implement his order to end automatic birthright citizenship as litigation on the matter continues.
As The New York Times reported,
“the practice of g…

Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions sparks fiery dissent from Justice Jackson
The Biden appointee said the Trump administration “wants to continue doing something that a court has determined violates the Constitution.”

The feds lost when it was sanctuary cities; this one could go the same way because #Constitution #TenthAmendment
Republicans ready assault on California animal welfare law - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2025/07/23/republicans-ready-assault-on-california-animal-welfare-law/

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website https://www.404media.co/constitution-sections-on-due-process-and-foreign-gifts-just-vanished-from-congress-website/

I overheard a woman ranting that it is bad that they are not teaching cursive in school. Her reasoning?
"If they can't write cursive, then they can't read cursive. If they can't read cursive, then they can't read The Constitution?"
This is 100% nonsense reasoning. I learned to write in cursive ~40 years ago. I've read the Constitution at least 4 times, but never by reading an image of the document - I only read it in print in a book or a website.

Journal of Ecumenical Studies: Religious Pluralism, Freedom, and the Founding of the Nation
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It seems like, again, just following the plain logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (which, again, I do not subscribe to), that every law passed under Trump, every supreme court justice appointment by Trump, every supreme court ruling by Trump appointed justices, all the illegal firing, etc, must all, necessarily, be null and void.
And if not following from the insurrection act, or from the oath of office, then following from the Declaration of Independence itself. The logic here being that a constitution is a contract between the people and their government, which the later upholds in order to maintain its legal status. The violation of said laws by the government violates "consent of the governed" (which, again, I have issues with the concept entirely but we're just going to ignore that) and therefore nullifies the authority of that government, granting " the right of the people to alter or to abolish it."
That seems a lot like the hard reset some folks have been looking for. Given that existing flaws allowed this state to be reached, it would also be necessary for the true authority to correct those mistakes before assuming authority that derives from these principles.
Now, personally, I don't subscribe to any of this logic but it's interesting to explore, as an outsider, where the logic goes.

#Trump's people removed "due process", "state's powers & Congress' control over tariffs" from the Library of Congress' copy of the #Constitution.
▶️ Trump DELETES Part of Constitution and It BLOWS UP In His Face

https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/ reminder to please sign this if you haven’t already

IMPEACH TRUMP. AGAIN.
Impeach Trump. Sign the petition NOW to defend democracy and demand accountability! He is disqualified from office, and has violated the U.S. Constitution.

X sues New York, claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech and disinformation violates the US Constitution (Bob Van Voris/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California
for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant,
accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT.
The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
⭐️A Thread ⭐️

The second amendment is a cancer on the Constitution. Its primary objective is to preserve to the states the ability to raise militia to act as slave patrols.

John King exits Senate race amid push by Kemp to shape the field (Greg Bluestein/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/07/kemp-pushing-dooley-senate-bid-in-a-behind-the-scene-attempt-to-shape-race/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250724/p104#a250724p104

“‘It’s obvious that you don’t respect Copyright Law and Artist Rights any more than you respect Habeas Corpus and Due Process rights, not to mention the separation of Church and State per the US Constitution. For the record, we hereby order dhsgov [US Department of Homeland Security] to cease and desist the use of our recording and demand that you immediately pull down your video.’”
“They added: ‘Oh, and go f… yourselves.’”

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club issue cease and desist to US Homeland Security over "improper" use of song in "propaganda video"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have issued a cease-and-desist notice to US Homeland Security over their use of the band’s music. 

