Well laid out article on the current state of affairs. And the fact that the far left (largely funded by their favorite billionaire, Soros) is trying its best to destroy Elon Musk and Tesla by inciting violence against his dealerships and Tesla owners, is the height of hypocrisy.
Reid Hoffman is another big Dem spender supporting Soros's causes which filters money to several activist groups. With Elon now in the business of determining where money comes from and goes to, he should be able to determine who's organizing the Tesla (Musk) protests.
David, as always your writing is great. As you point out, Democrats are quick to criticize Trump and Musk as threats to democracy while failing to respect the democratic process. Trump has a mandate to act on the will of the American people who elected him. He is acting on the campaign promises which got him elected and this is democracy in action. To a Democrat, a threat to easy government money is synonymous with a threat to democracy. Their sacred cow is their cash cow, the government, and oh how they squeal when the trough runs dry. This is why I never refer to Democrats as belonging to the Democratic party but instead to the Democrat party to avoid the implication that they might believe in democracy.
Hello Jeff Barton, I decided to post here a very good "Discussion" on the UNLAWFUL
Universal Injunctions that is clearly an ABUSE OF DUE PROCESS. Elon just posted this
very good discussion, 4 hours ago, that summarizes the serious Weaponization of the Universal Injunctions by Corrupt Attorneys using "Judicial Forum Shopping" before the Judges in the 94 Federal "DISTRICT" Courts see weblink below for these FED-COURTS>
Elon's post has gotten over 4 Million views in just 4 hours and David McCalmont's article in the SB Current has received 89 Posts which would indicate that we all are VERY CONCERNED about the ABUSE OF OUR AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM where that ABUSE OF DUE PROCESS may have started here in California Courts, the largest Judicial System in the US, that has a F Judicial Rating for Accountability and Transparency weblink below>
We have several countries who want to destroy us and China may have 100 million soldiers and more land than they should. The biased court system is protecting people who are not citizens. I'm not against families coming here but any single male should be vetted.
I read this article on Justice titled "District Judges Are the Real “Threat to Democracy”
by David McCalmont. America is the only Country that has our Justice System and
if we lose it we no longer have a country. I have a supporting title "Judges Who Depart
From the Essential Requirements of the Law Destroy American Justice"
I have warned SB Currentor's about the Santa Barbara So-Called Leaders and in particular
the Judges who determine Justice to it's Community. One such Judge who was the Assistant
Presiding Judge and the Presiding Judge of the SB Courts, Michael Carrozzo, has a serious Complaint, 6 Misconduct Counts, before Judicial Commission on Performance weblink below>
"The commission determined that Judge Adams’s conduct constituted a lack of
candor as well as violations of Government Code section 68725..." "They also constituted
violations of the judge’s duties to cooperate with judicial and lawyer disciplinary agencies
(canon 3D(4));" AND "Judge Adams also received an earlier private admonishment in 1993, for ordering that a pro se family law litigant be taken into custody for two days, without a contempt
hearing. The commission found that Judge Adams’s conduct constituted “an egregious
violation of due process.”
These egregious violations of the Due Process by SB Judges of Santa Barbara Citizens is much much worse than anyone can possibly imagine and seems to be a "Pattern of Practice" not only in Santa Barbara but in the United States.
As Mr. McCalmont stated "Every Democrat-appointed federal district judge who grants broad nationwide injunctions against executive orders is a direct assault against the democratic process."
In Santa Barbara the SB Judges have granted 100's of Unlawful Emergency Injunctions
as in the recent Federal Cases as noted in this Article by Mr. McCalmont.
Howard Walther, Member of a Military Family
PS1- GOV Newsom Appoints 18 New Democrat Judges in CALI ALL DEMOCRATS>
Sure Howard, Newsom stood by as NGO’s and their foot soldiers to the Dems try to impose their will, funding a massive Rainbow agenda. All while radical judges have their back.
What bullshit. I take it you never complained when district judges stopped some of Biden's executive orders. Pure hypocrisy on your part. And willing to tear down the rule of law and constitution to feed your ideology.
True, injunctions were issued during Biden’s four year term, but at a remarkably lower rate. ### Comparison
- Biden: ~14 injunctions over 4 years (roughly 3.5 per year) vs. Trump Second Term: ~14–15 injunctions in ~2 months Trump’s second term is seeing a dramatically higher rate of injunctions—about 24 times Biden’s annual average. Clearly, activist judges have always existed but have been activated under Trump 47.
The comment - Donald Trump seeking to keep a campaign promise to eliminate federal funding.... - Is massively true.
The previous administration handed out taxpayer money to prejudiced NGO's like water. It propped up groups and political "buddies" and kept an out of control stock market inflated far beyond what the Capitalist System can support. To make sure they could continue the graft called political money from the taxpayers wallet they used activist judges to defend them from going to jail...
