THE ERA OF TRUMP

[jbird4049]

I'm surprised, but that is a thoughtful video actually.

+1

[Okeefenokee]

Will the pro-life movement be a victim of its own success?

Public opinion polling on abortion also shows the benefit of overturning Roe and Doe is uncertain. On the one hand, the majority of Americans favor either restricting abortion to being "legal in a few circumstances" or making it "illegal in all circumstances," and almost three in four favor at least limiting abortion to the first trimester. On the other hand, there are only 11 states in which a clear majority of residents oppose legalized abortion, and those states account for 64,405 abortions, or about 7 percent of the total. Support for legal abortion exceeds 50 percent in 28 states and the District of Columbia, including the abortion hotbeds of California, Florida and New York, and is nearly 50 percent in 11 other states. Those 39 states accounted for 836,000 abortions in 2012, or 93 percent of the total. While it's likely many of those 39 states will enact some additional restrictions on abortion, it is clear that overturning Roe's abortion cases is only a small step on the way to ending abortion.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/will- ... le/2614620

[Fife]

Give a listen to one of DJT's main boys, Roger Stone.

Stone is dead serious about burning it down.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/tru ... eover-gop/

Will DJT really tell the neocons to piss off, or will he fall in line? Iunno.

[C-Mag]

Mel Brooks who fought Hitler on the battlefield, then lampooned him on film says, Trumps not dangerous.
http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mel ... tions-yet/

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

The bar is now 'not as bad as Hitler.'

Way to swing for the fences America!

[TheReal_ND]

[Speaker to Animals]

That's actually a great graphic.

#SendItBack

[Okeefenokee]

Here is every executive order Trump has signed

1. Minimizing the economic burden of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act pending repeal

His first order gives agencies authority to grant waivers, exemptions and delays of provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Read the full text of the order.

2. Expediting environmental reviews and approvals for high priority infrastructure projects

It would streamline environmental reviews related to infrastructure projects. Read the full text of the order.

3. Enhancing public safety in the interior of the United States

This order seeks to abolish sanctuary cities in the Unites States and ensure that all jurisdictions are enforcing federal immigration law. Read the full text of the order.

4. Border security and immigration enforcement improvements

This order directs federal agencies to secure the United States’ southern border, including taking steps to begin the planning for Trump’s “border wall.” Read the full text of the order.

5. Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States

The order invokes the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying it is aimed at preventing another such strike in the U.S. It bars people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. for three months: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Read the full text of the order.

6. Ethics commitments by executive branch appointees

The order bars executive brand appointees from lobbying for five years after they leave their position. Read the full text of the order.

7. Reducing regulation and controlling regulatory costs

It makes the Executive Branch get rid of two regulations for every new one that is put into effect, arguing it will reduce a major burden on small businesses in America. Read the full text of the order.

8. Core principles for regulation the United States financial system

This order encompasses Trump’s “America First” campaign pledge, along with establishing an anti-bailout policy for his administration. Read the full text of the order.

9. Task force on crime reduction and public safety

It would create a task force that aims to reduce violent crime. Read the full text of the order.

10. Preventing violence against federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers

It allows Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice to develop a plan to prevent violence against police officers. Read the full text of the order.

11. Enforcing federal law with respect to transnational criminal organizations and preventing international trafficking

It would “break the back of the criminal cartels that have spread across our nation and are destroying the blood of our youth” by directing the FBI and other federal agencies to make targeting drug trafficking a top priority. Read the full text of the executive order.

12. Providing an order of succession within the Department of Justice

This order sets a line of success for the Attorney General position, and comes after Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates. Read the full text of the executive order.

http://www.ajc.com/news/here-every-exec ... 4VWlNHmbK/

[de officiis]

The Ninth Circuit’s Contrived Comedy of Errors in Washington v. Trump: Part II

In Part I of this series, I discussed three critical errors in the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Washington v. Trump. First, the court grossly erred by treating a temporary restraining order—that contained no reasoning—as a preliminary injunction. Second, the panel offered zero analysis of the underlying statutory scheme, which is exceedingly complex and which, more importantly, informs the appropriate level of scrutiny. Third, even where Congress delegated its plenary powers to the President, thereby augmenting the executive’s inherent authority over national security, the panel still applied the strictest of scrutiny.

In Part II, below, I analyze the panel’s refusal to narrow an overbroad injunction. Once again, a study of the underlying statutory scheme could have afforded a plausible method of saving part of the order, while excising the unconstitutional portions. Next, I will critique the decision’s treatment of two leading precedents. First, the panel distinguished away with gossamer threads Kleindienst v. Mandel, which for four decades established a presumption of non-reviewability for executive decisions concerning exclusion. Second, the court misread Justice Kennedy’s concurring opinion in Kerry v. Din to establish a principle that courts can assess the President’s policy decisions for “bad faith.” Kennedy’s opinion, like Mandel before it, did no such thing; rather, courts could look only at whether individual consular officers acted in good faith, not whether the policy behind that decision was in bad faith.

As I noted yesterday, personal sentiments about this egregious order should not shade a candid assessment of precedent and constitutional law. This opinion, which enjoins a policy I personally find deeply regrettable, is itself deeply regrettable.

In case you want to engage in a legal geek-out.

[de officiis]

Posner's take on the status of Trump's Administration at present: not good.

http://ericposner.com/is-trump-finished/