Making a Gil Scott-Heron mix tape for some friends. "Winter in America" really hits hard.
The Constitution, a noble piece of paper
Would free society. It struggled but then died in vain
And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner
Hoping for some rain
It's winter in America
And all of the healers have been killed or betrayed
It's winter in America
Ain't nobody fighting
‘Cause nobody knows what to save
Save your soul

FFOTUS has tossed our US Constitution into the paper shredder and disclaimed any restraints on his powers.
OK. Then....
Congress can play the same game - it can hire its own armed forces. (How and where it gets the money is an exercise left to the reader.)
And generals, more likely colonels, in the US military can say "we don't need no stinkin' commander-in-chief to tells us what to do." This would bring on a good 'ol South American Banana Republic …

Good Morning #Canada
One of the most influential Canadians that most of Canada has never heard of was Elijah Harper (March 3, 1949 - May 17, 2013). He served with distinction as a politician in Manitoba, serving as minister of Northern Affairs. Harper is best known for the role he played in scuttling the Meech Lake Accord, for which he was named the Canadian Press newsmaker of the year in 1990. The Meech Lake Accord was an attempt by then Prime Minister Mulroney to gain acceptance of the constitution by Quebec. The proposed amendments, negotiated in secret by the 11 Premiers, would have eroded federal powers by granting the provinces and territories more rights over key areas.
Without Harper's stubbornness, Canada’s federal powers would have been weakened, and we very well could have ended up splintered like the USA.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianHeroes
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elijah-harper

The #WhiteHouse (alright #congress, but you know why and for who) has REDACTED sections (it doesn't agree with) of the #constitution of the

Hamburg police have understood what “defensive #democracy” means:
“Does flying the 🏳️‍🌈 flag violate the neutrality requirement? No! Our neutrality means political impartiality – but not neutrality in value. The flag represents values like diversity, tolerance & equality of rights, which are deeply embedded in our constitution.
Positioning ourselves against hate & discrimi…

Andreas Froese (@Andreas_Froese@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Im Bundestag geht die Polizei auf Anordnung der Präsidentin und der Verwaltung gegen die #Regenbogenfahne vor. Die Hamburger Polizei hat dagegen dieses stabile Statement offiziell veröffentlicht. Klare Worte zur #Neutralität mit einer klaren #Haltung! #LGBTQIA+ #Regenbogenflagge #Queer

Trump is a fascist scumbag whose regime, backed by a complicit Roberts Court, is dismantling democracy, enforcing ethnic cleansing, and crowning himself dictator while trampling the Constitution and human rights.
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/01

Wow. Yes. From a California district court:
“At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions. He did not. His actions were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.” https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner/114673375048335011

@… @… The Administration is firing folks and just citing Article II of the Constitution. And guess what six members of the Supreme Court will say?

Half the time I don't know whether authoritarian social media posts attributed to Donald #Trump are really him or just satire. Trump has replaced the Constitution with Poe's Law. #uspol

Federal employees may discuss and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace, the Trump administration said on Monday, citing religious freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Federal agency employees may seek to
"persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views"
in the office,
wrote Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. government's human resources agency.
Supervisors can attempt to recruit…

Also, John Adams was cautioned by European royalty that his Constitution gave the President more power than any monarch of Europe ever had. Minor point, I know.
Crowned as king, Trump would become no more than a tourist attraction. He'd love that, and folks could toss peanuts at him!

Journal of Ecumenical Studies: Religious Pluralism, Freedom, and the Founding of the Nation https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20121201/journal-ecumenical-studies-religious-pluralism-freedom-and-founding…

Happy Constitution Day Denmark!
A short history of Greenland, in six maps
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/06/04/a-short-history-of-greenland-in-six-maps?giftId=eed38d68-7aa9-468b-9b2c-32bfca227c11&utm_campaign=gifted_article

In Hungary, the government has passed legislation limiting the rights of LGBTQ people and dual nationals.
The Hungarian news site Telex reports that the Fidesz majority in the National Assembly approved the 15th amendment to the Constitution by 140 votes to 21. 
Nepszava, a leading social-democratic daily in Hungary, headlines with comments from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
The human rights organisation says the amendment aims to "sow fear and divide society&quot…

Press Review - 'Sow fear and divide society': Papers react to Hungary's anti-LGBTQ amendment
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, April 15: The press are marking the two-year anniversary of the deadly civil war in Sudan. Also, papers in Hungary react to an amendment limiting the rights of LGBTQ people and dual nationals. Next, two teenagers are arrested in Kenya for attempting to smuggle 5,000 ants out of the country. Finally, Catalan architect Gaudi gets holy recognition on his path to becoming a saint.

