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GiqueCee

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21. All these Executive Orders...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 07:24 AM

Mar 2025

... are just a convenient euphemism for government by imperial edict. The obscenely corrupt Roberts Court has given a psychotic toddler carte blanche to ignore the law. Trump even stated unequivocally that only HE, and his servile AG, will determine what the law is. Congress was apparently too busy bowing and scraping before His Royal Malignancy to consider the implications such a remark.

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Trump signs executive order against law firm Jenner & Block [View all] Eugene Mar 2025 OP

Stop it.......... Lovie777 Mar 2025 #1

The Trump Presidency - revenge as a virus. dchill Mar 2025 #2

Neither of your links goes to any relevant article. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #3

This one: Bengus81 Mar 2025 #5

There's something fishy about this thread. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #8

It's on all the news services. Do a search for Jenner and Block executive order Bengus81 Mar 2025 #9

What I can find isn't the issue. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #11

Both links work for me. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #26

Sorry. The the main Reuters link is corrected. The Yahoo! link is a non-paywalled alternative for that article. Eugene Mar 2025 #10

Executive orders were not designed to do this!!!! Grins Mar 2025 #4

You are correct. They aren't fucking royal decrees, but unfortunately the entire GOP (and country, really) is now Karasu Mar 2025 #17

Law firms need to band together and stop this fucking fascism....... Bengus81 Mar 2025 #6

Exactly! yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #14

Their capitulation was the green light in the eyes of this administration. They were chomping at the bit for an excuse Karasu Mar 2025 #18

The more people cave to Trump, the worse he will get. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #7

Exactly! yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #15

Everyone is trying to save their own skin. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #16

Shakedown: to blackmail or try to get money from someone; also to give someone a scare. (See also "protection racket") Bo Zarts Mar 2025 #12

Worse than that, this is a classic authoritarian move against the rule of law. Eugene Mar 2025 #30

Isn't there one lawyer to sue the diapers off this creep? C_U_L8R Mar 2025 #13

HEY DONALD TRUMP READ THIS.... YoshidaYui Mar 2025 #19

Where are the other law firms speaking out against this bull shit? Gimpyknee Mar 2025 #20

Mark Elias is, no GD way will he capitulate to that Mango Mussolini Bengus81 Mar 2025 #22

All these Executive Orders... GiqueCee Mar 2025 #21

This orangecrush Mar 2025 #23

I hope karma pays him a visit soon mdbl Mar 2025 #24

Virtually all of these EOs are illegal. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #31

But then... GiqueCee Mar 2025 #32

In Trump's mind he has been completely exonerated for election tampering JohnnyRingo Mar 2025 #25

TRAITOR** faults firm for past employment of Andrew Weissman. niyad Mar 2025 #27

E.O.? Or truth social? Marthe48 Mar 2025 #28

Shaking down another major law firm, for big money---again. Paladin Mar 2025 #29

Statement from Jenner & Block, one of the firms suing trump LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #33