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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
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fmr speaker & his fmr top aide due to report to this month

 has granted in the opening year of his term to several fmr elected officials convicted on -related charges.

, who was ousted from his position as the speaker of the Tennessee House just months into the job in 2019, received a phone call from Trump Thursday informing him of the decision.


washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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    admin must FULLY fund benefits by Friday, US judge rules

    A federal judge on Thursday ordered Trump's administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million Americans in November by Friday, blocking its plan to only provide reduced benefits during the government .


    reuters.com/legal/government/t

      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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      The Dept changed its passport rules after handed down an executive order in January declaring the would “recognize two sexes, male & female,” based on birth certificates & “biological classification.”

      actor Hunter Schafer, for example, said in February that her new had been issued with a male gender marker, even though she’s marked female on her driver’s license & passport for years.

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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        It halts a lower-court order requiring the govt to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their to line up with their on new or renewed passports. The court’s 3 liberal-leaning justices dissented from the unsigned order.

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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          Thursday allowed the admin to enforce a policy blocking & people from choosing sex markers that align with their .

          The decision by the conservative-majority court is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s *emergency docket*, & it means his admin can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out.


          apnews.com/article/trump-trans

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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            A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during ’s *law enforcement* surge in was found of on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.


            apnews.com/article/sandwich-th

              [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
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              MSNBC: Jury finds D.C. sandwich thrower Sean Dunn not guilty of misdemeanor assault

              The Justice Department has suffered a series of losses in politically charged cases in President Donald Trump’s second term.

              msnbc.com/deadline-white-house

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                The messages were presented as evidence in federal court Wednesday. Martinez, a 30-yr-old , & Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon.

                In the text, agent Exum wrote that he had “an amendment to add to” his story. “I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” the text read.

                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                  Fucker

                  Texts appear to show agent bragging about a woman

                  Text msgs sent by a agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer in Chicago.

                  Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct 4 after authorities say she & another driver rammed vehicles into an SUV Exum was driving.


                  apnews.com/article/border-patr

                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                    “It’s about their practices targeting , targeting & people exercising their constitutional rights,” said Craig Futterman, atty for the orgs. “We have , & who will forever be afraid to exercise their very rights that make this country great, assaulted by the very people assigned to protect those freedoms.”

                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                      Attorneys for the plaintiffs told Ellis that federal agents repeatedly & brazenly violated the constitutional rights of & during aggressive raids, which began 2 months ago.

                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                        “The agent then yelled ‘throw another one’ & prepared a second canister,” acc/to a filing by attorneys for the plaintiffs. “Similarly, one agent told another, ‘Hey, throw it () for fun.’”

                        Video of both incidents did not capture agents ordering the crowd to disperse or warning that they were going to deploy , as required by Ellis’ order.

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                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                          However, no video has surfaced of being struck & 4 days after the incident, Bovino had no visible head injury when he testified in Ellis’ courtroom. He subsequently admitted he had .

                          Federal agents also deployed against Chicagoans on Oct 24. Video captured by body-worn cameras recorded one agent mocked the crowd as tear gas was deployed, saying twice, “have fun!” & laughing as they fled.

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                            chief Greg defended his decision to deploy against those who gathered to the actions of federal agents in ’s Little Village neighborhood on Oct 23 during a videotaped deposition played during Wednesday’s hearing.

                            “The uses of force have been more than exemplary,” Bovino said.

                            A spox for said Bovino fired tear gas at the crowd after he was struck in the head with a rock, a claim Bovino repeated under oath during his deposition.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                              Lawyers for the admin told Ellis they plan to appeal her ruling…
                              Nearly a month ago, Ellis prohibited federal agents from deploying & other against , & anyone not posing an immediate threat to enforcement agents.

                              Since Oct 3, federal agents have fired tear gas at Chicagoans on at least 7 occasions, along with & other crowd *control* measures.

                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                Ellis held an all-day hearing Wednesday in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown where she heard from members of the , & Chicago that they had been terrified by the aggressive actions of federal agents carrying out what the admin calls “Operation Midway Blitz.”

                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                  “The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters & attacked by agitators,” Ellis said Thursday before announcing her ruling. “That simply is untrue. And the government’s own evidence in this case belies that assertion.”

                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                    The admin also treated anti- worse because of the content of their & impermissibly prevented the free exercise of by , without warning, those engaged in prayer with & , both violations of the , Ellis said.
                                    🚨She also said chief Greg admitted to about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month.

                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                      US District Court Judge Sara Ellis said she will issue a sweeping injunction limiting the by federal agents in the area after she found a litany of violations were committed in recent weeks.