Since the fire goes viral and folks never hear about the fire department, y’all might be interested to know that the original content for the US Constitution has been restored.
https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/114982482958968700

The latest executive order from Trump administration removed the following sentence from a previous executive order.
" e) Open source software plays a critical role in Federal information systems."
🔗 https://www…

Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency

Protest the Weapons Industry Gala night of the year
5:00pm Thursday July 10
National Convention Centre
27 Constitution Ave, Canberra
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/protest-weapons-industry-gala-night-year

Protest the Weapons Industry Gala night of the year
War and genocide are good for business. That’s what the Defence Industry Awards 2025 are celebrating: war, death, destruction —and how best to profit from them. Join us to protest genocide and the war profiteers. And let’s tell the Albanese government to end two-way arms trade with Israel, dump AUKUS, impose full sanctions and close US bases in Australia. The Australian government and defence industries MUST • STOP ARMING ISRAEL • Stop the two-way arms trade with Israel • FULL sanct…

1000 words.

Which part of the Oath of Enlistment do you think Marines in LA will uphold?
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

An interview with Mario Guevara, who faces deportation to El Salvador and says ICE detained him as direct retaliation for his coverage of the agency's raids (Lautaro Grinspan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/07/direct-re

#Drumpf bluster about banning #Voters right to use mail in #ballots for #Presidential

Trump seeks big voting changes, but the Constitution doesn't give the president a say over elections
President Donald Trump is vowing more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own. He pledged on his social media site that he would do away with mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about one-third of all voters. He also wants to eliminate voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country’s thousands of election jurisdictions. The Constitution makes the states the en…

Govt. Website 'Glitch' Removes Trump's Least Favorite Part of Constitution (Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-least-favorite-part-constitution-deleted-1235401874/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p67#a250806p67

Jamie Raskin: “**And the minute that somebody in public office thinks that they’re a king, they’re a queen, they’re an emperor, they’re a dictator, that it is time for the people to evict, eject, reject, impeach, try, convict, and start all over again. Because the most important words of our Constitution are the three first words of the Constitution: ‘We the people**’”
This Democrat just reminded us why we all must declare ‘No Kings’
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/13/2327843/-This-Democrat-just-reminded-us-why-we-all-must-declare-No-Kings

Now personally, I'm not invested in the law and I reject the logical underpinnings of the whole thing. The US is founded on land that already had people on it, that already had multiple systems of authority, so there can be no claim that it has any legal authority to exist at all.
But it's hard to ignore the inconsistency here. Accepting the logic from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, there is no way in which the current state can be legitimate and which Trump has the authority to do anything. The last legal president, again, following the logic that assumes such a thing even possible, was Barak Obama. Since the transfer of power, the country has failed to enforce the law.
If the executive cannot complete their oath, then they are considered vacant under the 25th amendment. If the cabinet fails to invoke article 4, then they too are involved in the insurrection (again, simply following the logic outlined pretty clearly here) as are any who would fail to support the invocation.
Since a full takeover of the federal government by insurrectionists wasn't really planned for, I'm guessing that it would necessarily go to the states, being the only remaining legal authority.

'Direct retaliation': Hispanic journalist detained by ICE speaks out (Lautaro Grinspan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/07/direct-retaliation-hispanic-journalist-detained-by-ice-speaks-out/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250719/p60#a250719p60

I asked AI to design a challenge coin* for the U.S. Marines for their campaign in Los Angeles against the American people.
Here’s what it suggests. Are you few the proud yet?
*medallion recognizing membership/achievement/boost morale, often collected or exchanged.
#USpol #USMC

Preston Damsky is a law student at the University of Florida.
He is also a white nationalist and antisemite.
Last fall, he took a seminar taught by a federal judge on “originalism,”
the legal theory favored by many conservatives that seeks to interpret the Constitution based on its meaning when it was adopted.
In his capstone paper for the class, Mr. Damsky argued that the framers had intended for the phrase “We the People,” in the Constitution’s preamble, to refer exc…

A White Nationalist at University of Florida Wrote a Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.

