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Vance says Roberts ‘profoundly wrong’ on role of judiciary– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Vice President JD Vance called Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s comment that the role of the judiciary branch is to check both the executive and legislative branches of government “profoundly wrong.”

Speaking with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, Vance was asked about court cases that have hampered the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.

“I saw an interview with Chief Justice Roberts recently where he said the role of the court is to check the excesses of the executive,” Vance said. “I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment.”

Chief Justice John Roberts said earlier this month that the high court’s role is to “check the excesses of Congress or the executive” as an independent and coequal branch of government.

Vance disagrees.

“That’s one-half of his job,” Vance said on Douthat’s podcast. “The other half of his job is to check the excesses of his own branch.”

John Roberts Is The Judicial Supremacist The Founders Warned Of– thefederalist.com

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It’s a sad day in America when the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court ignores the basic framework of the Constitution he’s supposed to interpret.

That’s what happened on Wednesday, when Chief Justice John Roberts took it upon himself to subtly thumb his nose at President Trump and conservatives during a rare sit-down interview in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. In addition to rebuking calls to impeach activist lower court judges for overstepping the confines of the Constitution, the chief justice had this to say about the subject of “judicial independence”:

In our Constitution … the judiciary is a co-equal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of the president. That innovation doesn’t work if … the judiciary’s not independent. Its job is to, obviously, decide cases, but in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or of the executive. And that does require a degree of independence.

Only Polarized People Want Companies In Polarized Political Issues– www.science20.com

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Last year, companies began to pull back from promoting their Diversity Equity Inclusion efforts and social justice activists blamed the incoming Trump administration. It has been a violation of federal law to discriminate for 60 years so to moderates it seemed odd to add a layer of discrimination in hiring, even one deemed positive. And they never considered it may have instead been done at all due to pressure from the previous administration.The backlash was entirely predictable, but in both cases it was on the fringes. For no benefit, corporate CEOs were ignoring the ‘stay out of it unless your customers are dominated by it’ mantra.

In the 1930s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) studio head Louis B. Mayer was asked why he was not capitalizing on the horror movie craze, “Frankenstein”, etc. that had made Universal so much money. He replied, ‘Why sell two tickets when I can sell four?’ In their case he meant family movies rather than just those for adults but if your product is for both Republicans and Democrats, cheese or booze, it is wise to alienate neither by telling the world you support Hamas terrorists or DOGE or anything else.

India Pakistan war ‘would spark Armageddon with 125m deaths and global starvation’– www.mirror.co.uk

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More than 100 million people could die if India and Pakistan began a devastating nuclear war, experts have warned.

An academic journal published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists found tens of millions of people would perish “immediately” should tensions between the two countries result in nuclear weapons being used – while huge plumes of dust released into the Earth’s atmosphere could trigger famines that would affect “billions” around the world. It comes after India launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones into Pakistan early on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people. Pakistan described the strikes as an “act of war”, and claimed it shot down several Indian fighter jets in retaliation.

India fired missiles at Pakistan overnight in what it described as an anti-terror operation

Tensions have soared between the nuclear-armed neighbours over a deadly attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, which India says was carried out by terror groups based in Pakistan.

The Courts Are Behind Our Current Constitutional Crisis– thefederalist.com

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“Both the Executive and the Judiciary have an obligation to follow the law.”

Those thirteen words, penned by Justice Samuel Alito on Holy Saturday, represent the first admission by the judiciary that courts too can wrongly flout the law.

Justice Alito’s stark acknowledgement concluded his bullet-point evisceration of the Supreme Court’s “unprecedented” command that President Trump not remove a “putative class of detainees” under the Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court had entered that order shortly after midnight after the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) filed an emergency application asking alternatively for an emergency injunction, an immediate administrative injunction, a writ of mandamus, or a stay of removal, to prevent the Trump Administration from removing Venezuelans to El Salvador pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act.

The ACLU’s scattershot request for relief from the Supreme Court came a mere two days after they sued the Trump Administration in a federal court in Texas — and before that court or the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had an opportunity to rule on the request for an injunction barring the removal of any more aliens to El Salvador.

People Screaming About Real IDs to Fly Need to Take Issue With This, Too– townhall.com

pgnewser April 15, 2025 0

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that, as of today, a Real ID would be needed to fly anywhere in the country. This has been coming for ages now, but there are still a lot of people very upset about it.

I’m mostly ambivalent on the topic myself because I didn’t have a choice about getting one, but many screaming about them seem a tad selective in their outrage.

See, there are a lot of arguments against this out there, but one is that these requirements are burdensome and problematic for poorer Americans.

Of course, as someone who has lived more than a little lean in the income department a good chunk of my adult life, I’m not entirely sure where poor folks are flying to and from, because tickets on flights aren’t exactly cheap most of the time.

Yet there’s something else that seems to raise some questions about that line of reasoning, and that was framed pretty well by Second Amendment attorney Kostas Moros.

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk call for the abolition of intellectual property laws – artists are outraged – Оперативні новини України та Світу

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Twitter and Block co-founder Jack Dorsey has called for a radical change in the approach to intellectual property, proposing to completely abolish the relevant laws. His opinion was supported by Elon Musk, the current head of the social network X. This was reported by Mashable, writes UNN.

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On Friday, the co-founder of X (then Twitter) and Block (then Square) posted on X: “Delete all intellectual property laws.” Elon Musk, the current leader of X, commented: “I agree.”

Why China Might Have An Upper Hand In Trade War With US– www.ndtv.com

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The United States and China– two of the world’s largest economies– are locked in a dangerous trade stand-off that may have no winners. As the US tries to arm-twist China — with mounting tariffs– into seeking a deal from his administration, it is becoming increasingly clear that Beijing may have more leverage than President Donald Trump and his aides think.

