It’s Time for a Constitutional Summit Among Leaders of Government's Three Branches to Address Rogue Federal Judges

The federal judiciary is assertively impeding President Trump’s administration of the Executive Branch, but under what constitutional authority is this occurring? President Trump should meet face to face with Chief Justice Roberts and ask him.

There is a constitutional crisis in this country due to the judiciary asserting authority to micro-manage the administration of the Executive Branch. The Constitution, however, is quite explicit about the separation of governmental roles and responsibilities. There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the hundreds of federal judges to serve as overseers of President Trump’s Article II executive powers.

There was hope among constitutional conservatives that Chief Justice John Roberts would eventually assert himself as the leader of the judiciary and put a stop to the judicial activism at the District Court level. Unfortunately, Justice Roberts has shown that he will not do this of his own accord.

Perhaps Justice Roberts just doesn’t have the fortitude to take necessary actions. His appointment as Chief Justice was regrettable if he is unsuited for a leadership position. His resume is quite impressive, but it is full of titles including words such as “Deputy,” “Associate,” and “Special Assistant.” Lacking are terms such as “Head,” “Lead,” or “Chief.” Even if Roberts’ resume warranted a spot on the Supreme Court, it might have been better if an existing justice who had exhibited leadership skills had been elevated to chief justice, with Roberts then being appointed as an associate justice.

Because Justice Roberts will not assert control, there is a growing clamor for President Trump to start ignoring the rulings from federal district judges. That “nuclear option” would necessarily serve as a catalyst for John Roberts and the Supreme Court to finally address the problem of rogue judges.

But before going nuclear, perhaps President Trump might compel a reluctant John Roberts to take action in a more genteel way. Quite simply, the president can organize and host a summit of the leaders of the three branches of government to discuss constitutional roles and responsibilities of the branches of government they lead, and how they constitutionally interact with each other. There should be just four attendees at the summit: President Trump, Chief Justice John Roberts, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

Before I go further into what should be discussed at a Constitutional Summit, it is worth recalling that Donald Trump has been pleading with Chief Justice Roberts to address the problem of renegade federal judges, especially since it is simply not feasible for the hundreds of stays and injunctions to wend their way through the appeals process to the Supreme Court during the president’s term, nor can the court conceivably hear every appeal.

Shortly after Trump’s inauguration, the judicial resistance to the new president was already in full swing. In March of 2025, as Judge James Boasberg started asserting his authority to veto the president’s executive actions, President Trump implored Roberts to take action, stating “If Justice Roberts and the United States Supreme Court do not fix this toxic and unprecedented situation immediately, our Country is in very serious trouble!"

It's time for President Trump to ask Justice Roberts directly why he is allowing the courts to go rogue.

If such a summit were to occur, it would be wise for the president to have some conservative legal minds prep some questions and discussion topics, but a few that immediately come to my mind would be:

• Ask Roberts, Johnson and Thune their understanding of the role of federal judges, what constitutional powers they have, and why.

• Ask Roberts if he defends the rogue activism of district judges. If so, explain why. If not, advise why it is being allowed.

• Discuss what the Executive and Legislative branch “checks” on the judiciary are in our “checks and balances” system. What powers do Congress and the Executive Branch have to check rogue judges?

• Should there be more balance in the application of checks and balances? Courts are very aggressive about checking other branches’ powers. Why are there no checks being imposed on the judiciary?

• Ask Roberts his opinion on judges who are routinely overruled. Is repeatedly being overruled by appellate courts a sufficient reason for impeachment?

And most importantly…

• How will Chief Justice Roberts respond if/when Trump announces that rogue federal judges have no constitutional authority to manage the executive Branch, and Trump will no longer comply with their rulings.

The summit I am proposing is neither sanctioned by the Constitution nor prohibited, but it would present a direct challenge to the Chief Justice to be part of the solution for a judicial crisis that will otherwise have to be resolved without his involvement.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 st?!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:00 AM (GyQIQ)

2 Good morning good people.

"We the people. . . . . "

Just a reminder.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:01 AM (cYBz/)

3 Make Star Chambers Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (aE8Bb)

4 Top 10

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (TN0g+)

5 I'd rather just send the entirety of the existing judiciary to the moon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (NwnyJ)

6 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (NEdDJ)

7 There was hope among constitutional conservatives that Chief Justice John Roberts would eventually assert himself as the leader of the judiciary

That pussy? LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (u/kd+)

8 You know, I'm okay with Kangaroo Courts if I am in charge of them.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (cYBz/)

9 A fresh new thread!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (tWxgu)

10 Simple.

Arrest rogue judges and charge them with Insurrection.

Posted by: no one at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (qFwJc)

11 do not fix festive little hats immediately, our Country is in very serious trouble!"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (Kt19C)

12 I don't trust Roberts.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

13 Make Star Chambers Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS

Star Chambers would be a great pron star name.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:04 AM (cYBz/)

14 Make Star Chambers Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS

Make one way helicopter rides great again.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:04 AM (u/kd+)

15 But before going nuclear, perhaps President Trump might compel a reluctant John Roberts to take action in a more genteel way. Quite simply, the president can organize and host a summit of the leaders of the three branches of government to discuss constitutional roles and responsibilities of the branches of government they lead, and how they constitutionally interact with each other. There should be just four attendees at the summit: President Trump, Chief Justice John Roberts, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

It's all just theater and nothing will happen!

Posted by: That guy who thinks everything is just theater and that nothing will happen at January 12, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

16 Ask Roberts his opinion on judges who are routinely overruled. Is repeatedly being overruled by appellate courts a sufficient reason for impeachment?

This would be awkward with Justice Jumanji on the bench.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:04 AM (jc0TO)

17 Popcorn futures are exploding.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 12, 2026 11:04 AM (h3wuo)

18 Just start ignoring the federal judges altogether. Biden did it just fine.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (BCuCF)

19 You can trust him. He's from Harvard.

Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

20 Anyway, Roberts would not attend. Maybe this could still go forward with some other Justice in his place.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (jc0TO)

21 Have they handed down the Tariff ruling yet?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (WmV84)

22 While we’re fantasizing about cool things can we also do a repeal of income taxes?

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:06 AM (kgFPv)

23 ... Quite simply, the president can organize and host a summit of the leaders of the three branches of government to discuss constitutional roles and responsibilities of the branches of government they lead, and how they constitutionally interact with each other. ...
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What would be the point? The Constitution isn't difficult to understand. The judiciary is out of control and has been for decades and it isn't new. That the Executive hates it and the Legislative is indifferent to it aren't new developments, either. Nobody is unsure of his rightful role or job.

An extraconstitutional "summit" would do ... what, exactly? Trump can threaten them in public or he can threaten them in private with exactly the same effect. What would the purpose be beyond rewarding these various bad actors with a junket in exchange for listening to some bitching from the executive? This sounds more like going to a time-share harangue for a "free" trip as the reward.

Trump or the legislature can take action - ignore or impeach, respectively - or not. Jawboning is less than useless at this point. The judiciary isn't going to be harangued into a return to constitutionality.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:06 AM (GyQIQ)

24 Laurence Tribe has long shed his snakeskin of respectability.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:06 AM (jc0TO)

25 Buck I enjoyed your piece about new slavery.

Have you considered the same paradigm applies to government/NGOs? Bureaucrats passing along money, responsibility, and accountability for public functions to underpaid, underperforming and under qualified nonprofit staff.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 11:06 AM (RIvkX)

26 Is the judiciary a reason why several states are currently in full blown insurrection? Because they know they can get away with it?

That's something that should be asked of Roberts as well.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 11:07 AM (NwnyJ)

27 Willowed-
242 233 I found out very recently that Vivek “I’m super American Yo” Ramaswhatever is an anchor baby. He was conceived in India then the parents came to US when his mother was pregnant.

I knew his parents were Indian (obviously) but for some reason I thought the parents had met here.
Posted by: Really?? at January

Vivek Ramaswamy is not an anchor baby. His parents both came here legally, his mother obtained citizenship. Nick Fuentes can pound sand.
Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:07 AM (Wmg4n)

28 Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

How was that her last words? He was in front of her car and another agent was in her window when she sped off.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:07 AM (WmV84)

29 What would be the point? The Constitution isn't difficult to understand. The judiciary is out of control and has been for decades and it isn't new. That the Executive hates it and the Legislative is indifferent to it aren't new developments, either. Nobody is unsure of his rightful role or job.

An extraconstitutional "summit" would do ... what, exactly? Trump can threaten them in public or he can threaten them in private with exactly the same effect. What would the purpose be beyond rewarding these various bad actors with a junket in exchange for listening to some bitching from the executive? This sounds more like going to a time-share harangue for a "free" trip as the reward.

I think the idea is to finally shame Roberts into doing his damn job - or admitting that he doesn't want to do his damn job.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

30 I expect her last words were more a garble of shock and choking on her own blood.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:08 AM (jc0TO)

31 In March of 2025, as Judge James Boasberg started asserting his non-existent authority to veto the president’s executive actions, ...

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Friendly amendment

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 11:08 AM (RIvkX)

32 The summit I am proposing is neither sanctioned by the Constitution nor prohibited, but it would present a direct challenge to the Chief Justice to be part of the solution for a judicial crisis that will otherwise have to be resolved without his involvement.
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It would be a noisy and unpleasant dinner. Then Roberts will go back home, fuck his wife, go to bed, go back to work and keep doing the same thing.

They have to reined in, or not. That means constitutional and broader governmental crisis. Nobody wants to precipitate that yet. Unless such a "summit" ends with, "and it ends now or else you're {impeached|ignored and and federal LE, IC, armed forces and enough of the legislature backs me on that|dead|etc.}," there is no point to this.

This isn't a misunderstanding. There is no confusion about what is proper under the constitution. There is nobody who is simply in the dark about abuses. There is nobody who has been living in a cave for the past forty years and doesn't know it's happening.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:09 AM (GyQIQ)

33 Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

Are those even the words of the ICE agent who shot her ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:09 AM (VE6XX)

34 Roberts and Boasberg are on the same team.

Posted by: Bob at January 12, 2026 11:09 AM (zhWvq)

35 Glory! Glory, hallelujah!

From Tehran to my birthplace of Minneapolis, people are rising up against systems that wield violence without accountability.
In Iran, brave protestors confront a far-right theocratic regime that crushes dissent and denies basic freedoms. Here at home, tens of thousands are marching after the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good- demanding justice, transparency, and an end to an unchecked federal force that takes lives and tears families apart.
Solidarity across borders means opposing authoritarian power everywhere and defending the right to live free from fear and state violence. #StandWithIran #JusticeForReneeGood #EndAuthoritarianism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:09 AM (L/fGl)

36 You can trust him. He's from Harvard.
Laurence Tribe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

You can always tell a Harvard Man, but you can't tell him much.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:10 AM (cYBz/)

37 Are those even the words of the ICE agent who shot her ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:09 AM (VE6XX)

Unfortunately yes

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:10 AM (WmV84)

38 Roberts is EXACTLY the kind of person our "ruling class" breeds.

Dedicated to defending the system, but without any courage to even discover what is right, let alone take a stand. (Obamacare proved this.)

He's a perfect "Man without a chest".

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 11:10 AM (zjgNU)

39 It's time for President Trump to ask Justice Roberts directly why he is allowing the courts to go rogue.

Rhetorically ask. Then offer to reveal the answer publicly.

