Outside the Beltway

Apparently, this is who we are now.

There may be no exit.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

In particular in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

Fifth Amendment edition.

It’s good to be king.

It is one helluva a catch

The saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia continues to underscore the immoral nature of this presidency and its power goals.

To the Trump administation this a feature, not a bug.

Some less optimistic thoughts on the SCOTUS ruling.

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

Todd Lyons, acting Director of ICE provides the latest example.

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

Can we say the administration is putting people in camps?

We are at least on the precipice.

A rebuke of pretextual firings but likely not a permanent solution.

Salting the earth and breaking the law.

The war is another thing, entirely.

A seemingly obvious ruling was nonetheless 5-4.

A judge says OPM has no authority to fire workers in other agencies.

The unorthodox non-agency agency run by no one in particular may violate the basic rules of our system.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

Only the best people.

The abuse of power is obvious.

The inevitable happened, inevitably.

At least some people have character and are displaying it.

A Valentine’s Day massacre.

When does Executive overreach become something more?

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

Part of our current quandary.

Willingness to lie is now a requirement for senior intelligence and law enforcement posts.

This would include US citizens.

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

The administration is compiling a list of every single agent who participated in the January 6 investigations.

The new administration is gutting the senior ranks of the civil service.

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

You get what you vote for

Trying to upend 150 years of legal understanding with the stroke of a sharpie.

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

A difference in degree is a difference in kind.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers insurrectionists are now free.

It was a busy eleventh hour.

Today’s an appropriate on to think about the role of suffering in change

Going out on another unforced error

Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Barrett sided with the Court’s liberals.

The public has a right to know what its prosecutor has found.

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.