"These people's backs are against the wall. They are exposed, weak, and vulnerable." As the overhaul of government to be lean and mean continues the protests will continue. How many of these protestors have money directly or with family tied to government grants or payroll?
It is immoral to do what Sacramento has done with minimum wages. How many jobs have been lost to mechanization? How many stores have closed because only massive franchise businesses can afford to pay that inflation?
There you go, they get away with it with Judges at the Superior Court and Appeals Court level. To fight the above conditions takes years and appeal dollars.
Love the spotlight on decades of "old boy" politics.
Goleta Old Town crushing the middle class businesses and who's pocket? Government workers, and contractors who are hired to do the dirty work. Did I mention the skim from contracts so that they pay for government workers that are already being paid?
Tragically, a hugh ravenous monster has been created in the form of NGO’s and now it’s extremely difficult to put it back in the bottle. The author is correct in asserting that a “protected class” has been created and now Rouge Judges are doing their bidding at the expense of the taxpaying public.
Something has got to give…and fast. The stock market is negatively responding to the uncertainty, and 401k balances are showing it.
Still waiting, impatiently now, for the “golden age” to begin!
These renegade activists/Judges remind me of the old kid show on Saturday mornings, “School House Rock…”Injunction Junction, What’s Your Function!” The “function” being to cause as much confusion, conflict and mayhem as possible. This is what the left does.
Many fear losing income if it comes from the government. Try taking a pigs slop and you will get bit. If you succeed the pig will squeal. Did you see all of the squealers at the Tesla dealership?
Musk is an unelected, unconfirmed, no security clearance individual that is breaking the law every day and is only in this position because he bought Trump with his billions of dollars. He is trying to be president, congress and the courts all in one.
Wow…another uniformed narrative follower. Reality is quite different. DOGE is disrupting the funding streams of a faction within the cabal, which is why there is such intense pushback…sad the 17% of the population still regurgitates the storylines peddled by Legacy Media. The 14 magic money machines discovered by DOGE are the tip of the iceberg. There may be 100-1000 times US Dollars in circulation than official accounted. Good time to buy Gold & SILVER (real money). Good luck…
Biden was investigated and nothing illegal was found. The witnesses were convicted of lying to the FBI. Sorry but Trump not only deserved impeachment but if McConnel had a backbone they would have convicted him too. The Senate knew he was guilty but said, "Let the courts deal with him". he is a lying crook, always has been.
This article is another idiotic rant by a person who lacks principles.
No one is stopping the administration from governing. They are stopping the administration from breaking the $^%# law. Using the absurd logic in this waste of pixels article, if Trump's agenda were to kill 10mm people in the US, you would be OK with it.
If you don't like the laws, the remedy is to CHANGE the laws. The remedy is not to ignore the laws.
"In every way of assessing the outcome of the last election, there is no doubt that Trump/Vance, the Republican Party, and America First policies were victorious.
They should be permitted to govern."
That is the premise of this absurd rant. The author is proclaiming that courts are NOT allowing the administration to govern. And the masses in here are supporting the premise. It is ABSURD.
The courts are doing what their role in the constitution entails. If the administration does not want to see the courts, do not break the #$%^ laws. It is really simple. Arguing that a judge is ruling against the administration because of who put them in place is absurd. Judges, regardless of their leanings have found the administration to be breaking the laws.
So again, the logic that the author is spewing is that they do not want judges to STOP the administration from breaking the law. That is it. So, again, if Trump wants to kill 10mm people, do you not want the judges to stop that? It is against the law.
We are a country of laws. The current administration seems hell bent on ignoring them when it suits them, using them when it benefits them. They are not for law and order, they are for rule by tyranny.
Please, do not preach that you understand how our branches work while spouting ignorance about them. The judges were presented a case to them. Then the determination of STANDING was looked into. Once that STANDING was determined, the judges heard the case from both sides. The JUDGE ruled. That is it. There is your judicial system at work.
Now, because the administration LOST, they have the right to APPEAL the decision. The JUDGE, knowing this is going to happen, to help PUSH this case faster, gave a time frame for the TRO. That TRO protects both the defense and the prosecution. Nothing is going to be harmed during the TRO. NOTHING. Now, the appeals court can hear the case and RULE. If you notice, the ONE case that the administration won, two of the appeals judges felt that the party that brought the case did not have standing. The lower court was OVERRULED by the appeals court. That case has to be refiled by someone who has STANDING. The appeals court did NOT validate the administration's position. But in the case where the administration keeps losing, then the SC can decide if they want to TAKE the case. They can leave the ruling in place. Getting the SC to take a case is not a right, but a privilege and one that they determine if they want to take the case.
