Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard

[Allan]

I'm not so sure.

Wholeheartedly agree. America has had a taste of fascism and many people find it to their liking.

 

[Pyrite]

I'm not so sure.

Neither am I.

 

[Pyrite]

Wholeheartedly agree. America has had a taste of fascism and many people find it to their liking.

Yep. Too many of us either like the lawlessness of the current trump Administration and support the restrictions he is imposing, revel in the punishment of his enemies, or are simply indifferent to what's happening, because, in their magical thinking, they and theirs will never be negatively impacted.

 

[rahl]

justice is a game SCOTUS inability to reign in District courts nationwide TROs has made the courts the supreme branch of government
Completely unchecked power over the presidency

Presidents have to obey the constitution. When they don’t, the courts are specifically empowered to stop them. If Trump doesn’t like having his ass handed to him in court so often, by both Republican and Democrat judges, he should stop wiping his ass with the constitution.

 

[Pyrite]

FWIW, good, but I suspect that the country is passing the point where court rulings can actually stop him. We are careening towards autocracy.

I agree. Trump and his minions are getting away with ignoring laws and judicial orders. He and his are learning that there little political will to rein him in, along with the fact there's little in the Constitution that can bring to heel a lawless Chief Executive.

 

[Variant]

It seems that Mycroft has a rather limited political vocabulary! I sometimes wonder whether he just has preprepared phrases saved in his computer to form his replies from. i.e. "Press Alt/A" for the judicial activism words. Maybe someone else even programmed all that for him?

I'm pretty sure if Mycroft is a real person they can be replaced with a few hundred lines of code and a table of various phrases.

 

[Gimmesometruth]

As I said, this was planned.

You are taking a "response" and trying to turn back time to a point prior to the implementation of these policies/ex-actions and alluding to it as being "planned", as if all these groups knew ahead of time what Donny would specifically do before he took office. It is a conspiracy theory, but then, that is the environment your lot has created. From Q-anon to eating pets, it is all just one big bag of shit, and you just keep producing new bags of shit out of the crap Donny dumps. The creativity, the effort is astounding and bemusing. I will never understand how one gets this deep.

 

[TheDoctorWasIn]

FWIW, good, but I suspect that the country is passing the point where court rulings can actually stop him. We are careening towards autocracy.

I don't think reached that point yet. But we are close.

 

[WorldWatcher]

This judicial activism and opposition was planned way before Trump won his election.

No kidding.

He and his handlers published what they were going to do. And he lied when he said he didn’t know anything about Project 2025.

When the opposition hands you their playbook before the game of course you plan.

WW

 

[Mycroft]

No kidding.

He and his handlers published what they were going to do. And he lied when he said he didn’t know anything about Project 2025.

When the opposition hands you their playbook before the game of course you plan.

WW

Stupid comment.

Bye.

 

[Mycroft]

You are taking a "response" and trying to turn back time to a point prior to the implementation of these policies/ex-actions and alluding to it as being "planned", as if all these groups knew ahead of time what Donny would specifically do before he took office.

You didn't read the articles, did you?

Never mind. You are wasting my time.

Bye.

 

[multivita-man]

This judicial activism and opposition was planned way before Trump won his election.

Blah ****ing blah

 

[Mycroft]

Blah ****ing blah

Yes. That's the kind of nonsense response I've come to expect from you.

Bye.

 

[Michael Cole]

He might be involved is some, but it's not just him.

Here's what Copilot says...

who is paying for all the lawsuits against the trump administration​

​

The funding for lawsuits against the Trump administration comes from various sources, including state governments, cities, nonprofit organizations, and private entities. For example, Denver has joined lawsuits challenging federal funding cuts, and multiple states have sued over budget freezes2. Additionally, universities like Harvard have filed lawsuits over revoked federal funding.​

Many of these legal challenges are backed by advocacy groups and legal organizations that raise funds through donations and grants. Some lawsuits are also supported by congressional appropriations meant to reimburse cities for costs incurred due to federal policies​

Here are a couple articles on the subject...

