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Tracy Rosenberg<p>9th Circuit removes qualified <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> for CHP officer who thought stroke victim was on drugs and refused to seek medical treatment. <a href="https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/03/chp-accident-9th-circuit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/justice/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/chp-accident-9th-circuit/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Taxpayers were not made fully whole for the millions of dollars of repairs &amp; cleanup from the damage of the Capitol Insurrection.</p><p>After the Trump pardons of rioters, defendants are now seeking to get reimbursed from taxpayers for their court-ordered restitution payments"<br>-S MacFarland</p><p>Republican Senators &amp; Reps are complicit, they're allowing Trump to do anything he pleases. What will change their minds? Will <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> continue to🚨grant <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> absolute <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Trump "border czar" Tom Homan on "what's next": </p><p>"Another flight every day... We are not stopping.🚨I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We are coming."<br>-M Gertz</p><p>The lawless <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime will not comply with the law. They're openly defying it. Will SCOTUS continue to give <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> virtually limitless immunity?</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immunity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawless</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
ScottMGS<p>I wonder if people see the same distinctions that I see between the use of the word "immunity" in the legal sense as compared to the medical and public health senses. ...</p><p>Continued at [<a href="https://listed.to/@Scmasm/60364/in-which-i-opine-about-immunity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">listed.to/@Scmasm/60364/in-whi</span><span class="invisible">ch-i-opine-about-immunity</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://justme.masto.host/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://justme.masto.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://justme.masto.host/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://justme.masto.host/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Climate litigation - Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/fossil-fuel-lobby-immunity-lawsuits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/13/fossil-fuel-lobby-immunity-lawsuits</span></a> </p><p>Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits</p><p>“Lawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,” said the missive, which is addressed to the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.</p><p>Fossil fuel companies have vied for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"The virus can wipe out the immune system, a complication called 'immune amnesia.'</p><p>When we get sick with viruses or bacteria, our immune systems have the ability to form memories that quickly allow them to recognize and respond to the pathogens if they’re encountered again. </p><p>Measles targets cells in the body, such as plasma cells and memory cells, that contain those immunologic memories, destroying some of them in the process."</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-immune-system-brain-swelling-long-term-rcna195918" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/measles-immune-system-brain-swelling-long-term-rcna195918</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a></p>
datum (n=1)<blockquote><p>If we were to see immune damage manifesting at a population level, it would look like what we’re seeing today: big waves of common illnesses. Unusual spikes of uncommon illnesses. Course reversal for previously declining and eliminated illnesses. An unexplained, global wave of sickness.</p><p>How much more denial can the bodies of our children take? Are we going to force them to find out? </p></blockquote><p>lots of citations demonstrating that damage and more at <a href="https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-getting-sicker-as-evidence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-g</span><span class="invisible">etting-sicker-as-evidence</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AirborneAware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirborneAware</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidCompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidCompetent</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LongCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCOVID</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SARSCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARSCoV2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The exchange was so awkward, it should have been followed by the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song. While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was shaking hands down the aisle, exiting the House chamber after his address last night, network cameras caught him as he turned to Chief Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, patted him on the back, &amp; said, “Thank you again. Thank you again. I won’t forget.” Roberts, whose back was to the camera, then headed for the exit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Thanked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a></p><p>The conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.</p><p>By Adam Serwer</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptCourt</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/congressional-address-supreme-court/681926/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/congressional-address-supreme-court/681926/</span></a></p>
Jennifer Moore 😷<p>Of the people in the recent US measles outbreak, 95% were unvaxed for measles + 3% incompletely vaxed - but that's still some measles-vaxed people noticeably getting it.</p><p>Could be because covid has knocked their immune systems down a bit. I wonder what the equivalent stats were for the last few outbreaks before 2020.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zephyrleifrenner/114090049691317773" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@zephyrleifren</span><span class="invisible">ner/114090049691317773</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a></p>
Leisureguy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> </p><p>It's worth mentioning that measles resets the immune system so that getting measles wipes out all one's acquired immunities. The result is that those who survive measles become vulnerable to other infectious diseases. More info here: <a href="https://archive.ph/Bmnds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Bmnds</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“'There are some instances in which he or she may lawfully be bound &amp; other instances in which he or she may not lawfully be bound,' Reitz added.</p><p>“Reitz appeared alongside D.John <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sauer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sauer</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s fmr personal atty, nominated to be the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SolicitorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolicitorGeneral</span></a>, the govt’s top atty before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>. Some of the tensest exchanges between Sauer &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> were over Sauer’s defense of Trump’s claim of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> that went to the high court last year.