Your argument and this waste of pixels author wants to complete gut and destroy our judicial system to suit their wants. Damn the laws! Damn the procedures!
If the administration wins, it wins. That is how the judicial system is set up. If they lose, well, they lose. Of course, the posters in this thread will call for them to be executed, impeached, removed, castrated, hung and quartered.
Now, regarding what is 'leaked,' I do not play that game. I am not a clarevoyant, nor do I read tea leaves. I will wait for the ruling. Until then, it is all speculation.
JL, perhaps Mr, Bergersen was referring to the quote found below, though the 10 million seems a tad much. These types of statements from Trump leads to his cartoonish image.
On Jan. 23, 2016, Donald Trump was campaigning in Iowa when he made a remarkable announcement: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"
There are so many lemmings in this thread along with the author that have no clue as to what they write and the meaning of words.
These judges WERE elected. The judges had to go through confirmation hearings and be voted on. The president did not just say, "Hey, Joe, you are now a judge in the ninth circuit."
The Federal Judges WERE elected. Words matter. They may not be elected by the population, but they WERE elected. Boasburg was elected by a 96 to ZERO vote in the Senate.
Now that you are moving the goal posts, yet again, and showing with great transparency YOUR agenda, you are correct. Congress can do a lot to effectively kill a district. The power of the purse string gives them that right. It would be an interesting case to see if they stopped funding the judges, then a case comes in, of course, by the judges, how the other judges would rule on this. I suspect they would stick up for the judges, and thus, congress' act would be deemed unconstitutional.
You show that you only care about the results of the ruling, not law and order. You are showing that you want fascism and authoritarianism instead of democracy. You are showing that you do not adhere to the constitution.
There are lots of rulings that judges have made that have been appealed to SCOTUS and their rulings I disagree with. However, I live with them. I work to have the law changed so that the outcome that SCOTUS ruled on would be illegal. I understand their role, do you?
When you start out a response with a lie, the rest of the premise falls apart.
The WSJ is owned by Murdoch. Murdoch has done nothing but promote Trump. He has a WHOLE network dedicated to promoting Trump.
Every state, regardless of who the administration is, will contest the actions of the administration. Again, you are showing that you have NO @!#^ principles, just demanding that YOUR opinions/beliefs are the only ones that matter. You did not complain when the republican AGs went after Biden or Obama. You just want to complain when democratic AGs go after Trump.
See, if you cared about the rule of law, you would WELCOME these challenges. I welcomed them when they went after Biden. Why? Because I do not want a dictator. I do not want a society free of laws. I do not want a society free of checks and balances. MOB rule sucks.
"SCOTUS is the proper jurisdiction for resolution of these current conflicts between the judicial branch with its multiple lower district courts authoritarian and unbonded intrusions into the autonomy of executive branch at this particular time. A teaching moment for all."
Such a odd response. The lower district courts are not acting unbounded. They are within the law. The lower court is not acting authoritarian, they are within the law. Yes, this is a TEACHING MOMENT FOR YOU.
Were you OK when the lower courts stopped Biden from student loan relief?
One could make the case, sadly, that the Republican Party is the threat to democracy. Where were their legal challenges like we are seeing now, when our country was being invaded? Not one that I recall, they sat on their hands. Where are their laws, and legal challenges to this absurd judicial coup now? Thune is posting about his grandkids, all the Republicans have done so far is post about fluff while this is going on. They need to start acting like Democrats. Stick together. Get tough. Take the gloves off. Posting fluff on X while activists posing as judges assume the role of unelected President is a threat to democracy. Get it done, or we'll create a new third party to do it for them.
Very good point made about the "uniparty" Republicans who have allowed the country to get to this point. Hopefully Trump with his team of people will be able to make a turn around and get us back on track.
I still have hope but at this point am not too optimistic, I feel like the Republicans put up a show of support knowing all the time their Dem buddies will stop things like they are and the Republicans will shout and scream and make posts on X but not really do anything about it. Hope I am wrong.
Yes we have less than 24 months to codify what is needed, voter ID, reign in activist judges and more after than who knows. If they win the Supereme court vote in Wisconsin tomorrow, we will lose control in mid terms. GOP knew this for months but only freaked out a few days ago. Go figure.
Agree to disagree. If they Win Wisconsin tomorrow, they will re draw boundaries and control that swing state for years, and we will lose control of the house in 2026. The house would immediately try to impeach trump and we are right back to where we were during his first term. If we relax about things like this, while the Dems are pushing hard, we will sit by and watch it all come undone. We must win Wisconsin tomorrow, if so we may have 4 years to get things permanent. If we lose tomorrow, we will have two years to try. That's a big deal. We gotta keep our eye on the ball, no time to relax now. The Dem's are not relaxing. Neither can we.