                                      Ellis on Thursday painstakingly detailed instances across the Chicago area in which agents used force against residents in violation of her .


                                      news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/feder

                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                        Last week, federal agents targeted , , a northern suburb that is home to , in a sweep that included a raid of a community. On Oct 31, 3 US who were watching a woman's violent arrest were shoved into an agent's car & driven around for hours before they were released at an FBI field office without charges, acc/to a court filing in a federal case brought by journalists & protesters against agents' .

                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                          …The raid marked a heightened turn in 's aggressive crackdown in , which began in September with the stated purpose of pursuing dangerous criminals without the legal right to reside in the . It has resulted in more than 3,000 arrests, according to the , including US & people with no criminal record.

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                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                            The woman, who was identified in a parents' text group shared with Reuters as Diana Santillana, a in the classroom from Medellin, Colombia, could be heard saying in Spanish, "I have papers."

                                            The agents grabbed the teacher in front of children, US Rep Mike Quigley, an , said in a statement. Shocked …said the had recently told them that all the teachers were legally authorized to work….

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                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                              Footage obtained by local WGN-TV showed 2 men, one in a balaclava, dragging a woman out of the colorfully decorated front doors of Rayito de Sol center as she screamed. The men wore vests that said "Police" but no other agency markings were visible.


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                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                In ’s crackdown, agents raid , center

                                                A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday & a was taken away, panicking administrators & of , & pre-k at the center, a staff worker at the daycare told Reuters.


                                                reuters.com/world/us/chicago-i

                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                  That material includes full transcripts of handpicked ’s September presentation to the grand jury that returned the indictment charging Comey on counts of making false statements to Congress.

                                                  “This is not a typical case,” Fitzpatrick said near the end of the roughly one-hour hearing in federal court in Alexandria. “Right now, we’re in a bit of a feeling of indict first & investigate second.”

                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                    A federal judge Wednesday scolded prosecutors pursuing charges against fmr dir James B. for what he described as an “indict first & investigate second” approach to the case that has put an unfair burden on Comey’s defense.
                                                    
US Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the ’s approach to Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual” & ordered its attorneys to hand over a raft of potential evidence by end of day Thursday.

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                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                      Judge scolds prosecutors for ‘indict first & investigate second’ approach
                                                      
U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the ’s approach to James B. Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual.”


                                                      wapo.st/4orYWUJ

                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                        also mentioned the additional 10% tariff slapped on Canada for airing an advertisement he didn’t like during the World Series.

                                                        These clearly don’t fall under the admin’s claim of a “emergency”.

                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                          At one point, listed some of the had imposed, & the wide ranging reasons he had done so — pointing to examples like . That country is facing steep duties as Trump looks to protect his political ally, , from prosecution.

                                                          She concluded with a rhetorical question: “The point is, those may be good policies, but does the statute…[give]…without limit the power to the president to impose this kind of tax—does it require more than the word ‘regulate’?”

                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                            : “We’re forgetting here is a
                                                            very fundamental point, which is the is structured so that if I’m going to be asked to pay for something as a citizen, that it’s through a bill that is generated through , & the president has the power to veto it or not, but I’m not going to be taxed unless both houses, the executive & the legislature, have made that choice, correct?”

                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                              An emerging theme, from the conservative justices, is that the president’s concededly broad power to shut down generally may include the lesser power to impose . That echoes the admin’s position.

                                                              Justice jumped into the questioning & refocused the case back on a primary argument against the tariff programs, that the gives , NOT the president, the to .

                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                We are approaching the 2½-hour mark in ’ tariff oral argument. So far, the justices have heard argument in defense of Trump’s from Solicitor General D. John Sauer. They then heard the argument against the tariffs from Neal , lawyer for small businesses who challenged the tariffs.

                                                                Now, they are listening to the argument against the tariffs by Benjamin Gutman, the solicitor general of Oregon, who represents a group of states that challenged the tariffs.

                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                  One major issue hanging over oral arguments is the extent to which the admin must refund tariff revenue in the event that the justices find its policies to be illegal.

                                                                  Speaking on behalf of the challengers, acknowledged it is a “difficult” question. But he generally seemed to suggest the court had many options at its disposal & could reconcile that later—including, for example, by limiting its decision “to prospective relief.”

                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                    responded to that was one import. Not broadly applied to numerous countries across the board.

                                                                    “Algonquin was expressly a trade statute,” Katyal said. “It’s everything this case isn’t.”

                                                                    He said the Algonquin decision had a reference to in a specific provision & an extended, clear legislative history describing the powers given to a president.