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 11:10 AM (rTiUi)

40 I think the idea is to finally shame Roberts into doing his damn job - or admitting that he doesn't want to do his damn job.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, that won't happen. Roberts is the chief justice until he is dead or retires. He has perfect job security has a decades-long history of doing the wrong thing. Shame? What's that? People at that level are immune to it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (GyQIQ)

41 Perhaps Justice Roberts just doesn’t have the fortitude to take necessary actions.

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Cowardice by any other name would smell as fowl (SWIDT)?

"Chicken!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (aE8Bb)

42 How old are Robert's illegally adopted children now?

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (jc0TO)

43 Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Good rammed Ross with her vehicle. Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.

Edited for accuracy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

44 I think the sad truth is CJ Roberts has neither the nerve nor the intellect to engage with Trump in the manner you suggest.

Nor does he have an interest in preserving the integrity of the judiciary. He has made this clear over his entire term. He is one of >them<

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (RIvkX)

45 37 Are those even the words of the ICE agent who shot her ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:09 AM (VE6XX)

Unfortunately yes
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:10 AM (WmV84)

I thought it was a question which said it but if the name fits.. Yeah that's harsh but I'm up to here with this fake Martyrdom...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (VE6XX)

46 I’m not a fan of the summit idea… I’m not even sure all or any of the invitees would show up! I don’t have a solution myself but the nuclear option of just starting to ignore court orders is starting to look like the only way… I don’t like it, but when you’re dealing with committed ideologues afflicted with severe TDS I don’t know any other option will do anything

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (xT8gx)

47 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

Perfect

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (WmV84)

48 Then Roberts will...fuck his wife
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I'm not sure he's into adult women.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)

49 42 How old are Robert's illegally adopted children now?
Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:11 AM (jc0TO)

Over 18 I believe

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (VE6XX)

50 In Iran, brave protestors confront a far-right theocratic regime that crushes dissent and denies basic freedoms.

Oh, the far-right regime that hates the Trump far-right regime for bombing them and taking away their nuclear woobie? The far-right regime supported by the BBC and MFM iin general? They're trying to wrap themselves in the mantle of the regime protesters. It won't work.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

51 John Roberts is the guy that claimed that you can't tell the difference between legal rulings issued by judges appointed by Democrats, and judges appointed by Republicans.

Yeah, right.

He is a tool, and I'm sure he covertly supports the lawfare being waged against Trump in the Federal courts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 12, 2026 11:13 AM (nlTPx)

52 President will need to wear his snakeboots and carry his Ruger .357 loaded with snakeshot.

Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 11:13 AM (LHPAg)

53
He is a tool, and I'm sure he covertly supports the lawfare being waged against Trump in the Federal courts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 12, 2026 11:13 AM (nlTPx)

Oh you can count on it...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:13 AM (VE6XX)

54 So...Oregon is going to clean up 800,000 registrations on its voter rolls because of a Judicial Watch lawsuit.

And it only has a total of 3,000,000 voters.

800,000 is...a large number of problematic registrations, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

55 I thought it was a question which said it but if the name fits.. Yeah that's harsh but I'm up to here with this fake Martyrdom...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 1AM (VE6XX)

I probably would have said something similar after being hit .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:13 AM (WmV84)

56 Vivek Ramaswamy is not an anchor baby. His parents both came here legally, his mother obtained citizenship. Nick Fuentes can pound sand.
Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026

I heard about this from the guy running against him in the primary. Which last I checked is NOT Nick Fuentes. Not everything revolves around him despite what some would have you believe.

Whether his mom is a citizen or not is irrelevant. He portrays himself as some kind of super American when he’s Indian through and through. That’s the point.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (kgFPv)

57 Ilhan Omar, fiscal conservative.

Ilhan Omar is mad that investigating fraud in Minnesota and enforcing immigration federal law is “wasting so much of our taxpayer resources.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (L/fGl)

58 Renee Good's last words (only heard by her) were "damn, it got dark and hot real quick and I smell sulfur".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (gm9Sb)

59 How will Chief Justice Roberts respond if/when Trump announces that rogue federal judges have no constitutional authority to manage the executive Branch, and Trump will no longer comply with their rulings.
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Do they retain the right to hold legislation unconstitutional? I completely agree that something has to be done, but just looking for how declaring an executive action unconstitutional would differ from holding legislation unconstitutional.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (XvL8K)

60 Yeah, that won't happen. Roberts is the chief justice until he is dead or retires. He has perfect job security has a decades-long history of doing the wrong thing. Shame? What's that? People at that level are immune to it.

You might be right, but I think it's also possible that since Roberts values the place of SCOTUS in our system and his place in history, he might finally get off his pasty, flabby ass.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

61 Unfortunately yes
Posted by: Opinion fact

She tried to murder him. Calling her a fucking bitch is mild compared to what he could have called her. But I'm sure there will be pearl clutching and "Well, I NEVER!" from the GOP soon enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 12, 2026 11:15 AM (BpO1e)

62 IMO the judicial coup underway IS the primary issue for the administration. What should have been accomplished in Trump's first week/month/year is being stymied by it.

The proverbial plan is to keep it up. Throttle everything.

Then go back to grifting, fraud and stealing the public's money.

In short... fuck all that. Get with the program or get out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 11:15 AM (NwnyJ)

63 In a more ideal world, the instant a judge decided to pull these stunts, he finds himself cuffed and dragged in front of the House who votes whether or not to impeach him.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 12, 2026 11:15 AM (BpO1e)

64 You might be right, but I think it's also possible that since Roberts values the place of SCOTUS in our system and his place in history, he might finally get off his pasty, flabby ass.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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It's place in our system is that of a committee of dictators with armies of commissars - and his position within that system is that of the chief shot-caller. What's not to like?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:15 AM (GyQIQ)

65 That photo is illustrative of the problem. No wonder Trump votes don't translate.

Three easy terminations. Call security, escort from buildings.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 12, 2026 11:16 AM (cS1cw)

66 Lacking are terms such as “Head,” “Lead,” or “Chief.”

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At least he doesn't oversee The FISA Court Judges who systematically deprived untold thousands of US citizens of their civil rights under color of law -- and nor did his assistant leak The Dobbs decision.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 11:16 AM (IZfNY)

67 Renee Good's last words (only heard by her) were...

"Hey, I wonder why the people who urged me to do this never did it themselves...?"

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 11:16 AM (rTiUi)

68 Oregon is going to clean up 800,000 registrations on its voter rolls because of a Judicial Watch lawsuit.

When see it I do, believe it I will. -- Yoda

Or, if you prefer... Promises in the dark. -- Pat Benatar

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

69 Roberts is a politician garbed in black robes. And it is the indication that judicial restraint types promoted by the Ed Whelans, etc. simply act as a rachet to conserve bad decisions made in the past.

Eliot's hollow men (and women) are a good summary of stare decisis conservatism that the Bushes, Nixon, and to some extent Reagan appointed the bench. So they end up temporizing, compromising, and turn the judicial role into that of a legislator whose very basis to be effective is compromise.

Doesn't work for courts. Originalism whether textualism or intentionalism has an anchor in what the Constitution was and how it should be. Once a stare decisis type/judicial restraint type is in office, they ignore the plain wording and meaning of a statute, Constitution, etc. so that they do not have to roll back bad liberal decisions. So their decisions are full of mush, complex calculi of tests, as if they are embarrased to declare fully what the Constitution requires if we are to have a written Constitution.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (WDjG6)

70 Those other three look like total dweebs compared to Trump.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

71 Roberts gave us Obamacare.
‘Nuff said.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (kgFPv)

72 Roberts is intelligent, obviously. There is no way he doesn’t understand the role of the courts as a relief valve to avoid vigilantism. He is not an alpha male, he tries to lead through logic believing reason will prevail. He also will need to admit that judges are political, something he has long denied. But if this were true, we would not be able to guess how judges will rule with amazing accuracy, would we? Roberts is ever consumed with legacy. Going to him will need to appeal to this, because for as many times as he has gotten it right, the times he has been wrong are strongly overshadowing.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (Wmg4n)

73 ‘ it would present a direct challenge to the Chief Justice’

Such a challenge is long overdue. This is way more important than whatever successes happens in Venezuela, Iran, Israel or Cuba.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc)

74 It's just going to take one Somali with all the fraud info to talk when faced with deportation. This is the reason for Walz and Frye encouraging insurrection.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (gm9Sb)

75 70 Those other three look like total dweebs compared to Trump.
Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

They are but I think Johnson is on Trump's side.. Thune not so much

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:18 AM (VE6XX)

76 6 I’m not a fan of the summit idea… I’m not even sure all or any of the invitees would show up! I don’t have a solution myself but the nuclear option of just starting to ignore court orders is starting to look like the only way… I don’t like it, but when you’re dealing with committed ideologues afflicted with severe TDS I don’t know any other option will do anything
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (xT8gx)

Agree. The SCOTUS will have to be forced to address this. The polite asking days are over.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 11:18 AM (g8Ew8)

77 Minneapolis Mayor and underrated austere constitutional scholar Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:18 AM (RHGPo)

78 77 Minneapolis Mayor and underrated austere constitutional scholar Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:18 AM (RHGPo)

Has he said Our precious Democracy ! yet ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:19 AM (VE6XX)

79 Oregon is going to clean up 800,000 registrations on its voter rolls because of a Judicial Watch lawsuit.

Nothing like 'reform' to keep the underlying system and process in place.

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 11:19 AM (rTiUi)

80 A federal law enforcement agency enforcing laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the president is unconstitutional.

The things you learn in Minnesota.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:19 AM (kgFPv)

81 29 I think the idea is to finally shame Roberts into doing his damn job - or admitting that he doesn't want to do his damn job.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

The only authority Roberts listens to is Boasberg.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)

82 Star Trek can't be communist because all of the people have something to eat, including the Tribbles.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (RHGPo)

83 You've been smoking dope if you think any of the power brokers in D.C. are going to meet with Trump to discuss how they can peacefully cede the power they've claimed.

Roberts is a shining example of the Peter Principle. One of GHWB's greatest errors was nominating him as chief justice, right up there with invading Iraq.

More and more I am coming to believe that we aren't voting our way out of this.

Posted by: p-squared at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (0prFs)

84 Legacy? Roberts has to reach up to shine Taney's shoes.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (jc0TO)

85 Minneapolis Mayor and underrated austere constitutional scholar Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.

Your FACE is unconstitutional!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

86 John Roberts is NEVER gonna change and he will hang onto that office like Diane Feinstein held onto the Senate and Mitch McConnell is holding on…. He’s a lifer they’ll have to wheel him out horizontally when he’s 95

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (xT8gx)

87
Minneapolis Mayor and underrated austere constitutional scholar Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.
Posted by: SMOD

I am surprised that he could find time to read it, what with all his crying jags.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (xG4kz)

88 64 You might be right, but I think it's also possible that since Roberts values the place of SCOTUS in our system and his place in history, he might finally get off his pasty, flabby ass.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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It's place in our system is that of a committee of dictators with armies of commissars - and his position within that system is that of the chief shot-caller. What's not to like?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:15 AM (GyQIQ)

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It's place in our system is that the other branches allow it to have power, power that the judiciary asserted without constitutional basis more than 200 years ago.

Once a president ignores a SCOTUS order brazenly, the whole edifice falls apart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO)

89 1. 3 out of 4 men at the top of the page are playing for the blue team.

2. The check on judicial abuse does not lie with the Chief Justice, but with Congress. The truth is that either of those is a lost cause.

3. The uniparty of democrats and RINOs will never let an impeachment of a federal judge get any traction.

4. The left is just waiting for Trump to defy a federal judge so that they can start impeachment proceedings against Trump, with the media screeching wildly that he is a tyrant and a criminal.