Many of the current students in our law school. Are being indoctrinated in liberal left wing ideology. There needs to be a strong check and balance system. That prevents political judges instilling their political agendas on the governance of our country. Also politics should not be part of the curriculum in our law schools.
Some of us Americans are really glad we have a strong judiciary willing to mandate that the constitution matters, that laws matter. For others... it is a real pain in the ass to have their fascist leaning peeps haulted from trampleing our laws and Constitution.
So trump can’t find any judges to bully and allow his insane and ridiculous orders. You magas are always yelling about George Soros, that he’s got all his money behind the Democrats, we’ll what’s the deal with musk? Wasn’t he recently in Wisconsin trying to bribe people to sign petitions to impeach judges that went against trump’s agendas? Unfortunately for you, Wisconsinites are smart. They chose their souls and integrity over musks, dirty money. It’s also funny how musk is “donating” to republican congress people to vote trumps agenda. I hear lauren bobert was one of the recipients of this “generosity”.
Injunctioning an executive order or act of Congress is almost exclusively a leftist Democrat project. According to a "Harvard Law Review" April 2024 article, there were 127 nationwide injunctions during the 60 years from 1963 through 2023, but 64 - half - came during Trump's first term. In just 70 days of Trump's 2nd term, there's already been 15 nationwide injunctions.
The problem is the "nationwide" nature of the injunction. The U.S. Supreme Court is a product of the U.S. Constitution. All other federal courts are a result of an act of Congress. Each court was designed to perform particular functions in order to take pressure off the constitutional duties of the U.S. Supreme Court.
District Courts were designed to handle "district" or regional legal issues. As things happen over time, District Courts have stretched their power and reach, and nobody in Congress, or Chief Justice, has asked to check this undesigned power. So it grows until somebody puts a stop to it.
But CA Republican Congressman Darrell Issa plans to reign in District Court unlegislated power with an act which comes before the House maybe this week. The gist of the law will limit the jurisdiction of any District Court to include only the parties directly impacted in the suit. No more "nationwide injunctions" from partisan rogue judges.
Of course, legislation of this nature, should it pass the House and get introduced in the Senate, must pass cloture with 60 votes to cut off debate - which means Democrats must come onboard. But this is the kind of legislation that benefits both parties, but as mentioned earlier, "injunctioning" is much more an activity of the Left than the Right. It's dubious as to whether 7 Democrats can be found to do something reasonable - and constitutional.
Well laid out article on the current state of affairs. And the fact that the far left (largely funded by their favorite billionaire, Soros) is trying its best to destroy Elon Musk and Tesla by inciting violence against his dealerships and Tesla owners, is the height of hypocrisy.
Julia, can you clarify your statement please? I am a little lost with what you mean. Thank you.
Alinsky: Rules for Radicals = Sun Tzu: The Art of War
Reid Hoffman is another big Dem spender supporting Soros's causes which filters money to several activist groups. With Elon now in the business of determining where money comes from and goes to, he should be able to determine who's organizing the Tesla (Musk) protests.
David, as always your writing is great. As you point out, Democrats are quick to criticize Trump and Musk as threats to democracy while failing to respect the democratic process. Trump has a mandate to act on the will of the American people who elected him. He is acting on the campaign promises which got him elected and this is democracy in action. To a Democrat, a threat to easy government money is synonymous with a threat to democracy. Their sacred cow is their cash cow, the government, and oh how they squeal when the trough runs dry. This is why I never refer to Democrats as belonging to the Democratic party but instead to the Democrat party to avoid the implication that they might believe in democracy.
Hello Mr. Jeff Barton as you state "Their sacred cow is their cash cow, the government, and oh how they squeal when the trough runs dry."
FOLLOW THE FED-GOVY MONEY TO SB & YOU HAVE EMBEZZLEMENT CALORE.
Hello Jeff, Former AG Barr just weighed in on RECENT UNLAWFUL INJUNCTIONS
placed before Cherrie-Picked FED Activist Judges see weblink below>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xn7uSOL7YE&ab_channel=FoxNews
PER AG BARR>IN MATTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY, THE PRESIDENT HAS FULL AUTHORITY
ANY NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEMS IN SANTA BABRARA?