Y'all were wondering which way the army would break. This is as clear an answer as you're going to get.
This isn't a mistake. It's a message.
Edit: cut out "During drills they were perfectly in time" because I don't have receipts to show. Linking to a longer video in a threads post that shows a bit more intense of a juxtaposition between themselves and the division in front of them. This thread makes the same claim about drills, but I also don't see video.
https://www.threads.com/@davidmorehouse/post/DK7ExrKs5iw?xmt=AQF0w52awa66lUQeIuolzDaz8uSFcMmJLHALm9RZc4P75w
Edit: to clarify a bit, this is one division. The division in front of them in the longer video is in step. This isn't "the whole army is going to refuse" but this may be, "some units are fed up enough to make it clear they don't want to play, which is saying a lot."
Any division that exists needs to be cultivated. The way you cultivate that is absolutely not by lumping them all together. Some of the military voted for Trump, some don't care, some hate him. All of them are being treated like shit right now. All of them swore an oath to defend the constitution. Some of them probably know what that means.
I'm absolutely not a fan of the military, but I will take every opportunity I can to humanize these folks. Look for every opportunity you can to remind them that they are welcome on our side whenever they're ready to actually fulfill their oath, and we will appreciate every subtle bit of resistance they give to those who are violating it in the meantime.

Trump is invoking emergency powers at a record rate. Here's what that means (Kat Lonsdorf/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5424666/trump-national-emergencies-democracy-supreme-court-constitution
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p19#a250609p19

Several sections of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
appear to have been removed from the official U.S. government website,
as pointed out by sleuths on the internet and as seen by TechCrunch.
These sections largely relate to the powers that Congress has and does not have,
as well as limitations on the powers of individual states.
The removal includes sections relating to habeas corpus,
the powers that protect citizens from unlawful detention. 
S…

Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful detention.

El Salvador’s constitutional changes could let Bukele be president for life - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/01/bukele-el-salvador-president-constitution-power/

If the US library of Congress can't take the effort to assure that the Constitution is accurately published then what are we to think about the accuracy of "warrants" and "evidence" used by ICE?

Hispanic reporter arrested at protest now in ICE custody, faces deportation (Lautaro Grinspan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/06/hispanic-reporter-arrested-at-protest-now-in-ice-custody-faces-deportation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250618/p120#a250618p120

Well worth reading this story of a dedicated guardian of the American People and the US Constitution, and the enemies within who forced them from their post.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/goodbye-to-all-that

On June 13, military veterans and their families and supporters protested in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC,
-- demanding that taxpayer dollars for Donald Trump’s ill-fated military parade and his decision to send troops to Los Angeles should be used instead for housing, healthcare, food, and taking care of veterans.
Around 60 demonstrators were arrested by Capitol police

Thes vets swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies—including Donald Trump
“We need to unite across the spectrum to push back. Veterans like us need to continue to speak out, so that we can motivate other veterans to speak out, and also show them the hypocrisy of this administration.”