5. So what's a good plan to deal with this? I have no idea. It seems like we're boxed in by the communists.

Posted by: watchin at January 12, 2026 11:20 AM (5OUVk)

90 Trump would do well to meet with Roberts. He should bring a stout cudgel.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (HnqCj)

91 “GHWB's greatest errors was nominating him as chief justice, right up there with invading Iraq.”

Wrong Bush.
Baby Doc Bush gave us Roberts.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (kgFPv)

92 This is needed. These bad actors are undercutting our Constitution as you have stated in your post. They are upholding neither the spirit nor the letter of the law. They are effectively a Shadow government.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (pDt9x)

93 Nothing like 'reform' to keep the underlying system and process in place.
Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 11:19 AM

We need our own midget, even stumpier than theirs.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (jc0TO)

94 Roberts lost me when he allowed casinos to open but refused to allow churches to open during the COVID debacle. That's when I knew he had an agenda other than intellectual and constitutional justice.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (WmV84)

95 Need to involve Rubio.

Memes aside, it's typically the Secretary of State who handles discussions with foreign rulers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (JwNbV)

96 Trump would do well to meet with Roberts. He should bring a stout cudgel.

I'm a knout man, myself.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

97 85 Minneapolis Mayor and underrated austere constitutional scholar Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.

Your FACE is unconstitutional!
Posted by: Archimedes at January

Jacob Frey was a civil rights attorney. Whig can expound far more eloquently than me on why Frey’s behavior is par for the course. 😀

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:23 AM (Wmg4n)

98 Need to involve Rubio.

Memes aside, it's typically the Secretary of State who handles discussions with foreign rulers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:21 AM (JwNbV)
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Brutal statement. Well done.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:23 AM (GyQIQ)

99 History will be clear about who stood where.
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"The parties switched"

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 11:23 AM (B+PQY)

100 Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:17 AM (WDjG6)

Whig, everyone here pounds judicial review. What is your view of it?

In the absence of judicial review, what is to prevent Congress passing, and the President approving, laws that violate the Constitution?

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

101 68 Oregon is going to clean up 800,000 registrations on its voter rolls because of a Judicial Watch lawsuit.

When see it I do, believe it I will. -- Yoda

Or, if you prefer... Promises in the dark. -- Pat Benatar
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Every MVRA lawsuit regarding purging voter rolls succeeds because the law is so clear that states have to do it even Obama and Biden judges end up ordering it done lest an appeals court overrule them.

It is a mark of shame that the do nothing GOP types have not done these lawsuits but left them for private groups to do instead.

My conclusion long ago is that the GOPe cheats too using this pool of nonexistent/inactive voters in primaries. Very easy with today's computer records to activate an inactive voter for an election, insert the fake ballot, and then deactivate them in Dominion and Smartmatic administrator software for election administrators.

Also easy to discard or even change votes when the election supervisors are corrupt.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:23 AM (WDjG6)

102 Literally cant happen. Roberts would take the position that he could not participate as it would disqualify him from future controversies involving the issue. They insulate themselves from pressure by saying tbey cant express opinions unless there is a case or controversy that is briefed , argued and decisions written. They wont discuss how past cases may impact how they would rule on future cases as it my disqualify them on future case. Its not gonna happen, and even if it did, he is still going to do what he is doing now. You are NOT going to committee your way out of this. Nope. A flying car would cut down my commute, but that aint happening either. It exists. It could be done. It wont be.

Posted by: Obvs. at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (4c4AR)

103 Some fucking bitch tried to run him over with her car. What exactly, did you expect him to say? LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (Fbq7X)

104 You know, I'm okay with Kangaroo Courts if I am in charge of them.

Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (cYBz/)

Well, hop to it, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (8zz6B)

105 His last words to her could have used some work. Clearly he should have said "Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (uWKK8)

106 a Constitutional Summit Among Leaders of Government's Three Branches

Wherein Trump asks Roberts to locate Marbury vs. Madison in the Constitution.

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (rTiUi)

107 96 Trump would do well to meet with Roberts. He should bring a stout cudgel.

I'm a knout man, myself.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

The shillelagh of consequences rarely arrives lìomh.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (uEmCf)

108 It’s interesting how Baby Bush gave us both the disastrous Roberts but also Alito. His old man gave us both the amazing Thomas and also the piece of shit Souter.

Do they just throw darts?

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (kgFPv)

109 Trump would do well to meet with Roberts. He should bring a stout cudgel.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I knew it was you who posted this before I even read the nic.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

110
Renee Good's last words (only heard by her) were...

"Hey, I wonder why the people who urged me to do this never did it themselves...?"
Posted by: t-bird

Alternatively, "I guess that this was not the high honor they touted it to be."

** death rattle **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (xG4kz)

111 "Minneapolis Mayor and underrated austere constitutional scholar Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.
Posted by: SMOD"

Every time I see him it strongly reminds me of Canadian soy-boy Justin Trudeau, especially with all the taking a knee cowering. Has anybody ever seen them together. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Ripley at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (GUOwU)

112 Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

113 My bad, "Really??,"I slipped an extra H in there. It was the younger, dumber Bush that inflicted Roberts on the nation.

There are so many assholes from that family that it's hard to keep them straight sometimes.

Posted by: p-squared at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (0prFs)

114 29
‘ I think the idea is to finally shame Roberts into doing his damn job - or admitting that he doesn't want to do his damn job.’

Exactly, it’s putting pressure on Roberts. When there’s enough pressure on Roberts he finally acts. He does things to make pressure go away. That’s how he works.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (jbnUc)

115 I’ve called someone a fucking bitch when she cut me off changing lanes. Yeah when one tried to run me over it’ll be worse.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (kgFPv)

116 I just want a government that isn't under the control of people who have been to the island. Literally or figuratively.

Until that happens, the Constitution is null and void.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (dGCAG)

117 Holy cinematography, Batman!

Methodist Church Holds Class On How To Properly Film Immigration Officers

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

118 In the absence of judicial review, what is to prevent Congress passing, and the President approving, laws that violate the Constitution?

It was a tax!

Posted by: Obamacare at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (rTiUi)

119 6 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (NEdDJ)

If the Republicans hold on to the Senate, there won't even be an impeachment trial. Senate Majority Leader Schumer established that precedent with Mayorkas.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (GD2xa)

120 112 Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

I'd like to know that also...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (VE6XX)

121 Renee Good's last words (only heard by her) were...

*Rosebud*

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (cYBz/)

122 YOU DON’T SAY: Frey says ‘everybody could have done more to prevent fraud’ in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) commented on a recent fraud scandal in his state that has drawn national attention, saying, “You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals.”

You're the f***ing mayor of fraud central. I kind of think this is on you, not me. Also, what do you do if the entire community is guilty?

“Obviously, everybody could have done more to prevent fraud. And I think that’s a fair point to make. You do more to prevent fraud. And you look what he’s doing right now. He’s setting up a whole bunch of infrastructure to do that. And by the way, look, the fraud’s real. We’ve all got to acknowledge it,” Frey told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press,” referencing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D).

There's that "everybody" again. GFY. You were in charge. You and your gay buddy. Some of us acknowledged it from Day 1, but not you. Also, setting up a "whole bunch of infrastructure" is about the lamest response imaginable. The horse already left the barn and caught a plane to Brazil.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

123 Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)
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Because appointments are about politics and ideology, not whatever the technical purpose is. The nominee needs to advance the political and ideological agenda. If that's better served by foreigners, then they will be appointed. If that's better served by college professors, then they will be appointed. Etc.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (GyQIQ)

124 Good luck getting Roberts to impede the excesses of his own black-robed tribe

Posted by: Halfhand at January 12, 2026 11:27 AM (hkgCH)

125 Nobody elected these judges to tell the President how to govern the country.

Posted by: Case at January 12, 2026 11:27 AM (4rWc3)

126 112 Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

To ask the question is to answer it.

One giant flaw in our constitution is only making the president native born. It should be any position in the federal government. Down to the janitor.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:27 AM (kgFPv)

127 Ilhan Omar, fiscal conservative.

Ilhan Omar is mad that investigating fraud in Minnesota and enforcing immigration federal law is “wasting so much of our taxpayer resources.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:14 AM (L/fGl)

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That's Babylon Bee-Headline-Worthy Full&Retard right there ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 11:27 AM (W3ZWw)

128 82 Star Trek can't be communist because all of the people have something to eat, including the Tribbles, which are delicious with a nice cream sauce.

fixt

Posted by: anachronda at January 12, 2026 11:27 AM (v3pYe)

129 His last words to her could have used some work. Clearly he should have said "Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 11:24 AM (uWKK

LoL… thread winner, Tom

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:28 AM (xT8gx)

130 Justice Roberts has shown that he will not do this of his own accord.
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That's because it's his Civic duty.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 11:28 AM (B+PQY)

131 why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
——

Duh. Because they hate Americans. They don’t hate America, they don’t hate the dirt, they hate YOU

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Fbq7X)

132 Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

To hell with those who complain about how it sounds, this was not accidental, for people, not just judges, being put in power, who have no real loyalty to the U.S. of A.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 11:28 AM (dGCAG)

133
Renee Good's last words (only heard by her) were...

"Hey, I wonder why the people who urged me to do this never did it themselves...?"
Posted by: t-bird

You would think she and the people engaged in these ops would notice even the illegals ICE is going after (almost) never put up much of a fight or put themselves in danger.

Posted by: Ripley at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (GUOwU)

134 If the Republicans hold on to the Senate, there won't even be an impeachment trial. Senate Majority Leader Schumer established that precedent with Mayorkas.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (GD2xa)
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If/when we lose the House, Trump and most of his government will be impeached. If we lose the Senate, too, there is a chance - albeit a slim one - that they will also be removed. This will continue for years on end. Absent removal (which seems low-probability to me, at least for now), nobody will care.

If they can achieve removal, they will double-stroke it. They'll remove Trump, block Vance's new VP appointment (doesn't matter who it is), remove Vance and then install the Speaker as president.

Rules? Justification? LOL. We're in power mode now, and have been for some time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (GyQIQ)

135 It is a mark of shame that the do nothing GOP types have not done these lawsuits but left them for private groups to do instead.

Yep Whig, like Texas State Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, etc as an example.

Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (LHPAg)

136 Whig, everyone here pounds judicial review.

Not all of us.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

137 I’m not a fan of the summit idea… I’m not even sure all or any of the invitees would show up! I don’t have a solution myself but the nuclear option of just starting to ignore court orders is starting to look like the only way… I don’t like it, but when you’re dealing with committed ideologues afflicted with severe TDS I don’t know any other option will do anything
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:12 AM (xT8gx)

Agree. The SCOTUS will have to be forced to address this. The polite asking days are over.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops
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Agreed, on both points. But we shouldn't be naive. There are ways that this could go wrong, and it merits *very* careful thought.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (XeU6L)

138 Star Trek can't be communist because all of the people have something to eat, including the Tribbles.
Posted by: SMOD

Star Trek is a military dictatorship.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (L/fGl)

139 Unfortunately yes
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:10 AM (WmV84)

An absolutley accurate statement of fact, too. The judges would also have accepted "deranged c***".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:30 AM (8zz6B)

140 Posted by: Bulg
=
The Framers did not specifically mention judicial review in the Constitution because they did not agree themselves. But, before John Marshall, in a case called Hylton v. US, with two justices Paterson and Iredell, the Supreme Court held that a carriage tax was not a direct tax which was forbidden by the Constitution but instead an excise/luxury consumption tax. The seriatum opinions of Paterson and Iredell both support the concept of judicial review.