ANY TERRORISM & SEXUAL PREDATORS IN SANTA BARBARA? SEE WEBLINK BELOW>
https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1906703745158660177
Hello Jeff Barton, I decided to post here a very good "Discussion" on the UNLAWFUL
Universal Injunctions that is clearly an ABUSE OF DUE PROCESS. Elon just posted this
very good discussion, 4 hours ago, that summarizes the serious Weaponization of the Universal Injunctions by Corrupt Attorneys using "Judicial Forum Shopping" before the Judges in the 94 Federal "DISTRICT" Courts see weblink below for these FED-COURTS>
https://www.theusconstitution.org/u-s-federal-courts-101/
Elon's post has gotten over 4 Million views in just 4 hours and David McCalmont's article in the SB Current has received 89 Posts which would indicate that we all are VERY CONCERNED about the ABUSE OF OUR AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM where that ABUSE OF DUE PROCESS may have started here in California Courts, the largest Judicial System in the US, that has a F Judicial Rating for Accountability and Transparency weblink below>
https://scocablog.com/california-gets-an-f-grade-in-judicial-accountability-and-we-have-questions/
Senator John Kennedy X and UTUBE on Unlawful Universal Injunctions>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF0Xy23_eJs&ab_channel=ForbesBreakingNews
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1906948011667698146
Thanks for pointing this out. They are so biased it should be easy to appeal but they protect each other not the law.
We have several countries who want to destroy us and China may have 100 million soldiers and more land than they should. The biased court system is protecting people who are not citizens. I'm not against families coming here but any single male should be vetted.
Ron, can you expand on the 'more land than the should'?
I read this article on Justice titled "District Judges Are the Real “Threat to Democracy”
by David McCalmont. America is the only Country that has our Justice System and
if we lose it we no longer have a country. I have a supporting title "Judges Who Depart
From the Essential Requirements of the Law Destroy American Justice"
I have warned SB Currentor's about the Santa Barbara So-Called Leaders and in particular
the Judges who determine Justice to it's Community. One such Judge who was the Assistant
Presiding Judge and the Presiding Judge of the SB Courts, Michael Carrozzo, has a serious Complaint, 6 Misconduct Counts, before Judicial Commission on Performance weblink below>
https://cjp.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2024/12/Carrozzo_NFP_12-12-24.pdf
Hearing for same on 4/14/25 at the 2nd District Appellate Court at Ventura
https://cjp.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2025/03/Carrozzo_NOH_SM_03-10-25.pdf
Another SB Judge Thomas Adams was Admonished by the CA JC Commission weblink>
https://cjp.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2024/12/Adams_Pub_Adm_12_10_24.pdf
"The commission determined that Judge Adams’s conduct constituted a lack of
candor as well as violations of Government Code section 68725..." "They also constituted
violations of the judge’s duties to cooperate with judicial and lawyer disciplinary agencies
(canon 3D(4));" AND "Judge Adams also received an earlier private admonishment in 1993, for ordering that a pro se family law litigant be taken into custody for two days, without a contempt
hearing. The commission found that Judge Adams’s conduct constituted “an egregious
violation of due process.”
These egregious violations of the Due Process by SB Judges of Santa Barbara Citizens is much much worse than anyone can possibly imagine and seems to be a "Pattern of Practice" not only in Santa Barbara but in the United States.
As Mr. McCalmont stated "Every Democrat-appointed federal district judge who grants broad nationwide injunctions against executive orders is a direct assault against the democratic process."
In Santa Barbara the SB Judges have granted 100's of Unlawful Emergency Injunctions
as in the recent Federal Cases as noted in this Article by Mr. McCalmont.
Howard Walther, Member of a Military Family
PS1- GOV Newsom Appoints 18 New Democrat Judges in CALI ALL DEMOCRATS>
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/03/25/governor-newsom-appoints-18-superior-court-judges-3-25-21/
Clinton, Obama and now Biden knew what they were doing when they appointed federal activist judges and now these “judicial booby traps” are going off!
LT See my PS1 Above 18 Democrats Appointed by GAVY NEWY and its worse than
those 18 Appointed CALI DEM Judges.
Then GOVY GAVY NEWY Appoints 18 more Dem Judges here in SB County weblink>
https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2023/12/07/governor-newsom-announces-judicial-appointments-including-one-new-santa-barbara-county-superior-court-judge/
THE STATE OF CALI JUSTICE HAS BEEN DESTROYED
Sure Howard, Newsom stood by as NGO’s and their foot soldiers to the Dems try to impose their will, funding a massive Rainbow agenda. All while radical judges have their back.
The Complaints I have provided are for "STATE SB COURT JUDGES"
who control CALI however there are "Activist" Judges in the US
as noted by this Article who are in the FED COURT SYSTEM HERE
IN CALI. The DEM ATTORNEYS ARE CHERRY PICKING THEIR
FED-JUDGES by filing with them to obtain favorable rulings.
What bullshit. I take it you never complained when district judges stopped some of Biden's executive orders. Pure hypocrisy on your part. And willing to tear down the rule of law and constitution to feed your ideology.