                                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                      Justice points to FEA v. , a 1976 tariff that was upheld by .

                                                                      The court unanimously ruled for President Gerald Ford in a case about the imposition of on oil imports, based on a different statute that also doesn’t mention the word tariffs.

                                                                      “The court 9-0 rejected the argument” that the absence of the word tariff doomed Ford’s action, Kavanaugh said.


                                                                      supreme.justia.com/cases/feder

                                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                        argued that the president has other authority to impose , without relying on a national emergency.

                                                                        For example, he cited Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to combat trade deficits by imposing tariffs of up to 15% for up to 150 days without congressional approval.

                                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                          said that the government has argued in this case that could be issued later if are overturned.
                                                                          
The government opposed a preliminary injunction in this case by saying “oh, don’t worry, we’ll give the refunds later,” he said.
                                                                          
It’s unclear how much would be refunded or who would get money back if the tariffs are halted.

                                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                            “I wonder if you ever thought that your legacy as a constitutional advocate would be the man who revived the nondelegation argument?” asked of , who served in the Obama admin.

                                                                            Katyal was quick to respond. “Heck yes, Justice Alito. I think Justice nailed it on the head when saying that when you’re dealing with a statute that is this open-ended – unlike anything we’ve ever seen – to give the President this power.”

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                                                                              Justice asked about his argument that the admin’s violate the “nondelegation doctrine,” a legal theory that prevents from delegating its legislative powers to other branches of government. The doctrine has been pushed in recent years primarily by legal groups.

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                                                                                More than 90% of imports are subject to some aspect of ’s policy — he announced this year or during his first term, or a sweeping exemption granted to some products, at least temporarily.

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                                                                                  "I don't think you can just separate it when you say, 'Well, this is a tax -- it's Congress' power,'" said. "It implicates very directly the president's foreign affairs power."

                                                                                  Katyal responded that a president’s emergency powers are not limitless, & that the public needs to know what these limits are.

                                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                    pushed back on Katyal's claim that fall squarely within ' taxing power.

                                                                                    Roberts said: “Sure, the tariffs are a tax, & that’s a core power of Congress, but they are a foreign-facing tax, right? And foreign affairs is a core power of the executive.”

                                                                                    He added that 's tariffs at issue in the case "were quite effective in achieving particular objectives," noting that Trump’s tariffs have undoubtedly given him leverage in making recent deals.

                                                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                      asked if his argument wouldn’t also apply to . Katyal said it did not, since are ways of regulating revenue.
                                                                                      
“Embargoes stop the shipment, tariffs start the tax bill. ...Tariffs are constitutionally special because our founders feared revenue raising, unlike embargoes,” Katyal said. “You know, there was no ‘Boston Embargo Party,’ but there was certainly a Boston Tea Party.”

                                                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                        Justice probed Katyal’s argument against ’s asking, “Do you think all tariffs are revenue- raising?”

                                                                                        Katyal, said it was clear that President Trump’s tariffs were “obviously revenue-raising.” Katyal added that even in the government’s brief to the court it said the tariffs were “going to raise $4 trillion.”

                                                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                          Chief Justice says the admin’s program “implicates very directly the president’s foreign affairs power.”

                                                                                          pointed specifically to the example of , a with whom we have a trade surplus — NOT a deficit, & ’s imposed tariffs currently sit at 39%. “That is just not something any president has ever had the power to do in our history,” he said.

                                                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                            Katyal’s arguments started with a now familiar statement: “Tariffs are taxes,” adding, “Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone.”

                                                                                            He went on to say that knows exactly how to delegate its tariff powers to the executive branch, & every time it has done that it acted “explicitly, always with real limits. looks nothing like those laws.”

                                                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                              noted what appeared to be skepticism of the from Justices Amy Coney & Neil M. , asserting that upholding Trump’s would be “a one-way ratchet” of delegating power from to the presidency, adding “we will never get this power back if the government wins this case.”

                                                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                                started off his presentation to the justices by arguing that their decision “comes down to common sense.” He argued that “it’s simply implausible” that when enacted , it “handed the president the power to overhaul the entire tariff system & the American in the process, allowing him to set & reset tariffs on any & every product from any & every country, at any & all times.”

                                                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                                  Sauer presented the government’s case for more than an hour. Now up is Neal K. , the lawyer for the businesses who have challenged ’s . The court has given him 20 minutes to present his argument.

                                                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                                    Justice suggests that may have crossed a constitutional line in delegating too much authority to the president under the administration’s theory.

                                                                                                    Gorsuch warns of “a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people’s elected representatives” in Congress.

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