Paterson wrote a substantial portion of the Judiciary Act of 1789 as a Senator which set up the court and he later became a Supreme Court Justice. He was also at the Constitutional Convention as a delegate. Justice Iredell was at the NC ratification convention for the Constitution and a state high judge (NC was one of the states with judicial review in the state Constitution).

It is clear that almost all the delegates believed the Supremacy clause meant that Scotus and federal courts could stop states from encroaching and denying federal authority.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:30 AM (WDjG6)

141 Ilhan Omar Thrown Out of Minneapolis ICE Facility

She should count her lucky stars

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:30 AM (RHGPo)

142 37
‘ Are those even the words of the ICE agent who shot her ?

Unfortunately yes’

So, the hell what? She was one. And tried to kill him to boot.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

143 141 Ilhan Omar Thrown Out of Minneapolis ICE Facility

She should count her lucky stars
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:30 AM (RHGPo)

True.. They should have booked her...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:30 AM (VE6XX)

144 If the Republicans hold on to the Senate, there won't even be an impeachment trial. Senate Majority Leader Schumer established that precedent with Mayorkas.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (GD2xa)

Yeah, if the Dems take the House, there will be impeachment theater.

It won't be anything more than that, but that's what will happen.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (dGCAG)

145 You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals

Except Whitey. Right? Cocksucker

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (Fbq7X)

146 Star Trek can't be communist because all of the people have something to eat, including the Tribbles.
Posted by: SMOD

Star Trek is a military dictatorship.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Interesting that they violate the Prime Directive in almost every episode.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (cYBz/)

147 The Democrats fiddle, while America burns.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

148 134 Rules? Justification? LOL. We're in power mode now, and have been for some time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (GyQIQ)

Only the Left gets to be in Power Mode.

The Right has to Live Up to Its Own Book of Rules.

Alinsky Rule #4.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (uEmCf)

149 "Comedian" Wanda Sykes Calls for Insurrection at Golden Globes over Death of Rene Good

... that's more than Trump ever did

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

150 147 The Democrats fiddle, while America burns.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

And they've set it on fire...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (VE6XX)

151 ... Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) commented on a recent fraud scandal in his state that has drawn national attention, saying, “You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals.” ...
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
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Bold words for a racial communist who's entire ideology is based on collective punishment.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:32 AM (GyQIQ)

152 One giant flaw in our constitution is only making the president native born. It should be any position in the federal government. Down to the janitor.
Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:27 AM (kgFPv)
Let's put that in the form of a national vote. Should be the next Amendment.

Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 11:32 AM (LHPAg)

153 You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals

—

Exactly.

Just because 289,000 Somalians are criminals doesn’t mean the other 11,00 are as well.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:32 AM (kgFPv)

154 134 If/when we lose the House, Trump and most of his government will be impeached. If we lose the Senate, too, there is a chance - albeit a slim one - that they will also be removed. This will continue for years on end. Absent removal (which seems low-probability to me, at least for now), nobody will care.

If they can achieve removal, they will double-stroke it. They'll remove Trump, block Vance's new VP appointment (doesn't matter who it is), remove Vance and then install the Speaker as president.

Rules? Justification? LOL. We're in power mode now, and have been for some time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:29 AM (GyQIQ)

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Right after 1/6, when Trump was at his lowest politically and the Senate could have convicted him and removed him from politics forever.

They fell 10 votes short.

No, there's going to be no conviction.

There will be lots of Democrat failure theater and fundraising, though.

And ICE, which is fully funded through 2028, will keep deporting people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

155 Whatever happens, DC business as usual won’t cut it. There is a history to affirm that.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:32 AM (pDt9x)

156 >> In the absence of judicial review, what is to prevent Congress passing, and the President approving, laws that violate the Constitution?

IMO… the separation of powers construct in the constitution sets up a competition amongst the branches. That competition is healthy…. If Trump ignores court orders, Congress can impeach. If impeachment fails, Trump wins that round. If the executive and legislative branches team up to pass an “unconstitutional” law oh well… legislative branch is closest to the people. If the people don’t like it they’ll get voted out (I’m talking ideal right now as I’m not sure in reality elections are totally honest anymore)….. judges can makes their rulings but I don’t think the founders intended that a few people in black robes make all the final decisions

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:33 AM (xT8gx)

157 “You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals.” ...
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
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LOL... Hey Jacob... What about labeling ICE as killers ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:33 AM (VE6XX)

158 Holy cinematography, Batman!

Methodist Church Holds Class On How To Properly Film Immigration Officers
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM

Nice tax exemption youse got there. Be a shame if something was to happen to it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 11:33 AM (bFu5X)

159 No, there's going to be no conviction.

There will be lots of Democrat failure theater and fundraising, though.

And ICE, which is fully funded through 2028, will keep deporting people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
++++
This is my suspicion, too. I think impeachment - probably continuous impeachment - is guaranteed. I think removal is unlikely unless there's a very big shift in allegiances (such as they are, this really means "big shift in perceived or actual self-interest") in the Senate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (GyQIQ)

160 Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

“The president deserves
*20 second blank stare*
to have his nominees.”

~ Mitch “The Turtle” McConnell

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (vMhK6)

161 “You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals.” ...
Posted by: Archimedes

Except law abiding gun-owners.

Posted by: Ripley at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (GUOwU)

162 No standing!

Posted by: Hawai'ian Judge #7 at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (0sNs1)

163 Trump would do well to meet with Roberts. He should bring a stout cudgel.

I'm a knout man, myself.
****
Awww. Who doesn't like an engorged cudgel?

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (LdBR/)

164 LOL... Hey Jacob... What about labeling ICE as killers ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:33 AM (VE6XX)

(D)ifferent (R)ules

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (kgFPv)

165 @19 -- Perhaps there's a missing SARC tag here. No way any sentient being wrote that non-sarcastically.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (cWffP)

166 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) commented on a recent fraud scandal in his state that has drawn national attention, saying, “You do not hold an entire community, any community, accountable for the actions of individuals.”

...says the ideology that explicitly does just that.

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (rTiUi)

167
Not to sound like one of those 'nativists', but why did Biden nominate (and Senate approve) so many judges that weren't born in the U.S.?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

He wanted to create a rich burgoo of blended legal traditions, the majority of which had no basis in this country.

Remember, RBG was a huge fan of "international law", and she was not alone among the Dims.

On a related note, have you noticed that, quite frequently, fans of DEI and open borders cite having a diverse offering of restaurants and cuisines as a prime benefit for allowing their destructive policies to be implemented? "America is a food desert when it comes to its pallid menu!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

168 Renee Good wasn't good and isn't a martyr. Her girlfriend (she had no "wife"--women only have husbands and/or girlfriends) should be charged with felonies for her role in Good's death.

I'd like to see Trump's federal officers lay a series of traps for those crews who spend the day following and impeding ICE. Send out a "bait car" that is clearly ICE, drive for several miles to give the impeding forces time to respond and follow, and then drive into the old west equivalent of a "box canyon" filled with federal officers. Arrest every single occupant of every single impeding/following crew. It doesn't matter whether the charges "stick". What matters is providing a "FO" to the "FA", which involves arrest, fingerprints, booking, court hearing(s), etc.

Run a series of those maneuvers and let's see what attendance looks like for future ICE runs.

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:35 AM (TN0g+)

169 @19 -- Perhaps there's a missing SARC tag here. No way any sentient being wrote that non-sarcastically.

Tribe has long since ceased to be sentient. He's a robot, an automaton.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

170 Ever notice that democrats never have much trouble appointing judges, but with rebulicans it’s like pulling teeth?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (eqMW0)

171 Remember, RBG was a huge fan of "international law", and she was not alone among the Dims.
....
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

If we're subject to another nation's laws, we're subject to that nation.

If we're subject to a hodge-podge of other nations' laws, we're subject to whoever is selecting for the hodge-podge.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (JwNbV)

172 144 Yeah, if the Dems take the House, there will be impeachment theater.

It won't be anything more than that, but that's what will happen.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (dGCAG)

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Any majority is bound to be quite small.

It will be an excuse to not do much beyond subcommittees that drag on for months and then an impeachment vote that probably gets whipped and passed.

It will include a long list of offenses both great and small, and the Senate will end it quickly with an acquittal. I'd be surprised if there's a majority for conviction next year, but no matter what it won't be close to 2/3.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

173 You know, I am thinking the distaste for Trump from Roberts and ACB is that they view themselves as the inteligencia. And they are, these are very intelligent people. Trump is also extremely intelligent. He is just course and the upper crust inteligencia look down their noses and miss the genius as a result. All they see is course. Imagine living like this. I mean Trump has the pieces of paper from all the right schools behind him. But he isn’t refined. Imagine the number of genius people you would just pass by because you don’t find them polished enough. Heck, imagine the really good people you would miss out on for the same reason.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (Wmg4n)

174 Interesting that they violate the Prime Directive in almost every episode.

Posted by: Tonypete
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For some reason, Asimov's laws for robots just came to mind:
"A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (XeU6L)

175 I keep saying, these clown judges are not issuing injunctions.

They are issuing illegal writs of mandamus.

And it is an embarrassment to the self-proclaimed intelligence* of the judiciary that they continue to treat them as injunctions.

"But, but, but!! It uses all the right incantations and says all the proper words of an 'injunction.'"

Ordering the President to spend money is a writ of mandamus.
Ordering the President not to spend money is an injunction.

It is not a clever trick to disguise it with "but we're ordering him not to not spend the money, see."

* I am being generous. I know and they know what they are doing. It's not stupidity--it's willful and malicious feigned ignorance.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (HXT0k)

176 On a related note, have you noticed that, quite frequently, fans of DEI and open borders cite having a diverse offering of restaurants and cuisines as a prime benefit for allowing their destructive policies to be implemented? "America is a food desert when it comes to its pallid menu!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

Piers Morgan famously said that about the UK. Paraphrasing he said he’s fine with UK culture being erased because there are so many great restaurants in London to choose from.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:37 AM (kgFPv)

177 159 This is my suspicion, too. I think impeachment - probably continuous impeachment - is guaranteed. I think removal is unlikely unless there's a very big shift in allegiances (such as they are, this really means "big shift in perceived or actual self-interest") in the Senate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:34 AM (GyQIQ)

=======

I'm actually 50/50 on a couple of outcomes.

One of them is impeachment (without conviction). The other is Jeffries saying "Trump is gone in two years anyway, this is a waste of time. Vance is the true Hitler now."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:37 AM (GBKbO)

178 "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law."
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I'm on it!
- Elon Musk

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:38 AM (cYBz/)

179 The president and his administration have been remarkably restrained truth be told. He is providing ample opportunity for the miscreants and usual suspects to straighten up and fly right, do their jobs as required by legislation. He has a great many tools in the toolbox he can deploy, some of them not used in living memory. Perfectly lawful and necessary, then and now. Should be interesting.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Fbq7X)

180 He's Jake F*cking Tapper! He can do whatever he wants!

Kristi Noem Blasts Jake Tapper Over Minneapolis ICE Shooting: “You Don’t Get to Change the Facts”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

181 168 "providing a FO to the FA which involves fingerprints, booking, court hearings". And the dungeons where Jan 6 tourists languished for months on end. Maybe throw in some jailhouse beatings and rape.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 12, 2026 11:39 AM (gm9Sb)

182 I am afraid that the DC side businesses that the Pols are always engaged in has contributed greatly to the situation we are in. Government by the Highest Bidder does not really take us Plebes into account, does it??

