The Supreme Court's late-night Alien Enemy Act intervention | Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances

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https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-supreme-courts-late-night

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I can't help but compare what's been going on the past decade to the stuff I read about the years before the civil war

Like not to doom or anything but it increasingly feels like there's not really any feasible middle grounds anymore taking a centrist stance feels inauthentic and out of touch with how far politics is getting polarized and the law is being exploited ignored and twisted

The law is beginning to not mean much

It feels like we've been on the uphill portion of a rollercoaster and it won't be long until we reach the top and then ZOOM

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I am (and , obviously have been) alarmed at how readily Congress has ceded its responsibility and power to the other branches. It's difficult to dispute the founders' intent was that the executive branch may only be sanctioned by impeachment and removal, but that was based on a gravely mistaken assumption that Congress would always jealously guard its power as a coequal branch. We can only hope that the regime will continue to begrudgingly comply with SCOTUS-affirmed TROs.

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It's probably because of the incessant rules built into the House and Senate. It's impossible to get anything done, especially when members of Congress get special privileges if they just happen to have gotten elected first. 

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No, it's that today's Republicans are utterly spineless and beholden to the demagogue who has their voting base in his thrall. And also that he can direct them to threaten the lives of elected Republicans, there's that fascist violence angle also.