mrg / greg v goebel / NAFO

Yes, and his ideas are ambitious -- meaning not all of them will work out so well. Politicians have to compromise with reality.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

It took me a moment too, but I was confused instead of angry.

* I have to add that I find Jay Kuo a relief. It is true that things are very bad -- but completely hopeless? No. As JK points out, the Trump regime is dimwitted and incompetent, pretending to be strong when it is weak. We have to remember that as the fight continues. [12/END]

Earlier in November, SCOTUS will consider if Trump has the right to impose tariffs without Congressional approval, and whether gay marriage is legal. There is public apprehension over both cases, but the decisions are by no means foregone conclusions. [11/more]

It would seem there would be limits, and signs are the limits are being reached -- SCOTUS, for example, for now restraining Trump from sending the National Guard to Chicago, with the court to formally consider the matter in late November. [10/more]

... SCOTUS permitting "racial profiling" in actions of ICE agents against non-white Americans. However, it is not exactly obvious how even a conservative SCOTUS can remain complacent about an unhinged president who is outspoken in his dictatorial tendencies. [9/more]

The latest example is the courts telling Trump to come up with a plan to provide stalled SNAP (food stamp) benefits. However, there's also the issue of SCOTUS, which has tended to give Trump generous benefit of doubt. A big example is ... [8/more]

The lower courts are not friendly to Trump, not generally willing to judge him kindly, are now often judging against him, and becoming stricter about compliance -- the Trump Regime also having an inclination to defy court orders. [7/more]

The POR is undermined when Trump sends out ranting broadcast messages demanding that his enemies be crushed; Bondi and her people are almost as bad. That's the second problem, the courts are inclined to dismiss obviously malign and frivolous Trump cases with prejudice. [6/more]

James has an excellent case, backed up the reality that the courts are increasingly questioning the "presumption of regularity (POR)" for the Trump Regime -- the POR being a legal concept requiring the courts to assume the government is working in good faith. [5/more]

This is particularly noticeable in Trump's efforts to legally persecute his political enemies. New York State AG Tish James, targeted in a dubious indictment, has replied to state that Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor, was not lawfully appointed. [4/more]

The first problem is that these stooge prosecutors have to be confirmed by the Senate, and there are enough conscientious GOP in the Senate to keep that from happening. The end result is that the courts are increasingly inclined to disqualify the stooges. [3/more]

... that the judiciary is not being nice to him. Trump, through Attorney General Pam Bondi, has worked hard to subvert the Department of Justice, replacing competent prosecutors with unqualified stooges willing to go as low as needed. [2/more]

DAYLOG FRI 31 OCT 25 / JUDICIARY V TRUMP: There are times when it seems that nothing can slow Donald Trump -- but law blogger Jay Kuo points out in an essay on THE BIG PICTURE ("Trump's Getting Thumped In Court", 30 October 2025) ... [1/more]

All ECONOMIST said that what it would be legal -- IF Trump could pass an amendment to nullify the 22nd AMD.

That is true, but they added: he doesn't have that capability.

This is big news. The courts have made it clear that Trump owns the SNAP cutoff, and he can't blame it on the Dems.

Myself, I would have no objection to people complaining about Hakeem and Chuck on occasion -- but focused troll campaigns against them are not so easy to buy.

*Dems gotta get it every time!* I don't think friendlies talk like that.

Yeah, I was talking to someone else about Usha V. yesterday ... it's hard to believe she's still married to a bigot and xenophobe.

We both wondered if financial and legal constraints were keeping the marriage together for now.

#haiku #Trump #XiJinping

If we're talking about doing illegal things, they can try anything they can think of.

Yeah, it's simple. LOTD is a classic story of "Good V. Evil". The Right is in denial that they are the "Evil".

More, please.

22nd AMD says that anyone not eligible to be president, is not eligible to be vice-president either. Trump could not legally run for the vice-presidency in 2028.

I'm doubting he'll be in a condition to do ANYTHING in 2028.

That's right. The GOP likes the filibuster and doesn't see it as in their interests to eliminate it.

"... instead of [trolling]." FTFY.

I'm suspecting such folk are not really on our side.

Alas, they have no shame.

Joe Neguse was my/our rep at one time. Then districts were adjusted, and I/we got ... Lauren Boebert.

Bad, but I'm thinking we'll toss her out a year from now.

"They think we are trash. They have no idea what trash we are."

Just the usual Trump hot gas, and everyone with sense knows it.

Then again, I believed that myself. Yes, I was very wrong.

Actually, given the scale and messiness of Trump's crimes, they weren't going to be legally resolved in four years anyway. All the more so because the GOP and some judges backed him up.