Last week’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie represented an unprecedented abuse of executive power to punish lawyers for representing political opponents. The court’s swift rejection made clear just how far beyond constitutional bounds Trump had stepped. But rather than accept those bounds, Trump has decided to test just how many law firms he can threaten before someone stops him.

Good times.

  • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    924 hours ago

    We need to talk about actual civic processes

    Careful. The Dems are engaging civic processes now, and be cause they don’t have an orange clown gesticulating and slurring proclamations onscreen, the unwashed masses think nothing is happening.

    • @phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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      Because they also keep capitulating on actual votes. Both of my states supposedly Dem senators voted for the recent CR (Schumer and Gillibrand). Unfortunately NY doesn’t have a recall process.