True, injunctions were issued during Biden’s four year term, but at a remarkably lower rate. ### Comparison
- Biden: ~14 injunctions over 4 years (roughly 3.5 per year) vs. Trump Second Term: ~14–15 injunctions in ~2 months Trump’s second term is seeing a dramatically higher rate of injunctions—about 24 times Biden’s annual average. Clearly, activist judges have always existed but have been activated under Trump 47.
Perhaps it's because Biden didn't try to break as many laws or constitutional prohibitions.
Fallacious anchors dipwad.
The comment - Donald Trump seeking to keep a campaign promise to eliminate federal funding.... - Is massively true.
The previous administration handed out taxpayer money to prejudiced NGO's like water. It propped up groups and political "buddies" and kept an out of control stock market inflated far beyond what the Capitalist System can support. To make sure they could continue the graft called political money from the taxpayers wallet they used activist judges to defend them from going to jail...
"These people's backs are against the wall. They are exposed, weak, and vulnerable." As the overhaul of government to be lean and mean continues the protests will continue. How many of these protestors have money directly or with family tied to government grants or payroll?
It is immoral to do what Sacramento has done with minimum wages. How many jobs have been lost to mechanization? How many stores have closed because only massive franchise businesses can afford to pay that inflation?
There you go, they get away with it with Judges at the Superior Court and Appeals Court level. To fight the above conditions takes years and appeal dollars.
Love the spotlight on decades of "old boy" politics.
Cars Are Basic as you state "The comment - Donald Trump seeking to keep a campaign promise to eliminate federal funding.... - Is massively true."
Any FED FUNDING TO OUR LIL OLE BEACH TOWN GOING INTO SOMEONES BIG POCKETS?
Look at the roads projects that are not needed.
Goleta Old Town crushing the middle class businesses and who's pocket? Government workers, and contractors who are hired to do the dirty work. Did I mention the skim from contracts so that they pay for government workers that are already being paid?
Tragically, a hugh ravenous monster has been created in the form of NGO’s and now it’s extremely difficult to put it back in the bottle. The author is correct in asserting that a “protected class” has been created and now Rouge Judges are doing their bidding at the expense of the taxpaying public.
Something has got to give…and fast. The stock market is negatively responding to the uncertainty, and 401k balances are showing it.
Still waiting, impatiently now, for the “golden age” to begin!
These renegade activists/Judges remind me of the old kid show on Saturday mornings, “School House Rock…”Injunction Junction, What’s Your Function!” The “function” being to cause as much confusion, conflict and mayhem as possible. This is what the left does.
Send Musk back to S Africa and put Trump in jail where he belongs.
Yikes ... A Democrat still breathes the polluted air of hatred.
Isn’t it a bit early to be hitting the MD 20/20?
That's a blast from the past. I didn't know they were still around... but yes indeed. https://www.md2020wine.com/
I’m no Democrat
Many fear losing income if it comes from the government. Try taking a pigs slop and you will get bit. If you succeed the pig will squeal. Did you see all of the squealers at the Tesla dealership?
Hello Chuck Burwell see my post on SB Judges.
I THANK WE ALL HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN
OUR LIL OLE BEACH TOWN!
THE BIG SHOWDOWN IS COMING TO THIS TOWN>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmuBOwj1fz4&ab_channel=ChristianBrown
Maybe Mr. Burwell's a communist!
Musk is an unelected, unconfirmed, no security clearance individual that is breaking the law every day and is only in this position because he bought Trump with his billions of dollars. He is trying to be president, congress and the courts all in one.
Wow…another uniformed narrative follower. Reality is quite different. DOGE is disrupting the funding streams of a faction within the cabal, which is why there is such intense pushback…sad the 17% of the population still regurgitates the storylines peddled by Legacy Media. The 14 magic money machines discovered by DOGE are the tip of the iceberg. There may be 100-1000 times US Dollars in circulation than official accounted. Good time to buy Gold & SILVER (real money). Good luck…
If Biden or Obama had tried to do 10% of what Musk is doing they would have been impeached.
Biden was investigated and nothing illegal was found. The witnesses were convicted of lying to the FBI. Sorry but Trump not only deserved impeachment but if McConnel had a backbone they would have convicted him too. The Senate knew he was guilty but said, "Let the courts deal with him". he is a lying crook, always has been.
This article is another idiotic rant by a person who lacks principles.
No one is stopping the administration from governing. They are stopping the administration from breaking the $^%# law. Using the absurd logic in this waste of pixels article, if Trump's agenda were to kill 10mm people in the US, you would be OK with it.
If you don't like the laws, the remedy is to CHANGE the laws. The remedy is not to ignore the laws.
Did you read the article?
"In every way of assessing the outcome of the last election, there is no doubt that Trump/Vance, the Republican Party, and America First policies were victorious.
