General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCourts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller's
https://bsky.app/profile/ikerot.bsky.social/post/3llk2jpidn22yRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
·
19h
Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.

SheltieLover
(65,739 posts)
Nictuku
(4,109 posts)bucolic_frolic
(49,516 posts)EarthAbides
(236 posts)Someone needs to get in Stephen Miller's face and yell LIAR over and over and over again. Everything he posted is a lie, so just call him a LIAR, don't try to explain what he is saying is wrong and the opposite of what the truth is, just call him a LIAR!! Short and sweet.
Ocelot II
(123,950 posts)Trump and the oligarchs' money - including Musk's. People have become wealthy in the US only because there is a stable legal system that allows it; in the federal courts, commercial litigation accounts for the majority of civil cases. Corporations and other business entities regularly sue each other for breach of contract, business disparagement, unfair competition, antitrust claims, etc. The libertarian types hate regulation, but the regulations they hate mostly have to do with rules that cut into their profits, like environmental or labor safety rules. But they don't want the courts to go away; the courts maintain a mostly level playing field, at least among businesses. Back in 1952, SCOTUS told Harry Truman that the government couldn't take over the steel industry to prevent a strike even thought the Korean War was going on and a strike could cripple arms production. But that was then. Would this SCOTUS tell Truman that he couldn't seize Musk's businesses in the event of a "national emergency" (and then find a way to skim much of it for himself)?
Russian oligarchs remain wealthy (and in some cases, alive) only because Putin allows it and they stay away from windows. https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/22/accidental-defenestration-and-murder-suicides-too-common-among-russian-oligarchs-and-putin Can Musk and the other captains of industry assume Trump will leave them alone and let them be filthy rich without interference? Seems to me that without the courts we're heading for a Mafia-like system where corporations and oligarchs will have to expect to pay protection money to stay in business. "Nice little SpaceX ya got there, Elon. Be a shame if something happened to it."