Panel: The US constitutional crisis

Frequent attacks by Trump administration on courts and the judiciary.

Attacks on judges and threats to defy the courts – highlights of the increasing tension between the Trump administration and US judiciary.

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Bruce Fein, fmr US associate dep AG

Allen Orr, National Bar Association

Greg Swenson, Republicans Overseas UK

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/4/16/is-the-us-in-a-constitutional-crisis

#uspol #usconstitution #trump #fascism .

"USAID’s programs were funded by Congress, and there were rules to follow before halting the payments, they said. Instead of reassuring them, the agency’s then-chief of staff, Matt Hopson, told staff that the White House did not plan on restarting most of the aid projects, according to two officials familiar with his comments.

Then Hopson added a stark coda: Trump could not have a higher tolerance for legal risk, the officials recalled. They understood the message to mean that the administration was willing to bend or even break laws to get what it wanted, and then take the fight to court. (Hopson, who resigned shortly after, did not respond to numerous phone calls and written messages requesting comment, and he turned away a reporter who came to his door.)

No president in history has unilaterally shuttered an agency formally enshrined in law — let alone deputized his wealthiest donor, Elon Musk, to carry out that task in his name with little oversight or accountability."

https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law

#USA #Trump #USAID #DOGE #Musk #USConstitution

In theory, every American is required to contribute to Medicare. In practice, @ProPublica says, billionaires including Steve Cohen, owner of the New York Mets, and hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, are paying diddly-squat. Here’s how they do it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/medicare-tax-loophole-steve-cohen

#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #USConstitution #USCongress #News #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Trump ushers in Christian "deep state." MAGA moves to gut U.S. Constitution
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/06/ushers-in-a-christian-deep-state-maga-moves-to-gut-the-constitution

* Trump gave control of budget to Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"

Religious choice vs. Christian nationalism
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/06/religious-choice-vs-christian-nationalism

* Donald Trump rec'd <50% voter support

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #Gilead
#theocracy #DominionTheology #ChristianNationalism
#antiLGBT #transgenocide #USConstitution