They should be permitted to govern."
That is the premise of this absurd rant. The author is proclaiming that courts are NOT allowing the administration to govern. And the masses in here are supporting the premise. It is ABSURD.
The courts are doing what their role in the constitution entails. If the administration does not want to see the courts, do not break the #$%^ laws. It is really simple. Arguing that a judge is ruling against the administration because of who put them in place is absurd. Judges, regardless of their leanings have found the administration to be breaking the laws.
So again, the logic that the author is spewing is that they do not want judges to STOP the administration from breaking the law. That is it. So, again, if Trump wants to kill 10mm people, do you not want the judges to stop that? It is against the law.
We are a country of laws. The current administration seems hell bent on ignoring them when it suits them, using them when it benefits them. They are not for law and order, they are for rule by tyranny.
Argh.
Please, do not preach that you understand how our branches work while spouting ignorance about them. The judges were presented a case to them. Then the determination of STANDING was looked into. Once that STANDING was determined, the judges heard the case from both sides. The JUDGE ruled. That is it. There is your judicial system at work.
Now, because the administration LOST, they have the right to APPEAL the decision. The JUDGE, knowing this is going to happen, to help PUSH this case faster, gave a time frame for the TRO. That TRO protects both the defense and the prosecution. Nothing is going to be harmed during the TRO. NOTHING. Now, the appeals court can hear the case and RULE. If you notice, the ONE case that the administration won, two of the appeals judges felt that the party that brought the case did not have standing. The lower court was OVERRULED by the appeals court. That case has to be refiled by someone who has STANDING. The appeals court did NOT validate the administration's position. But in the case where the administration keeps losing, then the SC can decide if they want to TAKE the case. They can leave the ruling in place. Getting the SC to take a case is not a right, but a privilege and one that they determine if they want to take the case.
Your argument and this waste of pixels author wants to complete gut and destroy our judicial system to suit their wants. Damn the laws! Damn the procedures!
If the administration wins, it wins. That is how the judicial system is set up. If they lose, well, they lose. Of course, the posters in this thread will call for them to be executed, impeached, removed, castrated, hung and quartered.
Now, regarding what is 'leaked,' I do not play that game. I am not a clarevoyant, nor do I read tea leaves. I will wait for the ruling. Until then, it is all speculation.
No. I am not going on Rumble. The home of tinfoil, the world is out to get them, and them only, fear mongering, fear peddling, psychopaths.
I have no idea what BHF&S means.
JL, perhaps Mr, Bergersen was referring to the quote found below, though the 10 million seems a tad much. These types of statements from Trump leads to his cartoonish image.
On Jan. 23, 2016, Donald Trump was campaigning in Iowa when he made a remarkable announcement: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"
There are so many lemmings in this thread along with the author that have no clue as to what they write and the meaning of words.
These judges WERE elected. The judges had to go through confirmation hearings and be voted on. The president did not just say, "Hey, Joe, you are now a judge in the ninth circuit."
Keep putting on your dancing shoes.
The Federal Judges WERE elected. Words matter. They may not be elected by the population, but they WERE elected. Boasburg was elected by a 96 to ZERO vote in the Senate.
Now that you are moving the goal posts, yet again, and showing with great transparency YOUR agenda, you are correct. Congress can do a lot to effectively kill a district. The power of the purse string gives them that right. It would be an interesting case to see if they stopped funding the judges, then a case comes in, of course, by the judges, how the other judges would rule on this. I suspect they would stick up for the judges, and thus, congress' act would be deemed unconstitutional.
You show that you only care about the results of the ruling, not law and order. You are showing that you want fascism and authoritarianism instead of democracy. You are showing that you do not adhere to the constitution.
There are lots of rulings that judges have made that have been appealed to SCOTUS and their rulings I disagree with. However, I live with them. I work to have the law changed so that the outcome that SCOTUS ruled on would be illegal. I understand their role, do you?
When you start out a response with a lie, the rest of the premise falls apart.
The WSJ is owned by Murdoch. Murdoch has done nothing but promote Trump. He has a WHOLE network dedicated to promoting Trump.
Every state, regardless of who the administration is, will contest the actions of the administration. Again, you are showing that you have NO @!#^ principles, just demanding that YOUR opinions/beliefs are the only ones that matter. You did not complain when the republican AGs went after Biden or Obama. You just want to complain when democratic AGs go after Trump.
See, if you cared about the rule of law, you would WELCOME these challenges. I welcomed them when they went after Biden. Why? Because I do not want a dictator. I do not want a society free of laws. I do not want a society free of checks and balances. MOB rule sucks.