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:39 AM (pDt9x)

183 I'll say it again, Roberts is good friends with Norm Eisen, one of the leaders of the get Trump group.

He's not weak or stupid. He's on the other side.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:39 AM (viF8m)

184 ... He is just course and the upper crust inteligencia look down their noses and miss the genius as a result. All they see is course. Imagine living like this. I mean Trump has the pieces of paper from all the right schools behind him. But he isn’t refined. Imagine the number of genius people you would just pass by because you don’t find them polished enough. Heck, imagine the really good people you would miss out on for the same reason.
Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (Wmg4n)
++++
Self-described "intellectuals" have tremendous class arrogance, but I don't think it's even Trump's coarseness or position as a smart, rich, powerful guy who is not "in the club" that makes them hate him so. That's certainly a factor, but if he was willing to bow to their superiority and continue enriching them with wealth, power and immunity, they'd put up with him. There's a boor at every party and they can shrug it off.

That he's *hurting* them is the real problem - and the thought process easily shifts to "and he's hurting us because he's a boor," at least for the stupider among them. The midwits hate him because he's a boor. The actual smart people hate him because he's dangerous.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (GyQIQ)

185 Trump Says 'You'll Find Out Pretty Soon' What He'll Do for Iranian Protestors

https://is.gd/w5WSLx

He should get a move on, but no boots on the ground.

The author thinks there are Mossad and other sniper-type folks already on the ground, and assisting with "removal" of the IRGC cadres. I hope so. Send the Iranian masses lots of rifles.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

186 I am afraid that the DC side businesses that the Pols are always engaged in has contributed greatly to the situation we are in. Government by the Highest Bidder does not really take us Plebes into account, does it??
Posted by: tubal

It's not suppose to - by design.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (cYBz/)

187 180 He's Jake F*cking Tapper! He can do whatever he wants!

Kristi Noem Blasts Jake Tapper Over Minneapolis ICE Shooting: “You Don’t Get to Change the Facts”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

If you have no clue at all what is happening anywhere, ever, then nothing you say can technically be called a lie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (JwNbV)

188 The other is Jeffries saying "Trump is gone in two years anyway, this is a waste of time. Vance is the true Hitler now."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Vance will be Hitler sometime in early ‘28. The left is good at doing 180s like that and their NPCs get the update instantly. 2027 will still be Trump is Hitler territory.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (kgFPv)

189 I love how the dems are demanding an "independent" investigation of the ICE shooting... How many different angles and recordings have we seen ? Pretty cut and dried...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (VE6XX)

190 To continue, Hylton v. US in 1796 is important because it is actually the first case where Scotus ruled on the constitutionality of a federal tax on the basis of teh Constitution. And assuredly Paterson's opinion in the case is truly an Originalist decision.

It is not and should not be controversial about federal courts overriding the states using judicial review as the Supremacy clause makes that clear. Where the controversy becomes heated is the federal government's powers are enumerated and the states are not in the Constitution. So how broadly do we read the Constitution in light of the 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and the few mentions in other amendments like the 21st? That is a very different matter than judicial review of the other branches.

It is instructive to see that between Marbury v. Madison and Dred Scott, that Scotus did not declare any federal laws unconstitutional. Between the 1860's until the present, Scotus and federal courts have declared more and more federal laws unconstitutional.

This should be distinct from many of the Resistance judge rulings on administrative actions that instead rely on statutory interpretation.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (WDjG6)

191 One of them is impeachment (without conviction). The other is Jeffries saying "Trump is gone in two years anyway, this is a waste of time. Vance is the true Hitler now."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
++++
:: lays down wager ::

If they take the House (likely), they will impeach at least twice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (GyQIQ)

192 I'm on it!
- Elon Musk

Posted by: Tonypete
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Us, no so much...

Posted by: Boston Dynamics at January 12, 2026 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

193 Checks and balances only work if there is balance. The tyrants in black robes need to be put in check.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 12, 2026 11:41 AM (xcxpd)

194 Holy cinematography, Batman!

Methodist Church Holds Class On How To Properly Film Immigration Officers
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

Well, to begin with, you're going to need a movie camera. Prolly find a nice Kodak Super Eight at Goodwill.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:41 AM (8zz6B)

195 Piers Morgan famously said that about the UK. Paraphrasing he said he’s fine with UK culture being erased because there are so many great restaurants in London to choose from.
Posted by: Really??

'English cuisine' must be so awful that Piers would rather English culture be wiped out of existence in a generation than give up on curried chicken. Or maybe, you know, train some chefs in the dark arts of cooking curried chicken.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)

196 This brunette volunteers to be the stewardess on the flight to the summit:
http://tiny.cc/cwjx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GyQIQ)

197 191 :: lays down wager ::

If they take the House (likely), they will impeach at least twice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (GyQIQ)

=======

I'm mostly just looking forward to the 2 straight years of Democrat presidential hopefuls running on, "Open borders, amnesty for all, and repatriation of everyone deported plus citizenship."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

198 The military is a great way to experience up close and personal every permutation and combination of smarts, aptitude, attitude, competence intelligence, education drive, and the rest of it. Stereotypes are common for a reason, but I saw them utterly broken all the time.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (Fbq7X)

199 I mean Trump has the pieces of paper from all the right schools behind him. But he isn’t refined. Imagine the number of genius people you would just pass by because you don’t find them polished enough. Heck, imagine the really good people you would miss out on for the same reason.
Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:36 AM (Wmg4n)

This is NOT why they hate Trump… not by a long shot. They hate him for what he does and spoiling their party and taking their power. The stylistic stuff is just an excuse

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (xT8gx)

200 Methodist Church Holds Class On How To Properly Film Immigration Officers
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We're all about proper Methods in our church. It's in the name!
-Methodists

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (Dv3i1)

201 Impeachment Hat Trick memes will be cool when he’s impeached a 3rd time. Maybe I’ll buy the t shirt.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:43 AM (kgFPv)

202 191 One of them is impeachment (without conviction). The other is Jeffries saying "Trump is gone in two years anyway, this is a waste of time. Vance is the true Hitler now."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
++++
:: lays down wager ::

If they take the House (likely), they will impeach at least twice.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:40 AM (GyQIQ)

The true effect will be an even more complete, if that is possible, domination of the news cycles by Impeachment Theater. This could be an opportunity for Trump, rather than an impediment.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:43 AM (pDt9x)

203 I don't think it's likely Democrats will take the House. At best it's a 50-50 race with the economy about to start taking off.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:43 AM (viF8m)

204 To fully answer the question of judicial review is yes, I think it is warranted regardless of the disingenous Marbury v. Madison but it is a power that should be used rarely by Scotus (even Marshall agreed and did not apply it again). Lower courts, to be able to declare a law unconstitutional should be required to sit in panels in district courts with direct appeals (not writs of cert) and bypassing the Courts of Appeal. This was actually the law prior to 1976 which tended to avoid district court judges playing YOLO. Right now, that only applies to judicial redistricting decisions but the law should be returned to the broader context.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:44 AM (WDjG6)

205 I'm taking the super duper long shot bet that if the democrats get a majority of the house, there will be massive defections from their party to the Rs and it'll be Charlie Foxtrot all the way around.

The odds aren't good. But the goods aren't good, either.

I still have a crazy hunch, though, based on the "What's the stupidest thing that could possibly happen" method.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:44 AM (JwNbV)

206 You know, I am thinking the distaste for Trump from Roberts and ACB is that they view themselves as the inteligencia. And they are, these are very intelligent people. Trump is also extremely intelligent. He is just course and the upper crust inteligencia look down their noses and miss the genius as a result. All they see is course. Imagine living like this. I mean Trump has the pieces of paper from all the right schools behind him. But he isn’t refined. Imagine the number of genius people you would just pass by because you don’t find them polished enough. Heck, imagine the really good people you would miss out on for the same reason.
Posted by: Piper
==
Tribalism. Its a thing. I had this convo with the wife on Sat. I am from the South and moved north met her married and lived North for 35 years. I have relatives that are from far south. They say Y'all. People where i live now think people who talk like that are stupid. Or at least not as smart as they are. Hard no. There are plenty of smart people who say yall. But they northerns dont consciously do it, but it is right there all the time. She also noted that there are groups, schools, clubs, which people belong to,

Posted by: Obvs. at January 12, 2026 11:44 AM (4c4AR)

207 Never lose track of the FACT that Adam Kinzinger became a NeverTrumper only AFTER Pres. Trump told him that his 5 years of active duty in the Air Force and 15 years in the Wisc. ANG, during which he advanced to the rank of Lt. Col, and flew tankers and other heavy aircraft, was not a resume that would make him Secretary of the Air Force.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

208 198 I told a friend's grandson that I never met so many fine people and so many true assholes than when I was in the Corps. And when things got to the nitty gritty they were all Marines.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (gm9Sb)

209 This brunette volunteers to be the stewardess on the flight to the summit:
http://tiny.cc/cwjx001

She's stunning, but she needs a cigarette and a flaming picture of Khamenei.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

210
Star Trek is a space bureaucracy butting its nose into places where it is neither wanted nor was asked to be there and then practicing cultural imperialism whenever its nose gets out of joint by local practices of other races. STNG is the worst in that respect.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (xG4kz)

211 197 I'm mostly just looking forward to the 2 straight years of Democrat presidential hopefuls running on, "Open borders, amnesty for all, and repatriation of everyone deported plus citizenship."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

Don't forget Forced Energy Scarcity and Banning the Internal Combustion Engine.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

212 203 I don't think it's likely Democrats will take the House. At best it's a 50-50 race with the economy about to start taking off.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:43 AM (viF8m)

Maybe. You’ve got idiot Zach Nunn here in central IA voting to restore the Covid era ACA subsidies. His reason: “I said I’d work to lower health care costs.”

Never doubt the GOPs ability to go full retard.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (vMhK6)

213 I am proposing is neither sanctioned by the Constitution nor prohibited
Posted by: Buck

These are the dilemmas which prove the Constitution was well written.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 12, 2026 11:46 AM (k9/y/)

214 211 197 I'm mostly just looking forward to the 2 straight years of Democrat presidential hopefuls running on, "Open borders, amnesty for all, and repatriation of everyone deported plus citizenship."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

Don't forget Forced Energy Scarcity and Banning the Internal Combustion Engine.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

Kill the Normies is an odd political slogan, isn’t it??

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:46 AM (pDt9x)

215 [Fortunate Son plays in the background]

Danish PM: Greenland Showdown at “Decisive Moment”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:46 AM (L/fGl)

216 The real reason Kinzinger couldn't get further into the chain of command is because he had a Grindr profile. Any cute Chinese boy could immediately become his handler for the CCP.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (gKWVE)

217 196 This brunette volunteers to be the stewardess on the flight to the summit:
http://tiny.cc/cwjx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GyQIQ)

Great face, great legs

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (xcxpd)

218 Never lose track of the FACT that Adam Kinzinger became a NeverTrumper only AFTER Pres. Trump told him that his 5 years of active duty in the Air Force and 15 years in the Wisc. ANG, during which he advanced to the rank of Lt. Col, and flew tankers and other heavy aircraft, was not a resume that would make him Secretary of the Air Force.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

I did not know that. What a waste of a respectable service career.

Posted by: pookysgirl respects tankers at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (Wt5PA)

219 Regarding judicial interpretation of federal laws, etc. we are stuck with courts being able to do that. The problem here is the judges, not the process. Leftist lawyers and judges simply view the law as a political process to get what they want. The judges on the right are mainly restraint type judges, so you get the ratchet effect.