I have my share of issues with Parkrose Permaculture, but she has a lot of things I do strongly agree with. I can't stress enough that you never dehumanize your enemies. You can respond appropriately to violence. You can defend yourself from them by any means necessary. But you do not dehumanize them. You always limit your response to the minimum necessary to defend yourself.
There are a number of former Nazi skins who became antifascists after realizing they were wrong. Those folks tend to be some of the most dedicated because they feel a debt, and some of the most knowledgeable because they were there. Coming out of these types of cults, police included, is hard and takes time. A lot of us don't have the ability to work with them. But some do.
By repeatedly humanizing your opponent, you can break some of them. The #Seattle Police Department was not defunded but saw a massive reduction in numbers because their morale was destroyed. Some people will never change. Some people are broken and feel like they need the power. But if you change one person's mind, even give them something to think about, it's a crack. If even one cop quits, that's one less trained gun pointed at you in the future.
The 18 year old marines and federalized national guard troops out there are literally kids. A lot of them came from poor communities. They are being used in a way they haven't been trained to do, doing things they (should) have been told are not legal. They joined to get out of poverty, to go to college, or to "defend the American people" (regardless of how misguided that is). Few, if any, of them joined to abuse people. They will be especially open to persuasion.
Remind those troops that they are carrying out illegal orders, that they are being called on to violate their oath to protect the constitution, that they are suppressing the free speech of the fellow Americans they swore to defend. Remind them that the people they could be illegally arresting now are just like their parents, their neighbors, their families, the friends who didn't join. Remind them that this is the first step. They will be called on to kill Americans if they let this keep going.
Remind them ICE sleeps in hotels while they sleep on the ground. Remind them that their drunk and incompetent leadership thinks of them as disposable tools. Remind them that some of these people are out protesting *for them* against cuts to the VA and other services. Remind them that the people they're defending refuse to make college free so they can recruit from poor schools. Remind them that they will always be welcome when they're ready to join the side of freedom and justice.
When you dehumanize your enemies, you unify them. When you humanize your enemies, you can divide them. There is no weapon available to us right now so powerful as compassion.
https://youtu.be/YtWOYUDMsBw

By-the-way, it is clear that we are experiencing the end of Democracy and rise of Dictatorship in the US.
We have long observed the rise of large corporations as a class of privileged nobility.
And now we are watching the onset of governance by artificial "intelligence".
Perhaps we will resume democracy, but unless we change our ground rules - such as our Constitution - the power of corporations and, now, AI's will remain a serious problem.
So I will men…

#GiftLink - "His barbed speeches, viewed tens of millions of times, have cast the president as an “incendiary emperor” and suggested that “never before has anyone so trampled on the Constitution.”
This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/france-senator-malhuret-trump-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.up5W.vhxolyqM8H7P&smid=url-share

A senior CIA officer who oversaw Russia analysis
has been stripped of her security clearance,
part of a sweeping removal of
37 serving and former officials accused of "betray[ing] their oath to the Constitution," the Economist reported on Aug. 21.
The officer, who served as the CIA’s top Russia and Eurasia analyst during the 2016 election
and helped produce the report detailing Moscow’s interference on behalf of Donald Trump,
was among the most s…

Trump administration escalates purge of senior US intelligence officials, Economist reports
The officer, who served as the CIA’s top Russia and Eurasia analyst during the 2016 election and helped produce the report detailing Moscow’s interference on behalf of Donald Trump, was among the most senior career officials targeted.

Why Trump's tariffs are in trouble (Jason Willick/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/01/trump-tarrifs-supreme-court-constitution/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250802/p43#a250802p43

A federal appeals court ruled over the weekend that Donald Trump's administration's moves on government spending are an affront to the Constitution and disclosure laws,
**Appeals court rules against Trump admin in big case — and gives deadline to comply** - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/appeals-court-rules-against-trump/

Ranked choice voting expansion in Maine sent to Gov. Mills
Proponents say a court case in Alaska casts doubt on a Maine Law Court advisory opinion that the voting method violates the Maine Constitution
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/06/18/ran

"We told ourselves it couldn’t happen here. That our guardrails were stronger. That our Constitution was invincible. But now, we stand where they once stood: at the jagged edge of the authoritarian cliff."
We Watched Others Fall: Now the Edge Is Beneath Our Feet
https://hartmannreport.com/p/we-watched-others-fall-now-the-edge-e80

SEC accuses GOP-linked Georgia lender of $140M Ponzi scheme (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/07/sec-accuses-gop-linked-georgia-lender-of-140m-ponzi-scheme/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p158#a250710p158

