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NonilexIt was a rare instance of bipartisan pushback from members of both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> against the WH for its actions as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is mounting an aggressive challenge to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spending</a> prerogatives. Cole’s signature was particularly significant since he had not joined in a previous bipartisan congressional letter taking Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#budget</a> office to task on spending. In a brief interview on Mon, he said he believed the website should be restored, a view shared by Collins.

Wayne ChristopherAlabama’s codified requirement (Code Section 17-7-23) to meet the test standards for electronic voting systems issued by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) appears to be of no significance since the FEC doesn’t issue test standards for electronic voting systems, the Election Assistance Commisssion (EAC) does. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlabamaElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlabamaElections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionTheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionTheater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10981?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22EAC%22%7D&s=1&r=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10981?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22EAC%22%7D&s=1&r=1</a>

NonilexMore increases in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enforcement</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a>:- $14.4B for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> Transportation & Removal (current budget $721M)$1.25B for immigration courts$1.32B for ICE prosecutors + $600M for the prosecutions$787M for state/local assistance +$650M specifically for memos of agreement between ICE & state/local law enforcement agencies allowing those agencies to perform immigration enforcement duties, including detention & removal.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a>

NonilexOther new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> “fees”:- $250 bond for ALL nonimmigrant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visa</a> applicants- $550 for “parole” work permits- $1,500 fee for applying to adjust status to get a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenCard</a> before a judge.The bill would also dramatically increase immigration <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enforcement</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a>.$45B for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#detention</a>, assuming $4.5B/year, that would be nearly a 250% annual increase to the current $3.4 detention budget.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>

NonilexThe prohibitive fees continue: 2 "fees" are actually penalties:- $5,000 "fee" for being ordered deported for missing a court hearing.- $5,000 "fee" for being an inadmissible *alien* apprehended between ports of entry.This new fee is grotesque:- $500 for any Special Immigrant Juvenile [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SIJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SIJ</a>] Status application — these are abused, abandoned or neglected kids, ya think they have $500?<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a>

NonilexMore prohibitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a>“fees” — these are just for trying to defend your status in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#court</a>:- $100 fee for ANY continuance (except in "exceptional” circumstances)- $1,050 fee for ANY waiver application- $900 fee for all appeals except bond (currently $100)- $1,500 fee for non-Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) cancellation (currently $100)<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JimJordan</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexCrazyAt the end of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> reconciliation bill, there are 2 major restrictions on the judiciary & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#litigation</a>:First, as noted above, it bans judges from enforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contempt</a> unless there was an FRCP 65(c) bond (rare in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> suits). Obviously aimed to stop Judges like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Boasberg</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Xinis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xinis</a>, among others.Second, they would bar money damages in settlements. [see pic]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexIt also declares—not coincidentally as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is facing dozens of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TROs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TROs</a> & injunctions:"No <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#court</a> of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contempt</a> citation for failure to comply with an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#injunction</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TemporaryRestrainingOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TemporaryRestrainingOrder</a>”<a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JimJordan</a> led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> Cmt has now released their reconciliation bill.In addition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> measures, it transfers ALL <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> actions to the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AttorneyGeneral</a> [currently <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PamBondi</a>], among other antitrust provisions.<a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/judiciary_recon_ans_xml.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudicialBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durbin</a> was an early critic of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iraq</a>, voting against the 2002 authorization for military force. He criticized the mistreatment of detainees at the US military prison in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guant%C3%A1namoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GuantánamoBay</a>, Cuba, as comparable to the acts of “Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings” & later apologized for a “poor choice of words.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexIn celebrating the sixth anniversary of that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstStepAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstStepAct</a>, in December, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durbin</a> noted that less than 10% of the 40k prisoners released under the law, many of them drug offenders, had been rearrested or jailed, far less than the typical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recidivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recidivism</a> rate.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durbin</a> …has also forged close relationships w/some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>, including Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChuckGrassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChuckGrassley</a> of Iowa, who has been chairman of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> Cmte in periods when Durbin was the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrat</a>.The two pushed a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a> overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex…A longtime force on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> Cmte, Mr. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durbin</a> became its chair in 2021, resisting calls from progressives that he make room for a younger member given his leadership role & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislative</a> responsibilities.He subsequently oversaw the confirmation of 235 federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judges</a> during the Biden admin—including one <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> justice—surpassing by one the number of judges confirmed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> during an aggressive push in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s first term.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durbin</a>’s departure will reverberate in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a>, where he played a prominent role on a host of big issues & was considered a forceful advocate of party positions. He was among the first to push for a path to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citizenship</a> for some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#undocumented</a> immigrants brought to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> illegally as children, a group that came to be known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dreamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dreamers</a> that became the focal point of successive failed efforts to overhaul <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> laws.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrat</a> Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DickDurbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DickDurbin</a>, No.2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> Dem & a leading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberal</a> voice, to retire after 44 years in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durbin</a> retiring will fundamentally reshape how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> is debated in the Senate. For decades, he's played a leading role in shaping immigration policy (he was behind the first push for the Dream Act over 20 years ago).<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick-durbin-retires-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6F0C39E6-2591-4197-B6F2-1F78E333F509" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick-durbin-retires-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6F0C39E6-2591-4197-B6F2-1F78E333F509</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a>The authors of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> separated powers for a reason.by <a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@anneapplebaum</a> …The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> who lead <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> have refused to use the power of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> to stop <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> or moderate him, in this or almost any other matter. The Cabinet is composed of sycophants & loyalists who are willing to defend contradictory policies, even if doing so makes them look like fools. The courts haven’t decisively intervened yet either.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/dictatorships-trump-republicans/682387/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxY6mkr1cwhtnhGKPzVPmmqo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/dictatorships-trump-republicans/682387/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxY6mkr1cwhtnhGKPzVPmmqo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USIP</a> & members of its fired board filed a lawsuit, naming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> & its reps, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & members of his Cabinet. The suit claims the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a> had no authority to dismiss the leadership & staff of the institute because it was created by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>], nor could it take over USIP’s privately owned HQ building. Briefs in the case are scheduled during April, with a hearing near the end of the month.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️<a href="https://mastodon.social/@amalia22" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@amalia22</a> Congressional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> **could** do something to stop Musk because they have control over the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> of the govt, which is supposed to act as a check and balance on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a>. But they choose not to.So the rest of us need to protest and call and post and make enough noise to persuade the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> that they really do need to stop Musk's takeover of the US government.

Ben Yong*grits teeth* ok so I'm a legal academic at Durham. My research is broadly <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sociolegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociolegal</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qualitative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qualitative</a>, and my area is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publiclaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publiclaw</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/constitutionallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constitutionallaw</a>. I focus much more on the non-judicial branches of the state, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/executivebranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#executivebranch</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/legislativebranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislativebranch</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislatures</a>/ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Parliaments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parliaments</a>. I'm *particularly* interested in the role of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/officials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#officials</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/civilservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civilservice</a>/ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bureaucracy</a>, and the maintenance of ideals in the grubbiness of organisation. I think I've used up my hashtags quota for the year....

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