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In recognition of this awesome development, I promise not to shit talk about NJ for the rest of the day. Hopefully I don't have to make any left turns....

Well, justice is supposed to be blind, isn't it? It's supposed to deal with everything in a neutral manner. The Court is not supposed to pick sides, and they must operate within the system, because their legitimacy comes from it.

Other institutions may have more flexibility....

I mean, they did tell us ahead of time....

Why are they expecting people to react to emails, anyway? If I got this in my email, I would assume it was just spam. A letter that comes by snail mail would get my attention, though.

Are legal notices regularly sent by email now?

But that's the Court's job, to look at all the technicalities. The Administration sent him there "erroneously", but since he is there now neither US courts nor the administration can compel his release. The Courts need to acknowledge that, while also acknowledging that the Administration likely did it this way on purpose, and the whole "administrative error" thing is a crock of shit. But they can't come out and say that. And that gives Trump a wedge to split the whole thing apart.

Fascists are good at using the fact that their opponents need to uphold the law against them.

Right. That is why the Administration position on this has some merit which the courts need to defer to. As an El Salvadoran who is back in his home country, the US cannot compel his release. All the US can do is ask nicely.

But, they haven't even done that. Which is why the courts are so pissed. They know all this, and they know that all the administration has to do is prove they asked, in good faith. They won't even go that far. They did that performative thing where the El Salvadoran President said "We won't send him back since he's a criminal", but the courts in the US don't consider him a criminal.

There is no better definition of "contempt of court" then what the US is doing right now.

Do you know if your dad has been snipped? If not, you had better move out if you are able to. Because otherwise you will end up being free child care in about a year ....

Is this a leader we want to tell our children and grandchildren they can grow up to be?

Yes. His supporters admire his "strong leadership", and how he doesn't let things like "laws" and "the Constitution" get in the way. They would love it if their grandkids were just as selfish.

Some lemming wrote a week or two ago that the US has an epidemic of selfishness, and it has stuck with me ever sense. Everything is all about me, and anything that doesn't serve my interests is bad. People who worry about the common good are suckers and losers. Everything is zero-sum, and there are no win-win scenarios. This guy is the selfish President we deserve.

But they don't mind the pain, as long as they think it is hurting people they hate more.

The only way to not get banned is to never, ever post.

It's very obvious that the first group has bought into the Conservative lie that most immigrants are criminals, "stealing our jobs" -- except the ones they know personally, of course, who came here "the right way" and are "one of the good ones". While this lie originated in the Right, there are a lot of people in this country of all political leanings who believe it.

If there are certain niche subreddits which you can't live without, download an RSS reader. They still work with Reddit, for now. They won't let you post or otherwise interact, but you shouldn't do that anyway.

Italian-style, upside-down, in the Plaza

The market grabbed him by the pussy

I heard that when they told the Pope that he had to talk to JD Vance, he said "Now that's the last person I want to see....'

They're both QBs, though. Aren't they a better fit for Secretary of Offense?

Watch, the next nominee will be Sean Hannity

American Catholicism right now is a mixed bag. On certain social issues, they are quite Conservative. We know their stance on Abortion, and even though Pope Francis said some encouraging things about same-sex relationships, nothing substantial has changed.

Where Catholics worldwide are much more liberal is in their relationship with migrants and other marginalized people. Where this administration sees "shithole countries", the Church sees places where they can go and actively work to improve the lives of people there. They see their future strength in administering to the spiritual needs of the poor in those countries, and will always aim to help migrants. And in fact, this Pope spent a lot of his final days on earth reminding American bishops (and JD Vance) to show mercy to migrants and treat them with basic human dignity.

Oh, absolutely, I know Protestants who don't consider Catholics to be Christians at all. And a large part of the current religious conservatism in America is based on these Protestant Evangelicals.

Catholics who are rooting on the Christofascists just because they are currently anti-abortion don't realize that it won't be too long before Catholics are targeted. The Christofascists never liked them anyway, they just liked their votes. Once they no longer need to rely on votes to stay in power, they don't need the Catholics anymore.

They'll do more than that. I hope Powell has good private security.