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran
https://act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran-war-senate?source=bluesky&medium=directpost

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran
The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out regional conflict. Unfortunately, Trump is engaging in wildly dangerous provocations in the press and on social media. We know we cannot trust this would-be authoritarian to diplomatically de-escalate this conflict and save lives. Fortunately, there’s something we can do about it. Our Constituti…

Not time for a census. Constitution says so.
This 'bonkers' Trump proposal could cost billions: analysis - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-census-benen/

"term-limited Trump would run roughshod on the Constitution with little to no interference from the other two branches of government."
'We knew': Analyst who predicted worst Trump abuses says they're 'all coming to pass' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-abuses-washington-post/

Welcome all Americans who wish to join a moral movement in defense of: 
Freedom, Equality, Justice and
The Constitution
https://www.thesaveamericamovement.org/

The Save America Movement
We welcome all Americans who wish to join a moral movement in defense of freedom, equality, justice and the Constitution.

From Republican lt. governor to Democrat: Loving my neighbor is easier now (Geoff Duncan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/08/from-republican-lt-governor-to-democrat-loving-my-neighbor-is-easier-now/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250805/p73#a250805p73

A gun rights lobbying group is suing the U.S. Postal Service
in a bid to overturn its nearly 100-year-old ban on mailing handguns,
arguing that the law wasn’t contemplated when the country’s founders drafted the 2nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution https://reut.rs/3IvxVzF

'Aaron Fritschner, deputy chief of staff for Rep. Beyer (D-Va.) observed that Trump's tariff letter to S. Korea was a violation of the KORUS trade agreement between S. Korea and the U S that was ratified by Congress in 2007, under Bush's administration. "The Constitution gives control of trade policy entirely to Congress, POTUS has no legal authority to do this"'
'Utter buffoon': 'Senile' Trump mocked over letters he had 'no legal authority' to send - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump/trump-mocked-senile/

Trump appears eager to create optics that support his claim that public dissent constitutes an existential threat to the nation.
He also apparently seeks to get the American public used to seeing our armed forces in a new light.
In the president’s version of America, the military should be seen less as an apolitical body loyal to the Constitution.
-- Rather, it should be viewed as an institution that serves at the behest of a leader and his ideological and political agen…

Opinion | Trump Wants You to Get Used to This
The president wants to get Americans used to seeing the armed forces in a new light.

The Supreme court ruled
in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
that the Constitution did not grant the president an “illimitable power of removal,”
at least over certain types of officials.
This included the head of the Federal Trade Commission, whose firing by President Franklin Roosevelt had sparked the case.
Humphrey’s Executor stood basically untouched for decades, until Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito – both of whom had previously served in the exe…

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent
Can the president fire leaders of more than 50 independent agencies overseen by Congress because he wants to? The Supreme Court may say yes, upending decades of constitutional law.

Get 'em while you can:
Constitution of the United States
Analysis and Interpretation
Centennial Edition, 2016
GPO-CONAN-REV-2016.pdf (large doc)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CONAN-REV-2016/pdf/GPO-CONAN-REV-2016.pdf

In the field of public education, the dogma of "separate but free" has no place;
⭐️separate is inherently unfree.
As this Article uniquely clarifies, segregation deprives schoolchildren of freedom to become equal citizens and freedom to learn in democratic, integrated, and transformative settings.
We must name and reclaim these positive, social, emancipatory freedoms
—envisioned by the framers of state constitution education clauses,
developed by earl…

We can’t trust this administration with unchecked power
— especially not when it’s holding hands with the billionaires building machines that could replace us.
Trump’s second term is already a constitutional demolition derby:
ICE raiding sanctuary cities with no due process.
Mass deportation orders streamlined through algorithmic “targeting” lists.
Tariff trade wars launched without congressional oversight— crashing small businesses, jacking up prices, creating glo…

How Do We Stop Trump, Thiel & Their Approaching AI Autocracy?
A Human Sovereignty Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

“What Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s family is going through is just unimaginable,”
says Baltimore-based journalist Baynard Woods,
“but it is also what we’ve all allowed to happen over generations of letting the drug war and our deference to police departments erode the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution,
which should protect us all from illegal search and seizure,
such as these seizures that ICE is committing all around the country right now.”

