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#usconstitution

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New Trump admin motto appears to be “move fast and violate federal law and the US Constitution.” This looks like the beginning of a new Constitutional crisis, as the executive branch breaks the law and ignores the lawful orders of federal courts.

“BOSTON (AP) — A doctor from Lebanon who arrived at the Boston airport was deported over the weekend without explanation, despite having a U.S. visa [granted just 6 days ago] and a job teaching at Brown University.

“A judge had ordered she not be sent back until there was a hearing, but government lawyers said customs officials did not get word in time.

“It’s the latest deportation of a foreign-born person with a U.S. visa in the past week, after a student at Columbia who led protests of the Gaza war was arrested, and another student’s visa was revoked. The Trump administration also transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations.

“Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, had been granted the visa on March 11 and arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, according to a complaint filed on her behalf by a cousin in federal court.”
apnews.com/article/trump-immig

You know things are bad when this is how the PBS NewsHour starts (last night):

"The federal government is closed today in observance of Presidents Day, but the Trump administration's effort to permanently scale back the size and scope of the federal work force continues in full force. As Laura Barron-Lopez reports, President Trump's actions in his first few weeks also fueled demonstrations on this holiday weekend.
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: This Presidents' Day...
PROTESTERS: This is what democracy looks like!
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: ... protests across the country, pushing back against President Trump's first month in office and what organizers say are his antidemocratic and illegal actions. They call it the No Kings Day protest, even as the president suggested in social media posts this weekend that he is above the law, stating: 'He who saves his country does not violate any law.' Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin responded on CBS.
REP. JAMIE RASKIN (D-MD): The dominant objective of this administration is corruption and lawlessness.
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Trump's declaration comes as his administration faces multiple restraining orders from judges, who have in some cases said his actions are likely unconstitutional."
youtube.com/watch?v=vzV6U9xl9x

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@thekitmalone@hoosier.social

Suddenly, my efforts to mirror the Constitution of the United States (before Donald Trump took office), does not seem so crazy. lol

#Constitution #UsConstitution

RE:
https://misskey.de/notes/a36993391l

misskey.deLinux Is Best (@Linux_Is_Best)Constitution of the United States The Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Article I Section 1 All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section 2 The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. ( Continues onto next post. )
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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.

propublica.org/article/medicar

ProPublicaHow a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
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The U.S. Constitution gives Congress sole authority over the federal budget, but in a 2023 campaign video, Donald Trump said he has a plan to circumvent that. @ProPublica looks at what would happen if Trump asserted a power to kill congressionally approved programs, the Nixon-era law he would be contravening, and how a similar power grab over military aid to Ukraine led to his first impeachment.

propublica.org/article/trump-i

ProPublicaHow Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress
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Then again, what I believe, if the government does what I don't like, I should turn to God as his servant.

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God."

-Romans 13:1, ESV, OpenBible.info

Even though I study these things, I still serve the Lord here and now.