Ultimately, as long as Scotus is of the right, a lot of these misinterpretations of the law will be corrected. Some will not. And the matter of injunctions being abused is specifically something that Congress and Scotus can fix. Scotus by the means of summary reversal of lower court decisions contrary to the law. Congress by fixing the laws so that appellate courts do most of the work by overturning willy nilly injunctions, stays, etc. that are contrary to good government.

Those are legal problems, not constitutional ones.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (WDjG6)

220 Any cute Chinese boy could immediately become his handler for the CCP.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (gKWVE)

Ewww phrasing eeeewwwwwwwwww

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (JwNbV)

221 Maybe. You’ve got idiot Zach Nunn here in central IA voting to restore the Covid era ACA subsidies. His reason: “I said I’d work to lower health care costs.”
_____

Ever larger subsidies paid by the taxpayers doesn't lower health care costs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (Dv3i1)

222 Belong to that gives them q sense of superiority. And if you are in that club you are as smart as tbey are. She basically became a doctor because some ahole kid sh3 worked with at a summer job said she wasnt as smart as him because she didnt go to an exclusive high school. She the crushed her Act aand Sat and waived under his nose. People want badges, and membership cards for the cache.

Posted by: Obvs. at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (4c4AR)

223
Danish PM: Greenland Showdown at “Decisive Moment”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:46 AM (L/fGl)

I guess the Euroweenies are threatening to send troops to protect Greenland.. From Trump... Interesting times we live in...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (VE6XX)

224
STNG is the worst in that respect.

And having a robot Pinocchio does not expiate those sins. Wesley Crusher actually exacerbates them.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (xG4kz)

225 211 197 I'm mostly just looking forward to the 2 straight years of Democrat presidential hopefuls running on, "Open borders, amnesty for all, and repatriation of everyone deported plus citizenship."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

Don't forget Forced Energy Scarcity and Banning the Internal Combustion Engine.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

=====

I don't think there's going to be a bigger issue on the left than bringing back everyone deported.

It'll be bigger than taxpayer funded sex change operations for illegal immigrants in prison, the issue that Kamala started her campaign with in 2020.

Not even prosecuting Trump will be as big.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (GBKbO)

226
Maybe. You’ve got idiot Zach Nunn here in central IA voting to restore the Covid era ACA subsidies. His reason: “I said I’d work to lower health care costs.”

Politicians should not have names like Zach. They should be something serious, like Sumner, Abraham, or George.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

227 Interesting that they violate the Prime Directive in almost every episode.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:31 AM (cYBz/)
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Very Old Testament.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (RIvkX)

228 Ewww phrasing eeeewwwwwwwwww
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I'm with him.

Posted by: Hunter "No Yellow" Biden at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (gKWVE)

229 The actual smart people hate him because he's dangerous.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12

He should announce tomorrow he has seen the errors of his ways and is returning back to his Democrat roots. And keep doing what he is doing. Maybe say something sort of leftish no one over here cares about, really. I mean Trump is no social conservative, it can’t be that hard. It would be pretty funny.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (Wmg4n)

230 Tribalism != Tribadism

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (xcxpd)

231 Holy cinematography, Batman!

Methodist Church Holds Class On How To Properly Film Immigration Officers
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

Evoke their tax exempt status. NOW. Sell the property.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (5xuJ/)

232 226
Maybe. You’ve got idiot Zach Nunn here in central IA voting to restore the Covid era ACA subsidies. His reason: “I said I’d work to lower health care costs.”

Politicians should not have names like Zach. They should be something serious, like Sumner, Abraham, or George.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

Xerxes has gravitas.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)

233 Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (vMhK6)

I didn't know you were a fellow Hawkeye.

Posted by: pookysgirl is gettng put all kinds of knowledge at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (Wt5PA)

234 Run a series of those maneuvers and let's see what attendance looks like for future ICE runs.
Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:35 AM (TN0g+)

Box canyons draw lesbians like shit draws flies...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (8zz6B)

235 I guess the Euroweenies are threatening to send troops to protect Greenland.. From Trump... Interesting times we live in...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (VE6XX)

LOL.

"Maybe send some troops to defend Greenland, Denmark, it's a sitting duck."

"F*&# You."

"Or.... maybe we just buy it all off you wholesale, and invade if you refuse?"

"OK, that's it, we're sending troops to Greenland, asshole!"

".... Thanks?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:50 AM (JwNbV)

236 218 I did not know that. What a waste of a respectable service career.
Posted by: pookysgirl respects tankers at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (Wt5PA)

If there's one thing Trump learned (and everyone else should have learned) from his first term, it's that you can't trust anyone, not even someone who presents themselves as a stone cold killing machine (Hi there, James Mattis).

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:50 AM (uEmCf)

237
Politicians should not have names like Zach. They should be something serious, like Sumner, Abraham, or George.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

Saxby Chambliss

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:50 AM (kgFPv)

238 Maybe. You’ve got idiot Zach Nunn here in central IA voting to restore the Covid era ACA subsidies. His reason: “I said I’d work to lower health care costs.”

Never doubt the GOPs ability to go full retard.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
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Narrow majorities and the existence of the overused filibuster in the Senate have essentially prevented reform of the system. We should never overlook that voters resent having their bit of port taken back and have generally become comfortable with government health care as a statutory right. That is what you are seeing in these show votes, a Rep votes for something that the Senate has filibustered with no signs that the votes are there to overcome it. Thus failure theater.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:50 AM (WDjG6)

239 I didn't know you were a fellow Hawkeye.
Posted by: pookysgirl is gettng put all kinds of knowledge at January 12, 2026 11:49 AM (Wt5PA)

Indeed. 2 points: 1) transplant from WI. 2) I’d prefer cyclone, not Hawkeye. But let’s not burn the thread over that. :-D

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (vMhK6)

240 Never doubt the GOPs ability to go full retard.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 11:45 AM (vMhK6)

This is a message I can get behind

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (/6GbT)

241 Midterms do not matter in this cycle. Remember that, as people start freaking out in the coming months.if they win big, then yes, Dems will go crazy and pass a bunch of crazy shit Trump has to veto. Yes, they will repeatedly and pointlessly impeach him. The next impeachment will begin as soon as the current one is wrapped up.

None of that matters.

Look at the situation as it currently stands. The Republicans are dragging their feet and refusing to move Trump’s agenda, just like last time. They're planning another mass retirement, just like last time.

Unlike last time, Trump isn't bothering to consult with them. He's doing everything with pens and phones. A GOP Congress is less of a hindrance than a Dem one, but no more help. In this Presidency, Congress may as well not exist. It's all between him and the Courts, and no grand reshuffling of cucks changes the fundamentals.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (HnqCj)

242 >>Never doubt the GOPs ability to go full retard.

Absolutely. But I'm not seeing Democrats cover themselves with glory either. Then there's the small matter of redistricting in red states, finally, to match Democrats gerrymandering.

Gas prices are going down, interest rates are going down, taxes are going down, wages are up, illegals are going home and on and on. There are a shitload of things breaking for Republicans even if they don't deserve all of them and the exposure of massive fraud by Democrats is just starting to be exposed along with their fake, illegal voters. And Elon is going to be writing a lot of checks.

Applying old rules to the current situation is irrelevant. We are in uncharted territory politically. If the economy takes off the way the Trump economic team is predicting the Republicans are going to have a huge wave to surf.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (viF8m)

243 168 Run a series of those maneuvers and let's see what attendance looks like for future ICE runs.

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:35 AM (TN0g+)

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People fucking with ICE in Minneapolis and crossing any line are having their cars fucked up (windows broken into by federal law enforcement when those inside don't comply, or cars straight up crashing because they're being driven by terrible drivers trying to keep up), and then the people are being arrested. The cars are probably being impounded and then marked to be sold at auction.

Leaving the arrested idiots with loan payments on cars they can't get back. Also, they're facing at least a few months in jail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (GBKbO)

244 Hi, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

245 The Danes have their Special Forces troops (very good from what I've heard) patrolling the remote areas of Greenland in four man teams. Possibly up to six of these teams at any given time. Now, a Marine Expeditionary Unit....

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (gm9Sb)

246 Politicians should not have names like Zach. They should be something serious, like Sumner, Abraham, or George.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

Xerxes has gravitas.

Ooooo, excellent, That would also open up Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes for consideration.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

247 Republicans will retain the House if they don't give it away with a bunch of payoff retirements... I mean, spending time with their families, spending time with their families!

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 11:52 AM (B+PQY)

248 I'm mostly just looking forward to the 2 straight years of Democrat presidential hopefuls running on, "Open borders, amnesty for all, and repatriation of everyone deported plus citizenship."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Don't forget Forced Energy Scarcity and Banning the Internal Combustion Engine.
Posted by: XTC

And "Bring Back Venezuela's dictator!"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:52 AM (u/kd+)

249 You always have to assume there will be between 5 and 10 turncoat RINOs in the house. A majority with less than 10 a not a real majority for the gop.

For Dems a 1 seat majority is usually good enough to pass whatever they want.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:53 AM (kgFPv)

250 Of all the historical names, it's surprising there aren't more people throughout history named Gilgamesh.

Just the one, that I can think of.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:53 AM (JwNbV)

251 Oh and despite many saying the DOJ is doing nothing they won a hugely important case on voter roles in Connecticut last Friday. That has implications for over 20 Dem states that are refusing to turn them over.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:53 AM (viF8m)

252 248 And "Bring Back Venezuela's dictator!"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:52 AM (u/kd+)

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The radicalization of the Democrat Party's primary electorate is really bad.

Driving out all the working class men has an effect.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

253 The GOP does not want their sweet sweet wheeling and DEALING interfered is my take on their opposition to Trump. Plain old Venality.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 11:53 AM (pDt9x)

254 That is what you are seeing in these show votes, a Rep votes for something that the Senate has filibustered with no signs that the votes are there to overcome it. Thus failure theater.
Posted by: whig

If we're going to have failure theater, it should at least be theater. Dump the "cloture" vote b/s and force Senators to speak before a vote. A filibuster the old fashioned way. Then we can have the theater of Patty Murray or whatever low IQ genius the Dems want to put out there (equipped with catheter!) to explain why they are retarded for 24 hrs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (Dv3i1)

255 This brunette volunteers to be the stewardess on the flight to the summit:
http://tiny.cc/cwjx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:42 AM (GyQIQ)

Great face, great legs
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 12, 2026 11:47 AM (xcxpd)

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She looks like the actress who played Daisy / Skye in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, Chloe Bennet.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (aD1W/)

256 The Danes have their Special Forces troops (very good from what I've heard) patrolling the remote areas of Greenland in four man teams. Possibly up to six of these teams at any given time. Now, a Marine Expeditionary Unit....
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Freezing their nutsacks off while Trump has zero plans for boots on the ground. LOFL

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (u/kd+)

257 Applying old rules to the current situation is irrelevant. We are in uncharted territory politically. If the economy takes off the way the Trump economic team is predicting the Republicans are going to have a huge wave to surf.
==
Events dear boy, events.

Posted by: Wuhan Labs at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (4c4AR)

258 People fucking with ICE in Minneapolis and crossing any line are having their cars fucked up (windows broken into by federal law enforcement when those inside don't comply, or cars straight up crashing because they're being driven by terrible drivers trying to keep up), and then the people are being arrested. The cars are probably being impounded and then marked to be sold at auction.