The United States remains an almost irreplaceable market for China for its manufactured goods. However, experts caution Washington not to underestimate Beijing’s capacity to resist the Trump administration’s coercive tactics. The combination of Beijing’s centralised political control, diversified export markets and stronghold over some strategically vital materials, including rare earth metals and magnets, gives China plenty of room to negotiate with the US.

The complexity of the United States’ dependence on China was evident over the weekend when the Trump administration exempted smartphones, laptops and TVs from its new tariffs — goods that the US primarily imports from China.

The Senior Ranks of America’s Military Have A Loyalty Problem– thefederalist.com

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There is a cancer in America’s military ranks, and it must be expunged before it’s too late. That cancer lies in uniformed service members’ widespread rejection of the uniquely American concept of civilian control of the military and disregard for the absolute necessity that America’s military officers remain apolitical in the face of the constitutional will of the electorate.

Recent events reveal this cancer, and they include the relief for cause of Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield after she reportedly refused to hang photos of President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on her headquarters’ customary “Chain of Command” board and reportedly told her subordinates in a town hall that she would “wait [the Trump administration] out” the next four years. They also include the relief for cause of Col. Sussanah Meyers, commander of the U.S. Space Force’s base in Greenland, after she openly questioned (to all of her subordinates via email) Vice President J.D. Vance’s official pronouncements regarding the United States, Greenland, and Denmark.

Experts have only themselves to blame for the distrust of institutions– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Experts have only themselves to blame for the distrust of institutions– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Now they tell us.

“We were badly misled about the event that changed our lives.” So reads the headline on Princeton professor Zeynep Tufekci’s March 16 article in the New York Times. The event was, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the bad misleading came from scientists who purposefully discredited the now-widely accepted theory that the virus originated from a leak in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Perhaps not entirely coincidentally, the New York Times article appeared one day short of five years from the publication in Nature Medicine of an article by five scientists, led by Kristian Andersen, titled “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.” “We do not believe,” the article states, “that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible.”

Roberts’ Obsession With SCOTUS Legitimacy Has Delegitimized It– thefederalist.com

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Roberts’ Obsession With SCOTUS Legitimacy Has Delegitimized It– thefederalist.com
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The chief irony of Chief Justice John Roberts’ tenure at the Supreme Court is that the man so doggedly devoted to defending the judiciary has done so much to undermine it. In so doing, he has threatened not only the court’s legitimacy but the republic itself.

His latest such act wasn’t an abomination of a ruling on the level of Obamacare, the census citizenship question, or DACA; a faulty probe into a devastating leak; or a defense of the indefensible censorship-industrial complex. It was a terse three-line statement that may prove the most consequential — and corrosive — move of them all.

“For more than two centuries,” the chief justice wrote, “it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

Farmer uses his chickens to illustrate a 15-minute city– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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Farmer uses his chickens to illustrate a 15-minute city– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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You may have heard of the concept of a 15-minute city and are wondering what one is. Here is a farmer to explain with chickens.

Before we start, the idea of a “15-minute city” tends to be fodder for conspiracy theorists. As if there is a grand cabal of global elites looking to control people by limiting them to a fifteen-minute radius and use other dystopian methods to control every aspect of their lives. Get those dark thoughts out of your head.

As WikiPedia tells us, a 15-minute city is nothing more than an “urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point in the city” to “reduce car dependency, promote healthy and sustainable living, and improve the overall quality of life for city dwellers.”

Got it? Now here is the farmer with his chickens.

New Documentary ‘American Leviathan’ Pulls Back Curtain On Rise of the Bureaucratic State › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

pgnewser March 19, 2025 0

New Documentary ‘American Leviathan’ Pulls Back Curtain On Rise of the Bureaucratic State › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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Conservative activist and founder of American Majority Ned Ryun has announced the release of the documentary “American Leviathan” that chronicles the rise of the American administrative state and Progressive authoritarianism.

Ryun’s documentary describes the American Leviathan as,”a massive, unaccountable administrative state that has subverted the Republic our Founders built,” and explains how we are currently witnessing an epic conflict between two very different forms of government in our nation.

The Supreme Court Has an Opportunity To Correct Its Kelo Eminent Domain Error – Reason

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The Supreme Court Has an Opportunity To Correct Its Kelo Eminent Domain Error – Reason
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One of the U.S. Supreme Court may soon overturn one of its worst decisions in recent memory—a ruling that justified government stealing property from its owners to pass it to better-connected private parties. On Friday, the court will decide whether to consider a New York case that could upset the precedents set by Kelo v. New London, an eminent domain battle that prompted books, a movie, and state-level legal reforms. While Kelo was a loss for anybody who wants to set boundaries around government power, the court could take the opportunity this week to set things right with Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency.

Why Millions Of Americans Are Tapping Their 401(k) Savings Early– finance.yahoo.com

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Why Millions Of Americans Are Tapping Their 401(k) Savings Early– finance.yahoo.com
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A growing share of Americans are dipping into their retirement nest eggs to handle immediate financial challenges, underlining the economic strain many households are experiencing despite strong employment figures.

Last year, 4.8% of 401(k) account holders took early withdrawals for hardship reasons like paying medical bills or paying their home mortgage, according to data from Vanguard Group. It marks an all-time high, jumping from 3.6% the previous year and more than doubling the typical pre-COVID rate of about 2%.

Democrats Are Furious With Chuck Schumer – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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emocrats Are Furious With Chuck Schumer – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com
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Activists stage a protest outside the office of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) following his support for a GOP funding bill.

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In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding federal operations through the end of September, fissures have expanded within the Democratic Party on how best to counter Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s ongoing assault on government agencies.