The Supreme Court tells the Trump administration to try to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador; habeas cases about the Alien Enemies Act are emerging; Trump and CBS go to mediation.
Requesting less Trump (media is already saturated) and more of other cases that get less coverage, but still super-interesting. For example, really enjoyed the coverage of the Young Thug trial and chess champion suit last year.
When Josh said of Mahmoud Khalil "they don't accuse him of his crime", I assume he meant "accuse him of *a* crime", because y'all go on to explain there is no apparent crime.
Small nitpick against Josh's assertio - The Associated Press is in trouble for refusing to call the Gulf of *AMERICA* the Gulf of America. There is no Gulf of Mexico.
While I think renaming it Gulf of America is stupid and equivalent to Persian Gulf vs Gulf of Arabia, I think the US has the sovereignty to decide what it's going to call bodies of water, or mountains, or cities. Like Beijing vs. Peking, even.
I agree with you that the names of natural features should see-saw back and forth wildly every few years based on who is in power. I'm just saying the Dems need to go with El Golfo de Mexico.
I once read that the Czar [the the real one, not the Border Czar] had been shot in Ekaterinburg. I spent much too much time with an atlas trying to figure out where that was. The Soviet Union had renamed it as Sverdlovsk. It has its old name back now. Trump should assign permanent names to all of Eastern Europe so this sort of thing won't happen again.
I have a question that's bothering me: What happens when the government recklessly kills a prisoner? Would the same procedures apply to accidental deportation?
Regarding Abrego Garcia, and the question of what the court could do, couldn't they eventually demand that a senior official, like Bondi, show up personally snd explain why they are continuing to avoid answering the questions? I mean, she's the head of the DOJ, if she can't answer, and pleads ignorance, wouldn't that potentially accomplish something?
Can't they just declare the Executive Branch to be an outlaw and refuse to let it file any more cases in court? No more federal prosecutions and no more suits against contractors who collect their money and don't deliver the goods. Oh, and no more levies to collect the taxes that he says he no longer needs.
Re: Abrego Garcia, "if the administration wanted to get him back they 100% could", I think it's important to recognize how much Bukele has enjoyed thwarting justice to this point.
I have very little hope that he can leave CECOT at this point, because the Supreme Court seems to have accepted the "foreign relations" framing, Bukele is going to lean into that, and the administration doesn't have far to go before they can say "welp, we tried".
Trump thinks he could return Abrego Garcia, and said so last night. He said something to the effect that he'd get Abrego Garcia back to the United States if the Supreme Court ordered him to.
"I pregamed this with five justices and they assured me that ordering the president to do this would violate separation of powers so I can safely pretend I'm acting in good faith and not exploiting constitutional loopholes."
I think Ken is very generous with his time and knowledge. My guess is that the law has to do with Ken's real, vital interests. It may be hard to stop, if it's what you love.
re: khalil, while broadly defining someones speech as "detrimental to US foreign policy" seems likely unconstitutional, is there a point where someones speech would likely genuinely create foreign policy challenges?
I think specifically of Fethullah Gülen, a turkish cleric and dissident of the erdogan regime, who erdogan has accused of fomenting a violent coup attempt and had attempted to enlist michael flynn in getting the US to rendition to turkish authorities. While the charges are fake, it does seem plainly obvious that the US allowing him to reside in pennsylvania has major foreign policy implications, even if hes likely engaged in protected political activity.
Gülen isn't accused of speaking. He is accused of all sorts of things that would justify expulsion or extradition if any of it were true. Letting the Shah of Iran in for medical treatment had foreign policy implications as well.
All the managing partners at these firms that are capitulating to the Trump administration and all the network bigwigs lining up to settle with (bribe) Trump are suffering from a failure of imagination.
What are they going to do when JB Pritzker takes office in 2029 with a clear mandate after a landslide victory? Do they think he's just going to let bygones be bygones?
Why do they assume that only Republicans can go low while Democrats will always take the high road?
If CBS settles this lawsuit, why should any Democratic politician talk to them ever again? How could any Dem trust these Vichy law firms to represent them?
"We've had a boot on our neck for four years because you idiots couldn't beat a guy who violently disrupted the peaceful transfer of power and kept classified documents in his bathroom. If you don't want to talk to our viewers, be our guest."
...
"Coming up on CBS, he's the former attorney that mediates nonsense out of his clients. The Judge Judy of court-directed negotiation. The Gordon Ramsay of arbitration..."
"Sorry, your Honor, but you know what a dick Darth Vader is".
Made my week.
Thank you.
I barked a laugh that scared the cats when Ken said he couldn’t be nice for a living, not even for $30k/day. Ditto! (not that anyone’s offering 😂)
Requesting less Trump (media is already saturated) and more of other cases that get less coverage, but still super-interesting. For example, really enjoyed the coverage of the Young Thug trial and chess champion suit last year.
When Josh said of Mahmoud Khalil "they don't accuse him of his crime", I assume he meant "accuse him of *a* crime", because y'all go on to explain there is no apparent crime.