What the government can do to you without due process
The Trump administration is pushing immigrants into a legal black hole created by America’s failed drug war.

Keep the pressure on the very few republicans who know none of this is okay
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lr3xaxp7m22l

Texas Democrats had been out of state for less than 48 hours when Gov. Greg Abbott moved to have their seats declared vacant.
The emergency legal filing represents an unprecedented escalation of Abbott’s effort to pass a new congressional map that adds additional GOP seats -- as demanded by Donald Trump.
It flies in the face of Texas’ own founding documents,
centuries of legal precedent
and a recent Supreme Court of Texas ruling, legal experts say.
Even Attorney G…

Abbott’s bid to expel the House Democratic leader goes to a court filled with his appointees
The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants them to reconsider.

If by American democracy we mean a pluralistic, multiracial society of political and social equals, then American democracy as we know it began with the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 60 years ago today.
Under the current Supreme Court’s vision of a rigidly colorblind Constitution
— indifferent to either racial inequality or the mechanisms of color caste
— the Voting Rights Act is very likely toast.
There is also the matter of Chief Justice John Roberts, wh…

Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common
The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

Fellow citizens: What are you going to do between now and July 4, 2026, to protect and preserve our independence from a tinpot dictator❓
So, fellow citizens, I ask you:
Bow down to authoritarianism and normalize anti-democratic behavior.
Or
Reflect on the challenges facing the nation and become an advocate for policies that align with liberty, freedom, sovereignty, democracy, and the principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
This is your America. The choice …

Give Me Liberty or a Tinpot Dictator
Peggy Noonan has been a voice of conservative reflection for The Wall Street Journal since leaving the Ronald Reagan administration as his primary speechwriter. Five of Noonan’s books have been New York Times bestsellers. Consuming every word of her weekly column keeps me politically balanced.In her...

When Ecuadorians voted two years ago to block oil drilling in Yasuni National Park,
it was a triumph for environmentalists seeking to protect one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.
And it was in character for a country that was first to enshrine the “rights of nature” in its constitution
and is home to parts of the Amazon rain forest and the Galšpagos Islands.
❌ But recent moves by President Daniel Noboa have alarmed environmentalists and Indigenous leaders
…

Some in Ecuador worry about Noboa moves unwinding nation's green reputation
Recent moves in Ecuador have environmental interests concerned that the South American nation is unwinding some of the basis for its green reputation. President Daniel Noboa has eliminated the Environment Ministry as an independent institution, folding it into the Energy and Mines Ministry. Activists and Indigenous leaders say the move weakens protections for some of the world’s most biodiverse areas and paves the way for expanded oil and mining projects. They also warn that a proposed law os…

While it may not feel like it since January,
the rule of law still matters.
The U.S. remains a signatory to dozens of international agreements related to the use of force,
which ultimately protect our national security interests.
We have a raft of U.S. laws, including a Constitution and Bill of Rights,
that determine how and when our nation may legally engage in conflict abroad.
We are ill-served as a public when the most crucial decision a government can …

Trump endangers US by ignoring rule of law – Marin Independent Journal - EUROPE SAYS
Congressional approval for military engagement still matters. Here’s why.

If Trump embodies the theory of the “unitary executive,” it’s because conservative jurists like John Roberts and Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have
— along with their Republican-appointed colleagues
— effectively rewritten the Constitution to allow for the exercise of virtually unaccountable power by Republican presidents.
Yes, you can attribute some of the worst of this administration to the specific authoritarian vision of Trump and his allies.
But a good deal of…

Opinion | Now Can We Stop Talking About What a Maverick Trump Is?
The president is a normie Republican. Stop thinking otherwise.