Rep. Jamie Raskin & Sen. Richard Blumenthal have intro’d legislation to enforce the Constitution's explicit language banning foreign #emoluments by prohibiting the President, VP, Cabinet officials and Members of Congress from accepting payments from foreign governments without first obtaining the consent of Congress.
Officials would be prohibited from accepting foreign payments without Congressional approval during the entire time in office and for two years after leaving.
@GottaLaff it's amazing to me that the Constitution can just straight up say "this is not allowed, it is illegal, it SHALL NOT HAPPEN", and people will say we need to pass laws to make the thing illegal.
The president SHALL NOT accept foreign emoluments, for example. A traitor CANNOT hold office.
Why is the first amendment treated any differently? We never passed a law saying that the first amendment is enforceable, and apparently that's necessary for some stupid reason.
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I'm glad he detected the problem and avoided a terrible crash.
But that said I think anyone who trusts self driving cars at this point in time is a little bit foolish..
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel #Alito to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases after news that, according to The New York Times, a second flag of a type carried by Jan. 6 rioters was displayed outside Alito’s home.
My reason for moving: When Trump got in, I said to Mr. Laffy, "He'll now have the courts. We can't overcome a lot of that." This is what I was referring to:
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS upholds #SouthCarolina's congressional map, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map for racial gerrymandering.
The Trumpers are now going for the jugular in attacking the great 1965 precedent on which nearly all federal rights of privacy and personal autonomy depend, Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, upholding the right to use #contraceptives when having sexual relations.
Marsha Blackburn = a proven hateful traitor to women.
The US is quickly turning into a theocracy. This isn't so bad if you are a man, you still retain your bidily autonomy AND you get the added benefit of have total control over th women in your life
In light of the second Alito flag report, Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin is calling for Samuel #Alito to recuse himself "immediately" from cases related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 insurrection "for the good of the country."
He adds: "The Chief Justice must see how this is damaging the Court and immediately enact an enforceable code of conduct."
Because that tact (finger-wagging, essentially) worked SOOOOOO well with Clarence Thomas.
(sorry ... I'm full of sarcasm about this topic. The redundancy of scandals with nobody with power doing a damned thing that is actually effective is just infuriating)
@GottaLaff he is completely going against the constitution and all hard fought for and won progress. It should not even be possible or allowed. He should not even be on the court. He should be impeached.
Just ridiculous system.
AG #Garland rejects the #Trump claim that Biden tried to assassinate him during the Mar-a-Lago raid:
"That allegation is false and it is extremely dangerous. The document that is being referred to in the allegation is a Justice Department standard policy limiting the use of force. As the FBI advises, it is part of a standard operations plan for searches and in fact it was even used in the consensual search of President Biden's home."
@GottaLaff Same...and he's pulling from Biden more - which is exactly why he's being backed by Bannon and others who are faking their "worries" about him pulling from Trump. He's doing exactly what he's being paid to do😡 .....Jill Stein may just drop out now (?) since someone else is doing Putin's bidding. But then again, she's pull some from Biden, too. 😡
JFC.
@GottaLaff Stein pulled enough votes from Hillary in swing states in 2016 to hand Trump the victory...funny how when they assumed the incumbent would "win" in 2020 there were no 3rd parties🤔
NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester.
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Money and greed have ruined Pro sports to the point that I seldom watch it anymore and certainly won’t pay for the privilege of doing so. College Sports are headed down the same path.
Senate again fails to advance border security bill in election-year showdown vote
The vote came as both parties try to paint themselves as tough on the border.
@GottaLaff The Repubs are making it clear that supporting trump in any circumstance is the top priority. Even in a stand alone vote on a bill authored by one of their own. Partisan hacks.
JUST IN: DC Circuit denies en banc review to Peter #Navarro, former #Trump aide currently serving 4-month sentence for contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas.
No judge asked for a vote on his en banc petition. Katsas, who worked in Trump WH, recused. #legal