The Biggest Loser

"A San Francisco-based federal appeals court yesterday dealt another blow to Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, ruling 2-1 that the policy is unconstitutional and affirming a lower court’s imposition of a nationwide injunction. The decision marks the first time that an appellate court has fully concluded a Trump order is unconstitutional, with the court also ruling that the order contradicts both an 1898 Supreme Court case and decades of Executive Branch practice. The Trump administration now has the option of asking the full 9th Circuit to review the case or even appealing the case straight to the Supreme Court. Devan Cole reports for CNN; Lindsay Whitehurst and Hallie Golden report for AP News.

The Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for Trump to remove Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, greenlighting the administration to continue control of the federal bureaucracy and remove three of five members of the commission as litigation continues in the lower courts. The Court’s three liberal justices dissented, saying, “Once again, this Court uses its emergency docket to destroy the independence of an independent agency, as established by Congress … By allowing the President to remove Commissioners for no reason other than their party affiliation, the majority has negated Congress’s choice of agency bipartisanship and independence.” Ann E. Marimow and Justin Jouvenal report for the Washington Post.

A Trump-appointed federal judge yesterday delivered a setback to the White House’s effort to remove labor unions from several federal agencies. Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas is one of several judges to ruleagainst a March executive order on collective bargaining rights, holding that the Trump administration lacked the necessary legal standing to proceed with its case against the American Federation of Government Employees. “This Court is unable to identify a single instance in which a federal court has exercised jurisdiction over agencies seeking a pre-enforcement declaratory judgment approving their desired future course of conduct,” Alright wrote, adding that doing so would risk opening a “Pandora’s Box” which could result in the executive branch routinely going to court to approve executive orders. Nick Niedwiadek reports for POLITICO."

JohnInCarolina said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Canugghead said:

Police State comes to mind instantly.

There is that for sure, but also a bit strange that Trump is posting a meme where his VP is caricatured as the fat JD Vance.