Leaving the arrested idiots with loan payments on cars they can't get back. Also, they're facing at least a few months in jail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeahbut once again, only impacting the front line troops. This by itself doesn't affect the leadership and higher ups.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (cYBz/)

259 Nobody in the GOP wants to run the system.

They just want to be in the system.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (JwNbV)

260 Of all the historical names, it's surprising there aren't more people throughout history named Gilgamesh.

Just the one, that I can think of.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Same with Utnapishtim.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ)

261
And "Bring Back Venezuela's dictator!"
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:52 AM (u/kd+)

My town here in NorCal had a "protest" march for the dead Karen and some of the signs other than ICE out were "Hands off Venezuela."

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (VE6XX)

262
By all means, Euroweenies, insert your armed forces into Greeenland. Then let us know how they fared when the U.S. imposed a total blockade of anything going into or out of Greenland immediately afterward.

Don't you eat that yellow snow!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (xG4kz)

263 207
Since Kinzinger turned out to be a turncoat piece of shit I’d say Trump demonstrated damn near clairvoyant insight.
Much more so than anyone championing still Kinzinger

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 11:55 AM (jbnUc)

264 A nice hopeful thread.

197. I'm mostly just looking forward to the 2 straight years of Democrat presidential hopefuls running on, "Open borders, amnesty for all, and repatriation of everyone deported plus citizenship."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"The federal government’s recklessness" a very broad brush.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 12, 2026 11:55 AM (NFX2v)

265 Then we can have the theater of Patty Murray or whatever low IQ genius the Dems want to put out there (equipped with catheter!) to explain why they are retarded for 24 hrs.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (Dv3i1)

Fucking spaz would wheel a 36" double hung Andersen out on a little display cart just to lick it for a couple hours.

Good luck with that one, stenographer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:56 AM (JwNbV)

266 Box canyons wouldn't slow the Karen Intifada.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Y1sOo)

267 258 Yeahbut once again, only impacting the front line troops. This by itself doesn't affect the leadership and higher ups.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (cYBz/)

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Trump said himself this weekend that an investigation of the ICE tracking orgs is happening.

Also...can frontline troops grow when everyone who does it gets arrested?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:56 AM (GBKbO)

268 Indeed. 2 points: 1) transplant from WI. 2) I’d prefer cyclone, not Hawkeye. But let’s not burn the thread over that. :-D
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (vMhK6)

Heh, you're lucky I'm not my brother, who is more diehard Hawkeye than I am and *would* burn the thread down (probably while singing "In heaven there is no beeeeeer...").

Posted by: pookysgirl drinks it here at January 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Wt5PA)

269 I don't think there's going to be a bigger issue on the left than bringing back everyone deported.

It'll be bigger than taxpayer funded sex change operations for illegal immigrants in prison, the issue that Kamala started her campaign with in 2020.

Not even prosecuting Trump will be as big.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't think that the left has enough umph to force pols to walk that plank unless they want 40 years in the wilderness. Even in Euroland, the end of mass migration era is coming whether the current pols like it or not and ditto for the WEF types.

The Greenies and the immigrants on welfare have destroyed government revenues by their greenie no carbon and deindustrialization idiocies while the immigrants have sucked up so much welfare spending that every Euro government is facing austerity and those new immigrants are going to bear the brunt of blame for everyone's happy fun bennies being cut to the bone.

Globo Homo is dying because of its internal contradictions. You cannot have a welfare state with no revenues and jobs. I think the future will be more nationalistic, more assimilation or deportation, and a return to a more traditional society.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (WDjG6)

270 Reporter tried to calmly ask some white liberal women in Minnesota some questions about immigration.

It went how you’d imagine.

https://x.com/i/status/2010122838553047251

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

271 259 Nobody in the GOP wants to run the system.

They just want to be in the system.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (JwNbV)

They're barnacles that just want to feed off the microplankton that the Democrat Ship of State trawls through.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)

272 They're barnacles that just want to feed off the microplankton that the Democrat Ship of State trawls through.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)

Barnacles on the ass-fin of Leviathan.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 11:58 AM (JwNbV)

273 Good thing he's grateful because we don't want no pissed off zombies around here.

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Founding Member, Dies at 78

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:58 AM (L/fGl)

274 Trump wanted defense in Greenland, guess what?

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 12, 2026 11:58 AM (cS1cw)

275 269 I don't think that the left has enough umph to force pols to walk that plank unless they want 40 years in the wilderness. Even in Euroland, the end of mass migration era is coming whether the current pols like it or not and ditto for the WEF types.

The Greenies and the immigrants on welfare have destroyed government revenues by their greenie no carbon and deindustrialization idiocies while the immigrants have sucked up so much welfare spending that every Euro government is facing austerity and those new immigrants are going to bear the brunt of blame for everyone's happy fun bennies being cut to the bone.

Globo Homo is dying because of its internal contradictions. You cannot have a welfare state with no revenues and jobs. I think the future will be more nationalistic, more assimilation or deportation, and a return to a more traditional society.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (WDjG6)

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I invite you to look up the Italian Democrat Party.

They have been pushed further and further into the wilderness for the past 15 years.

And they will not ease up on open borders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 11:59 AM (GBKbO)

276 I don't think that the left has enough umph to force pols to walk that plank unless they want 40 years in the wilderness. Even in Euroland, the end of mass migration era is coming whether the current pols like it or not and ditto for the WEF types.

Agree, but apparently the EU and WEF weenies are REALLLLY slow learners.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

277 Hi, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

Herro! We're slowly clawing our way back to normalcy over here.

Posted by: pookysgirl still needs a nap at January 12, 2026 11:59 AM (Wt5PA)

278
114 29
‘ I think the idea is to finally shame Roberts into doing his damn job - or admitting that he doesn't want to do his damn job.’

Exactly, it’s putting pressure on Roberts. When there’s enough pressure on Roberts he finally acts. He does things to make pressure go away. That’s how he works.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 11:25 AM (jbnUc)

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Where is the pressure going to come from? Not from a conference he'll never attend. Elsewhere.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (QOikT)

279 269

Globo Homo is dying because of its internal contradictions. You cannot have a welfare state with no revenues and jobs. I think the future will be more nationalistic, more assimilation or deportation, and a return to a more traditional society.
Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (WDjG6)

I think you nailed it. A bridge too far is what I see, based on the hubris of the masterminds behind these movements. An analogy is never invade Russia in the winter, because being able to do so does not mean you should.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (pDt9x)

280 274 Trump wanted defense in Greenland, guess what?
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 12, 2026 11:58 AM (cS1cw

Nice catch

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (VE6XX)

281 They're barnacles that just want to feed off the microplankton that the Democrat Ship of State trawls through.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)

Barnacles on the ass-fin of Leviathan.

So we're just ignoring the red tide of liberalism?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

282 Herro! We're slowly clawing our way back to normalcy over here.
Posted by: pookysgirl

Good to hear. Hang in there.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

283 Yeahbut once again, only impacting the front line troops. This by itself doesn't affect the leadership and higher ups.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM (cYBz/)

Probably does reduce the pool of willing cannon fodder, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (8zz6B)

284 Heh, you're lucky I'm not my brother, who is more diehard Hawkeye than I am and *would* burn the thread down (probably while singing "In heaven there is no beeeeeer...").
Posted by: pookysgirl drinks it here at January 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Wt5PA)

No worries. I take an Iowahawkblog approach to Hawkeye football these days. Not bitter enemies, just drunk brothers fighting in the yard.

Time to work - some of us aren’t 29 yet.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 12, 2026 12:00 PM (vMhK6)

285 One more suggestion: CAN judges, who are currently facing impeachment proceedings, still make rulings until those are settled?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 12, 2026 12:01 PM (s0JqF)

286
I do an eye roll when Transtifa accuses normies of committing genocide on their kind whenever the trans community is not granted their fondest wishes.

Look, geniuses, your fondest desires take you to physical states that render you unable to procreate. You yourselves are the Genocideans.
It's own goals all the way down.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (xG4kz)

287 Trump's appellate judges have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges. How often they ruled for him in 2025:

Trump appointees: 92%
Other Republican appointees: 68%
Democratic appointees: 27%

https://x.com/peterbakernyt/status/2010361288745160824

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (RHGPo)

288 Wonder what those Danish commandos are going to be coming home with, huh?

They ain't schlepping all over that hellhole for the exercise, that's for certain.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (JwNbV)

289 Ever larger subsidies paid by the taxpayers doesn't lower health care costs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Now do 'The Inflation Reduction Act'

Posted by: Boston Dynamics at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (XeU6L)

290 I love how the dems are demanding an "independent" investigation of the ICE shooting... How many different angles and recordings have we seen ? Pretty cut and dried...
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The same "independence" that concealed facts in the investigation and ordered the coroner to falsify the cause of death of St. Floyd of Fentanyl

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (HXT0k)

291
I guess the Euroweenies are threatening to send troops to protect Greenland.. From Trump... Interesting times we live in...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (VE6XX)

"Can we borrow a few C-17s please?"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (y9nCu)

292 Oops /Boston Dynamics

Posted by: Boston Dynamics at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (XeU6L)

293 The only way forward is to surrender. If not, thousands of retards will become more retarded which leads to death.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (EyfuW)

294 I take an Iowahawkblog approach to Hawkeye football these days. Not bitter enemies, just drunk brothers fighting in the yard.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

Hayden Fry still gives me nightmares.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)

295 Wonder what those Danish commandos are going to be coming home with, huh?

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Icepox. All of 'em.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 12:03 PM (HnqCj)

296 The higher the court, the likelier Trump was to win rulings in 2025:

District courts: 25%
Appeals courts: 51%
Supreme Court: 88%

https://x.com/peterbakernyt/status/2010362708135211162

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 12:03 PM (RHGPo)

297 Oops /Boston Dynamics

Posted by: Boston Dynamics
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Crap.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 12, 2026 12:03 PM (XeU6L)

298 ---
The same "independence" that concealed facts in the investigation and ordered the coroner to falsify the cause of death of St. Floyd of Fentanyl
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 12:02 PM (HXT0k)

This is exactly what their plan is...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 12:03 PM (VE6XX)

299 The GOP was/is getting rich off the exact same fraud the Democrats are. There's nothing for them to gain by being honest. In fact, first chance they get will be to tap Trump's brakes on the fraud investigations and put ICE, on ice.

There's trillions of dollars at stake.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 12:03 PM (NwnyJ)

300 The executive has no real check on a rogue judiciary under the Constitution. Threats of court-packing to appoint Supreme Court Justices that will view the judiciary as having a very narrow remit under the Constitution and have those justices reverse all overreaching decisions is really the only way. That is not realistic and not a useful tool. Even less useful is impeachment. You could try speechifying. Judges used to care about their perception as neutral arbiters. I don't think that applies to these Star Wars characters.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 12, 2026 12:04 PM (wGerL)

301 3 Make Star Chambers Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (aE8Bb)
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That's actually why they were instituted, and why they were popular. The could address problems with those powerful people who were otherwise untouchable by the law.

Contrary to what most think, most of history is not a bunch of fiends being resisted by a handful of virtuous heroes. It's a bunch of problems, for which the solutions adopted then become problems in their own right.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 12, 2026 12:04 PM (s0JqF)

302 300 The executive has no real check on a rogue judiciary under the Constitution. Threats of court-packing to appoint Supreme Court Justices that will view the judiciary as having a very narrow remit under the Constitution and have those justices reverse all overreaching decisions is really the only way. That is not realistic and not a useful tool. Even less useful is impeachment. You could try speechifying. Judges used to care about their perception as neutral arbiters. I don't think that applies to these Star Wars characters.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 12, 2026 12:04 PM (wGerL)

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In the constitution, the judiciary has no check on the executive.