Activist groups prepare for legal battles during Trump 2.0

As the incoming team develops executive orders and initiatives, critics are hiring staff and reviewing lessons of the first term.

www.marketplace.org

Trump agenda has states, advocacy groups girding for legal battles

California, New York and Illinois are among states readying to sue the Trump administration over divisive social issues.

www.legaldive.com

As I said, this was planned.

George Soros. Jews for Hamas.

 

[Gaius46]

justice is a game SCOTUS inability to reign in District courts nationwide TROs has made the courts the supreme branch of government
Completely unchecked power over the presidency

The system is working exactly the way it is supposed to.

And while we're at it why in hell does the executive have ANY say over how colleges operate?

 

[Mycroft]

George Soros. Jews for Hamas.

shrug...

I don't pay enough attention to Soros to know if that's true or not.

 

[Mycroft]

why in hell does the executive have ANY say over how colleges operate?

I'll answer that: Because of laws and federal money.

 

[ClaraD]

He might be involved is some, but it's not just him.

Here's what Copilot says...

who is paying for all the lawsuits against the trump administration​

​

The funding for lawsuits against the Trump administration comes from various sources, including state governments, cities, nonprofit organizations, and private entities. For example, Denver has joined lawsuits challenging federal funding cuts, and multiple states have sued over budget freezes2. Additionally, universities like Harvard have filed lawsuits over revoked federal funding.​

Many of these legal challenges are backed by advocacy groups and legal organizations that raise funds through donations and grants. Some lawsuits are also supported by congressional appropriations meant to reimburse cities for costs incurred due to federal policies​

Here are a couple articles on the subject...

Activist groups prepare for legal battles during Trump 2.0

As the incoming team develops executive orders and initiatives, critics are hiring staff and reviewing lessons of the first term.

www.marketplace.org

Trump agenda has states, advocacy groups girding for legal battles

California, New York and Illinois are among states readying to sue the Trump administration over divisive social issues.

www.legaldive.com

As I said, this was planned.

So you want to make lawsuits illegal?

 

[ClaraD]

shrug...

I don't pay enough attention to Soros to know if that's true or not.

Dude all ya’ll scream is Soros

 

[Michael Cole]

shrug...

Indeed. The effort put into your post was nothingness.

I don't pay enough attention to Soros to know if that's true or not.

Yet, you responded.

He (Soros) might be involved is some, but it's not just him.

George Soros. Might be Jews for Hamas.

Ya think?

 

[OlNate]

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard​

Right. So, what else is new?

This judicial activism and opposition was planned way before Trump won his election.

Good, because in the case of Harvard, Trump has been doing nothing but little bitch moves.

A solid win for America. The checks and balances, at least in this situation, for now, worked.

For any Americans left that actually stand for what America is, enjoy your W. Goodness knows you've had precious few since that orange prick got in.

 

[Gaius46]

I'll answer that: Because of laws and federal money.

No to the federal money part. First money cannot be conditioned after the fact. The government cannot attach strings to money after it's been accepted. And even when strings are attached the government usually can only take the money back. That does not apply here.

So please enlighten me about the specific laws that enable POTUS to cancel Harvard's ability to enroll foreigners. And while you're at it how did Harvard break them and when was there a finding by a court that Harvard broke them.

I'd bet a lot of money that you cannot answer any of those.

 

[Mycroft]

So you want to make lawsuits illegal?

No.

 

[Michael Cole]

The system is working exactly the way it is supposed to.

And while we're at it why in hell does the executive have ANY say over how colleges operate?

...or how much Walmart charges for goods, or where people put tiny little screws into iPhones, or which legal firms can represent the government, or what we call the Gulf of Mexico, or...

We should be able to see the unconstitutionality, stupidity and autocratic framework of Trump's actions without a court opinion. That some can't is stuff for the history books.

 

[Mycroft]

Dude all ya’ll scream is Soros

I'm not the one who brought up Soros in this thread.