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/justice-trump-court-orders-sauer-reitz/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/ju</span><span class="invisible">stice-trump-court-orders-sauer-reitz/index.html</span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> <br>What no one is talking about in regards to measles is how it can mess up the immune system for up to 3 years. It happened to me in the time before there was a vaccine, although they had not connected the dots on it back then.</p><p>Measles-ravaged immune system must ‘relearn’ how to protect the body against infections </p><p>P.S. I worked as an expert on vaccine preventable diseases in public health.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2021111" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.com/future/article/2021111</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p>What no one is talking about in regards to measles is how it can mess up the immune system for up to 3 years. It happened to me in the time before there was a vaccine, although they had not connected the dots on it back then. </p><p>Measles-ravaged immune system must ‘relearn’ how to protect the body against infections </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-the-people-with-immune-amnesia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2021111</span><span class="invisible">2-the-people-with-immune-amnesia</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The idea that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> is expanding his theory of “prosecutorial discretion” to a police commissioner under investigation is remarkable for several reasons: 1, it’s novelty; 2, because it appears as if he is expanding the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> recently granted to presidents to all manner of officials, including the men &amp; women who head the city’s PD; &amp; 3, two of the mayor’s former police commissioners remain the focus of inquiries by the same prosecutor’s office that charged the mayor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Sarah Grisham<p>Trump Uses Supreme Court <a href="https://union.place/tags/Immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immunity</span></a> Ruling to Claim “Unrestricted Power”</p><p>Donald <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is arguing to the <a href="https://union.place/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> that they have already given him “unrestricted power” to fire people. 1/2 </p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dellinger</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CJRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CJRoberts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/maz/post/191619/trump-supreme-court-immunity-unrestricted-power" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/maz/post/19161</span><span class="invisible">9/trump-supreme-court-immunity-unrestricted-power</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Last spring, then–presidential nominee Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to grant him <a href="https://c.im/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> for all his official acts while he was in the White House. <br>Ignoring the ominous warnings of the Democratic-appointed justices, <br>Chief Justice John Roberts and all the other Republican appointees agreed. <br>On July 1, 2024, former presidents became immune from prosecution for essentially all official acts of the job of president. <br>The only check is if the justices themselves decide a particular act is prosecutable.<br>In his majority opinion, Roberts justified his grant of criminal immunity as rooted in <br>the framers’ desire for a “vigorous” and “energetic” executive who shall have “‘the maximum ability to deal fearlessly and impartially with’ the duties of his office.” <br>For historians, this is bunk. <br>“While the Founders had a range of ideas about the scope of executive power, none of those ideas included
conferring immunity on the President in the circumstances
at issue here,” <br>scholars of the country’s founding wrote in an amicus brief that Roberts ignored. <br>“Petitioner’s argument to the contrary is not historically credible.” <br>As presidential historian and executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library Lindsay Chervinsky told me, of Roberts’ immunity ruling, <br>“historically, it has zero basis</p><p>💥So now, in the first weeks of President Trump’s second term, we are witnessing a <br>“vigorous” and “energetic” executive <br>and his minions who have been given license to ❌ remake the government without bothering to follow the law.</p><p>Trump is firing civil servants, independent agency commissioners, and inspectors general, <br>-- despite laws to the contrary. </p><p>His administration has attempted to illegally halt billions in federal aid payments, <br>in contravention of Congress’ power of the purse. </p><p>And he has empowered Elon Musk, <br>a billionaire whose business empire is tied to federal government contracts and investigations, <br>to gut the civil service, <br>access the country’s sensitive payment systems, and, in so doing, <br>jeopardize the most private personal information of millions of Americans. </p><p>It appears to be, as former US Attorney Joyce Vance described the situation, <br>“a coup—a takeover of government by a self-appointed group that wasn’t duly elected by the American people.” </p><p>Though Trump has blessed Musk’s efforts, he has no authority to do so.<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/what-justice-jackson-warned-about-in-the-trump-immunity-case-is-coming-true/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">02/what-justice-jackson-warned-about-in-the-trump-immunity-case-is-coming-true/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>They can see the obvious: With <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> controlled by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> who either fear or worship <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, there will be few guardrails, if any. Trump aims to have the entire executive branch serve his needs &amp; interests. And there is not much to stop him. Especially after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, buttressed by 3 appointees from his first stint as president, expanded presidential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> to cover what otherwise would be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> behavior.</p>
beSpacific<p>President <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> - release the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/classifieddocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classifieddocuments</span></a> report to the public. Volume 2 of Jack Smith’s Report Into <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> - you have <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> - <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/governmentdocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governmentdocuments</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MaraLago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaraLago</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminallaw</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/felonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felonies</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Now we will see the ramifications of this epic failure to prosecute what I had called 'the most important case in U.S. history.'”</p><p>~ Rick Hasen</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a><br>/2</p><p><a href="https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148172" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">electionlawblog.org/?p=148172</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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