Judicial review is a creation of the judiciary in Marbury v. Madison.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (GBKbO)

303 Freezing their nutsacks off while Trump has zero plans for boots on the ground. LOFL
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 11:54 AM

How do you say "embrace the suck" in Danish?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (bFu5X)

304 Willowed 27.

His mother became a naturalized U.S. citizen after Vivek was born.
His father is a lawful permanent resident and chose not to become a U.S. citizen, maintaining his Indian passport for "familial reasons".
Under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, all persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are U.S. citizens by birthright.
Ramaswamy gained his citizenship through this principle.

Same as Kamala Harris' whose father became a naturalized US citizen after she & her sister were born.
Her mother was from a diplomatic family and did not seek US citizenship, worked & raised her daughters for several years in Canada.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (NFX2v)

305 . But they northerns dont consciously do it, but it is right there all the time. She also noted that there are groups, schools, clubs, which people belong to,
Posted by: Obvs. at January 12

We have tribalism in the South, too. We are just more polite about it because being polite is an Olympic sport here. “Nice to meet you! Where do you go to Church?” 😂 What is funny about the thought we are dumb hicks is the number of girls who swoon over a southern drawl. Perhaps more importantly, if we are so dumb, why are the northerners sending their kids to our schools now?

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (pZEOD)

306 300-Too ignore is to check.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (cS1cw)

307 278
‘ Where is the pressure going to come from? Not from a conference he'll never attend. Elsewhere.’

Trump getting in his face interrogating him. Roberts forced to answer.

And if limpdick Roberts refuses to attend Trump can say he did everything he could and start ignoring rulings with Roberts being at fault.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (jbnUc)

308 Of course I do not expect the Democrats to change their ways. It is their schtick, they have gone all in on recklessness. They had a revolution internally and the winners run the show.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 12:06 PM (pDt9x)

309 Judicial review is a creation of the judiciary in Marbury v. Madison.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (GBKbO)

What did Marbury have against you?

Posted by: Doof at January 12, 2026 12:06 PM (dP47V)

310 24 Laurence Tribe has long shed his snakeskin of respectability.
Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 11:06 AM (jc0TO)
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He never had one. He was a POS in my college days.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 12, 2026 12:06 PM (s0JqF)

311 Applying old rules to the current situation is irrelevant. We are in uncharted territory politically.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I agree. Last societal crisis in America that resulted in massive changes were the US Constitution replacing the Articles and the American Civil War. The Great Depression should be another but Americans were almost unanimous that the Dems should have the power to do what they did, it was WWII that prevented the natural reset of the New Deal as it was failing prior to that.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 12:07 PM (WDjG6)

312 309 Judicial review is a creation of the judiciary in Marbury v. Madison.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 12:05 PM (GBKbO)

What did Marbury have against you?

Posted by: Doof at January 12, 2026 12:06 PM (dP47V)

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The wife. Gave great piggy back rides.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 12:07 PM (GBKbO)

313 Shame that Scalia has returned home but Tribe is still here.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Dv3i1)

314 It's time to put a boot up roberts ass and tell him to get his ass and his courts in line.

Posted by: Size 14EE at January 12, 2026 12:08 PM (n+1Zi)

315 Trump is also extremely intelligent. He is just course and the upper crust inteligencia look down their noses and miss the genius as a result.

Yeah. It is funny. Trump is literally to-the-manor-born compared to them. He IS upper crust.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 12:08 PM (jc0TO)

316 Shame that Scalia has returned home but Tribe is still here.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 12:08 PM

Soon...

Posted by: A Mr. Death, here about the reaping at January 12, 2026 12:09 PM (bFu5X)

317 311 Applying old rules to the current situation is irrelevant. We are in uncharted territory politically.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I agree. Last societal crisis in America that resulted in massive changes were the US Constitution replacing the Articles and the American Civil War. The Great Depression should be another but Americans were almost unanimous that the Dems should have the power to do what they did, it was WWII that prevented the natural reset of the New Deal as it was failing prior to that.
Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 12:07 PM (WDjG6)

My mind drifts now sometimes, to thoughts of “ who would the military support, if?”, but I shoo it back from there to think about gas and egg prices.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (pDt9x)

318 270 Reporter tried to calmly ask some white liberal women in Minnesota some questions about immigration.

It went how you’d imagine.

https://x.com/i/status/2010122838553047251
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Like a toddler throwing a tantrum, She Persisted (TM)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (Dv3i1)

319 cut their salaries

Posted by: DanMan at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (8uzBS)

320 The Dread Pussy Roberts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (snZF9)

321 I don't think that the left has enough umph to force pols to walk that plank unless they want 40 years in the wilderness. Even in Euroland, the end of mass migration era is coming whether the current pols like it or not and ditto for the WEF types.

Agree, but apparently the EU and WEF weenies are REALLLLY slow learners.

Posted by: Archimedes

The only real question is whether it ends before or after the point there's anything left worth rebuilding afterwards.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (OUMaO)

322 309 Judicial review is a creation of the judiciary in Marbury v. Madison.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

TJM, to be honest, go back and read Justice Iredell's and Justice Paterson's opinions in Hylton v. US (1796). They make a more cogent theory of judicial review than that presented in Marbury.

Marbury was a political shell game decision when Scotus was facing very real threats to its existence by the Democrat party. The fact is that Marshall never used judicial review again to overturn a law of Congress undercuts the idea it immediately created judicial imperiousness.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (WDjG6)

323 Kristi Noem Blasts Jake Tapper Over Minneapolis ICE Shooting: “You Don’t Get to Change the Facts”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 12, 2026 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

Word on the street is that Tapper is working on a new book, slated for release in 2045. In it, he will inform readers that Good struck the ICE agent with her car after disobeying multiple orders from other agents to exit the vehicle.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

324 LOL.
Iran's Foreign Minister said the protests are under control.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 12:12 PM (u/kd+)

325 I don't think it's likely Democrats will take the House. At best it's a 50-50 race with the economy about to start taking off.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:43 AM

I think the key factor will be... does the American public give credit to the Republican Party for the economy or do they give credit to President Trump.

I think a lot of people believe that President Trump is succeeding despite the Republican Party, not because of it. And that the majority of Republicans in Congress are being dragged across the finish line and wouldn't otherwise be voting the way they are if Trump were not the President.

So the mid-term elections will end up being Democrat voters voting anti-GOP (read: anti-Trump) as they always do, while Republican voters will be voting anti-Democrat. Democrat voters are always energized to vote anti-GOP, but will voting to keep Democrats out of office be enough to motivate Republican voters?

I guess we'll see in 10 months. A LOT will happen in the meantime.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 12, 2026 12:12 PM (P5BPp)

326 Same as Kamala Harris' whose father became a naturalized US citizen after she & her sister were born.
Her mother was from a diplomatic family and did not seek US citizenship, worked & raised her daughters for several years in Canada.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January

But the term anchor baby implies parents, or the mother really, who came here illegally and had a baby. This is not the case for Vivek, that was my point.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 12:12 PM (Wmg4n)

327 322 TJM, to be honest, go back and read Justice Iredell's and Justice Paterson's opinions in Hylton v. US (1796). They make a more cogent theory of judicial review than that presented in Marbury.

Marbury was a political shell game decision when Scotus was facing very real threats to its existence by the Democrat party. The fact is that Marshall never used judicial review again to overturn a law of Congress undercuts the idea it immediately created judicial imperiousness.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 12:10 PM (WDjG6)

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It's the excuse and the holy writ of the judiciary nonetheless.

The judiciary holds more reverence for Marbury than the Constitution because that's the excuse they have for their supremacy in constitutional matters.

And it's all a fiction. The legislature and the executive are supposed to figure out constitutional matters by themselves with the people determining the ultimate direction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

328 The summit I am proposing is neither sanctioned by the Constitution nor prohibited, but it would present a direct challenge to the Chief Justice to be part of the solution for a judicial crisis that will otherwise have to be resolved without his involvement.

So...a challenge to Marbury v Madison? Or an evolution?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 12:13 PM (2WIwB)

329 Goldie is live.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 12:13 PM (u/kd+)

330 LOL.
Iran's Foreign Minister said the protests are under control.

😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 12:12 PM

Whose?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 12:14 PM (bFu5X)

331 The language is more academic than "bi***es be crazy", but the point is the same.

A macrosocial cluster B crisis is ripping this nation apart because Leftism has hijacked the minds of progressive females who then LARP out dangerous Gnostic heroic delusions. They are mentally unwell, encapsulating all the behaviors you see here.

https://is.gd/tNWybP

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

332 This brunette volunteers to be the stewardess on the flight to the summit:

Attractive woman. Nice legs, and it least she won't have to worry about falling out of her dress while acting as a stewardess

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 12, 2026 12:15 PM (rZCVI)

333 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 12:16 PM (ExV1e)

334 Nood. Iranian commie U-Hauls.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

335 The legislature and the executive are supposed to figure out constitutional matters by themselves

This consitutionin' isn't gonna cut into our griftin' time, is it?
-- The Legislature

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

336 Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That simply moves the traveling permanent Constitutional Convention to the legislative and executive branches. Neither are fit to be judges of their own behavior. In a way, that is why even very ancient societies ended up in triads--two sides and a neutral arbititor. Could be a chief, could be priests, could be bureaucrats but the idea is that no one is fit to be judge of their own actions.

Britain is an example of what happens with legislative supremacy--House of Commons neutered the king, then they neutered the House of Lords, even judges are neutered. now the House are ready to eliminate jury trials, free speech, and other historic British institutions of their unwritten Constitution.

In USSR/China, the center of authority was the party and with the same effects.

I can go on. The problem I think is not judicial review itself but the application of it by deranged judges wanting to make a difference. The problem is shared when the legislature and executive act similarly. Our ruling class is the issue, not the process.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 12:24 PM (WDjG6)

337 If a lower member of title 3 can override a decision by the head of title 2, and even title 1, then a lower member of title 2 or 1 can override a decision by the head of title 3. ie: any member of the presidents cabinet can override SCOTUS.

Posted by: Russ at January 12, 2026 12:39 PM (w8i50)

338 Trump will ultimately need to put himself in the role of 'The Decider', 'cos a pussy like Roberts doesn't have the ManParts needed to make such a consequential decision …

Posted by: Dr_No at January 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ayRl+)

339 The problem I think is not judicial review itself but the application of it by deranged judges wanting to make a difference. The problem is shared when the legislature and executive act similarly. Our ruling class is the issue, not the process.

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Perhaps.

But our founding fathers were frighteningly perceptive about government, and they deliberately kneecapped the judiciary. Their experiences with powerful Brit judges are why we have an Article III branch so very less powerful than the other two.

I don't know if they were right, but this is definitely not right. I'd like to give their idea a try.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 12:55 PM (HnqCj)

340 Can John Roberts fire a federal district court judge?

No?

Maybe take this up with Congress.

Posted by: Tar Bae at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (y8+2f)

341 One.Hundred.Percent!

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 12, 2026 02:37 PM (1E4GV)

342 Helluva idea.

They'll never go for it, and the dem caterwauling will be nonstop, but it's a great idea.

Posted by: AB at January 12, 2026 04:19 PM (ArLSQ)

343
I guess the Euroweenies are threatening to send troops to protect Greenland.. From Trump... Interesting times we live in...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 11:48 AM (VE6XX)

Time to revisit the USA leaving NATO? And all of that sweet, sweet USA military spending in Europe? I will believe it when I see it.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 12, 2026 04:30 PM (4nEGa)

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