GLOVES OFF: Democratic Leader drops BAD NEWS on Trump & Elon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc4o58Yw238

Trump's mass deportation plan hits its own wall

That urgency led the White House to ask Congress for an immediate infusion of $175 billion to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acquire more detention space, boost staff and address other needs. 

"At the end of the day, we've gotta just spend money," Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said in a brief interview at the White House. "Unfortunately the American taxpayers are going to have to pay the bill on this."…

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-immigration-deportation-obstacles

Courts did review Trump campaign ‘evidence’ of election fraud. Claims that say otherwise are wrong - PolitiFact

Although a number of lawsuits challenging the 2020 election's results were dismissed for procedural or jurisdictional reasons, it's inaccurate to say that judges refused to review the evidence of alleged fraud. Court records show that some judges dismissed cases after reviewing the evidence and determining it did not sufficiently prove election fraud…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/instagram-posts/trump-campaigns-evidence-of-fraud-was-reviewed-bef/

Trump’s takeover of the courts is complete with latest VRA and vaccine rulings.

…Old-guard judges like Smith recognize the perils of this approach, the unintended consequences that may flow from motivated reasoning. But the new guard is confident it can simply change the law if their sloppy decisions lead to conservative-favored outcomes…

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/united-vaccine-vra-trumpiest-court-rulings.html

How Exxon is leveraging Texas courts to silence its climate critics

"They're pushing their freedom of speech as an issue because more than any other company, it's been proven by people like me and others that they have a track record of promoting half truths, misrepresentations and in some cases outright lies in the public sphere," she said.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/exxon-texas-courts-critics-climate-crimes

The GOP Abandons D.C.’s Courts as Gun Violence Explodes

…The result is that the courts are so backed up that people can spend more time waiting for a hearing than they would serve if convicted. And it's not just criminal prosecutions that suffer, it's child custody fights, family law, and the settling of estates—the stuff of everyday life…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gop-abandons-dcs-courts-as-gun-violence-explodes

The Texas Abortion Law Could Backfire on Its Supporters - The Atlantic

As women rally for abortion rights this weekend, the Texas law faces mounting challenges in the courts...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/texas-abortion-law-even-more-absurd-practice/620265/

A win in the courts could backfire on the antiabortion movement - The Washington Post

…It's possible that antiabortion activists could get what they want from the court, only to find their victory snatched away by voters in blue and purple states. And the balance between the Republican and Democratic parties could change thanks to renewed energy in the abortion rights camp…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/20/win-courts-could-backfire-anti-abortion-movement/

Stephen Miller's 'America First Legal' wants courts to endorse white supremacy

… The suit takes aim at some $5 billion earmarked in federal aid for socially disadvantaged farmers — specifically Black, Native and Hispanic farmers who have been excluded from prior federal aid packages — alleging that the policy discriminates against white farmers...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/stephen-miller-s-america-first-legal-wants-courts-endorse-white-n1266336

Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office - The Washington Post

...After courts rejected the Trump campaign's baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud, the president is now trying to remain in power with a wholesale assault on the integrity of the vote by spreading misinformation and trying to persuade loyal Republicans to manipulate the electoral system on his behalf...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-power-of-presidency-to-try-to-overturn-the-election-and-stay-in-office/2020/11/19/bc89caa6-2a9f-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html

Trump’s attempt to overturn the election result is ramping up. Here’s what comes next. - Vox

Watch the state certifications, the state legislatures, and the courts.....

https://www.vox.com/2020/11/11/21559082/trump-dispute-election-fraud-electors

Trump is seizing the courts – only a Democratic win in November can stop him

Trump’s transformation of the federal judiciary means the stakes have never been higher in an election than they are for Democrats
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/29/trump-seizing-courts-democratic-win-november-could-stop-him

These 3 new court rulings are setting up a legal battle that could decide future of Trump presidency -- and US democracy - Raw Story

We've had three or four seemingly contradictory court rulings this week that make it impossible to understand where the powers of the presidency and Congress legally are set – and an outright plea from the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals majority to settle it themselves and to please leave judges out of the question. But what is easy to understand is that the courts occupy a very thin line between allowing a monarchial presidency or a democracy that believes in oversight. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/these-3-new-court-rulings-are-setting-up-a-legal-battle-that-could-decide-future-of-trump-presidency-and-us-democracy/

‘Why haven’t you shut down the border?’: inside Trump’s White House

I alone can fix it.” On 21 July 2016, as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Ohio, Donald John Trump spoke more than 4,000 words, but these five would soon become the tenet by which he would lead the nation.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/21/why-havent-you-shut-down-the-border-inside-trumps-white-house

WATCH: Trump wrongly thinks he can’t be impeached because he ‘can’t imagine the courts allowing it’ - Raw Story

President Donald Trump may think he's "like, really smart" and a "very stable genius" but his self-proclaimed high level of intelligence does not make him a legal expert. After walking back his admission that Russia was "helping me to get elected," Thursday morning the President spoke with reporters, delivering what appeared to be a disturbing warning...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/watch-trump-wrongly-thinks-he-cant-be-impeached-because-he-cant-imagine-the-courts-allowing-it/

A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the courts - The Washington Post

A Catholic, who among other things, lobbies to impose conservative Catholic Church views the law of the land...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/federalist-societys-leonard-leo-is-helping-trump-make-courts-more-conservative/2019/05/21/075e046a-5014-11e9-af35-1fb9615010d7_story.html

Trump gives up the game he’s playing with Congress during Fox News interview - Vox

Trump admits he's relying on the courts — not Congress — to change policy.
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/20/18632346/trump-steve-hilton-interview-fox-news

Andrew Torrez: Trump, the Courts, and the Evangelical Right

Andrew Torrez is an attorney and co-host of the Opening Arguments podcast. In this short profile, Andrew talks Trump, the law, impeachment(?), and the Supreme Court. ...
https://youtu.be/jNwzS5x1UOo

Pelosi's delay in bringing Barr's contempt vote to the House floor isn't weakness—it's a plan - Daily Kos

The House Judiciary Committee voted on a resolution to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, but Barr is not in contempt. He won't be until that resolution is brought to the floor and a citation of contempt is issued by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. And, according to Roll Call, that may not happen anytime soon...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/9/1856472/-Pelosi-s-delay-in-bringing-Barr-s-contempt-vote-to-the-House-floor-isn-t-weakness-it-s-a-plan.

A growing magnet for migrants: America’s massive court backlog - The Washington Post

Looming over the Trump administration’s struggle to curb illegal immigration is a challenge that no amount of razor wire, troops or steel fencing can fix. The U.S. immigration court system is facing a backlog of 850,000 cases, and it has fewer than 450 judges nationwide to handle them.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/burgeoning-court-backlog-of-more-than-850000-cases-undercuts-trump-immigration-agenda/2019/05/01/09c0b84a-6b69-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html