"SCOTUS is the proper jurisdiction for resolution of these current conflicts between the judicial branch with its multiple lower district courts authoritarian and unbonded intrusions into the autonomy of executive branch at this particular time. A teaching moment for all."
Such a odd response. The lower district courts are not acting unbounded. They are within the law. The lower court is not acting authoritarian, they are within the law. Yes, this is a TEACHING MOMENT FOR YOU.
Were you OK when the lower courts stopped Biden from student loan relief?
No.
Rumble is a cesspool of tinfoil.
If it is lawless, why is it lawless today, but has not been for the last 50+ years?
One could make the case, sadly, that the Republican Party is the threat to democracy. Where were their legal challenges like we are seeing now, when our country was being invaded? Not one that I recall, they sat on their hands. Where are their laws, and legal challenges to this absurd judicial coup now? Thune is posting about his grandkids, all the Republicans have done so far is post about fluff while this is going on. They need to start acting like Democrats. Stick together. Get tough. Take the gloves off. Posting fluff on X while activists posing as judges assume the role of unelected President is a threat to democracy. Get it done, or we'll create a new third party to do it for them.
Very good point made about the "uniparty" Republicans who have allowed the country to get to this point. Hopefully Trump with his team of people will be able to make a turn around and get us back on track.
I still have hope but at this point am not too optimistic, I feel like the Republicans put up a show of support knowing all the time their Dem buddies will stop things like they are and the Republicans will shout and scream and make posts on X but not really do anything about it. Hope I am wrong.
Yes we have less than 24 months to codify what is needed, voter ID, reign in activist judges and more after than who knows. If they win the Supereme court vote in Wisconsin tomorrow, we will lose control in mid terms. GOP knew this for months but only freaked out a few days ago. Go figure.
Agree to disagree. If they Win Wisconsin tomorrow, they will re draw boundaries and control that swing state for years, and we will lose control of the house in 2026. The house would immediately try to impeach trump and we are right back to where we were during his first term. If we relax about things like this, while the Dems are pushing hard, we will sit by and watch it all come undone. We must win Wisconsin tomorrow, if so we may have 4 years to get things permanent. If we lose tomorrow, we will have two years to try. That's a big deal. We gotta keep our eye on the ball, no time to relax now. The Dem's are not relaxing. Neither can we.
Many of the current students in our law school. Are being indoctrinated in liberal left wing ideology. There needs to be a strong check and balance system. That prevents political judges instilling their political agendas on the governance of our country. Also politics should not be part of the curriculum in our law schools.
Glad to see you back here Theo. I don't agree with you often but I appreciate the information and perspective.
Some of us Americans are really glad we have a strong judiciary willing to mandate that the constitution matters, that laws matter. For others... it is a real pain in the ass to have their fascist leaning peeps haulted from trampleing our laws and Constitution.
Mr. McCalmont,
So trump can’t find any judges to bully and allow his insane and ridiculous orders. You magas are always yelling about George Soros, that he’s got all his money behind the Democrats, we’ll what’s the deal with musk? Wasn’t he recently in Wisconsin trying to bribe people to sign petitions to impeach judges that went against trump’s agendas? Unfortunately for you, Wisconsinites are smart. They chose their souls and integrity over musks, dirty money. It’s also funny how musk is “donating” to republican congress people to vote trumps agenda. I hear lauren bobert was one of the recipients of this “generosity”.
Injunctioning an executive order or act of Congress is almost exclusively a leftist Democrat project. According to a "Harvard Law Review" April 2024 article, there were 127 nationwide injunctions during the 60 years from 1963 through 2023, but 64 - half - came during Trump's first term. In just 70 days of Trump's 2nd term, there's already been 15 nationwide injunctions.
The problem is the "nationwide" nature of the injunction. The U.S. Supreme Court is a product of the U.S. Constitution. All other federal courts are a result of an act of Congress. Each court was designed to perform particular functions in order to take pressure off the constitutional duties of the U.S. Supreme Court.
District Courts were designed to handle "district" or regional legal issues. As things happen over time, District Courts have stretched their power and reach, and nobody in Congress, or Chief Justice, has asked to check this undesigned power. So it grows until somebody puts a stop to it.
But CA Republican Congressman Darrell Issa plans to reign in District Court unlegislated power with an act which comes before the House maybe this week. The gist of the law will limit the jurisdiction of any District Court to include only the parties directly impacted in the suit. No more "nationwide injunctions" from partisan rogue judges.
Of course, legislation of this nature, should it pass the House and get introduced in the Senate, must pass cloture with 60 votes to cut off debate - which means Democrats must come onboard. But this is the kind of legislation that benefits both parties, but as mentioned earlier, "injunctioning" is much more an activity of the Left than the Right. It's dubious as to whether 7 Democrats can be found to do something reasonable - and constitutional.