Small nitpick against Josh's assertio - The Associated Press is in trouble for refusing to call the Gulf of *AMERICA* the Gulf of America. There is no Gulf of Mexico.
And I suppose you're going to buy yet another map when Greenland refuses our offers and gets officially renamed Pen Island?
It won't be called Pen Island.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161
The next Democratic president must rename that body of water El Golfo de Mexico on day on of their administration just to piss off people like you.
While I think renaming it Gulf of America is stupid and equivalent to Persian Gulf vs Gulf of Arabia, I think the US has the sovereignty to decide what it's going to call bodies of water, or mountains, or cities. Like Beijing vs. Peking, even.
I agree with you that the names of natural features should see-saw back and forth wildly every few years based on who is in power. I'm just saying the Dems need to go with El Golfo de Mexico.
I once read that the Czar [the the real one, not the Border Czar] had been shot in Ekaterinburg. I spent much too much time with an atlas trying to figure out where that was. The Soviet Union had renamed it as Sverdlovsk. It has its old name back now. Trump should assign permanent names to all of Eastern Europe so this sort of thing won't happen again.
I have a question that's bothering me: What happens when the government recklessly kills a prisoner? Would the same procedures apply to accidental deportation?
Regarding Abrego Garcia, and the question of what the court could do, couldn't they eventually demand that a senior official, like Bondi, show up personally snd explain why they are continuing to avoid answering the questions? I mean, she's the head of the DOJ, if she can't answer, and pleads ignorance, wouldn't that potentially accomplish something?
Can't they just declare the Executive Branch to be an outlaw and refuse to let it file any more cases in court? No more federal prosecutions and no more suits against contractors who collect their money and don't deliver the goods. Oh, and no more levies to collect the taxes that he says he no longer needs.
Re: Abrego Garcia, "if the administration wanted to get him back they 100% could", I think it's important to recognize how much Bukele has enjoyed thwarting justice to this point.
I have very little hope that he can leave CECOT at this point, because the Supreme Court seems to have accepted the "foreign relations" framing, Bukele is going to lean into that, and the administration doesn't have far to go before they can say "welp, we tried".
Trump thinks he could return Abrego Garcia, and said so last night. He said something to the effect that he'd get Abrego Garcia back to the United States if the Supreme Court ordered him to.
Two days later, it appears they're skipping "we tried" and going directly to ignoring the court completely.
"I pregamed this with five justices and they assured me that ordering the president to do this would violate separation of powers so I can safely pretend I'm acting in good faith and not exploiting constitutional loopholes."
It's time for us to watch Born in East L.A. again!!
thanks ST gang.
"Have you no decency, Sir?"
When a Federal Judge communicates with you beginning with the word,
"First."
At once we know it's going to be a hard day, and, that there are, in fact, decent people in our world.
Ken, what legal advice would you give to women who are propositioned by Elon via dm?
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-dms-women-have-his-babies
Does anyone else always think when the music kicks in at the end the production team is trying to play Ken off stage?
I think Ken is very generous with his time and knowledge. My guess is that the law has to do with Ken's real, vital interests. It may be hard to stop, if it's what you love.
But I never, ever, got that sense that a long hook was coming from backstage to try to snare Ken off..
re: khalil, while broadly defining someones speech as "detrimental to US foreign policy" seems likely unconstitutional, is there a point where someones speech would likely genuinely create foreign policy challenges?
I think specifically of Fethullah Gülen, a turkish cleric and dissident of the erdogan regime, who erdogan has accused of fomenting a violent coup attempt and had attempted to enlist michael flynn in getting the US to rendition to turkish authorities. While the charges are fake, it does seem plainly obvious that the US allowing him to reside in pennsylvania has major foreign policy implications, even if hes likely engaged in protected political activity.
Gülen isn't accused of speaking. He is accused of all sorts of things that would justify expulsion or extradition if any of it were true. Letting the Shah of Iran in for medical treatment had foreign policy implications as well.
Will you be commenting on the Sarah Palin defamation retrial? It’s due to begin this week.
All the managing partners at these firms that are capitulating to the Trump administration and all the network bigwigs lining up to settle with (bribe) Trump are suffering from a failure of imagination.
What are they going to do when JB Pritzker takes office in 2029 with a clear mandate after a landslide victory? Do they think he's just going to let bygones be bygones?
Why do they assume that only Republicans can go low while Democrats will always take the high road?
If CBS settles this lawsuit, why should any Democratic politician talk to them ever again? How could any Dem trust these Vichy law firms to represent them?
"We've had a boot on our neck for four years because you idiots couldn't beat a guy who violently disrupted the peaceful transfer of power and kept classified documents in his bathroom. If you don't want to talk to our viewers, be our guest."
...
"Coming up on CBS, he's the former attorney that mediates nonsense out of his clients. The Judge Judy of court-directed negotiation. The Gordon Ramsay of arbitration..."