The Supreme Court Rules Against Trump…amazing!

The Supreme Court has declined to set aside a lower court ruling against Trump’s deploying the National Guard in Chicago.  SCOTUSblog has the whole story.  This could affect a similar case re Portland which has been on hold pending a decision about Chicago.

It was apparently a 6-3 ruling with Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch dissenting.

This was a shadow docket thing, so they could change their minds when the case comes up on the merits docket.  We’ll see…

One thing that jumped out at me, although it’s probably the least important point about the case, is the question of whether “regular forces” means the U.S. military or civilian police forces.  When I was serving in the USAF during the Vietnam war, “regular Air Force” was always meant to refer to career folks as opposed to reservists.

This Made Me Laugh

Ray Hartmann, U.S. Representative from Missouri’s First Congressional District (mostly the city of St. Louis), reports that my rep. from the 2nd District, Ann Wagner (I’m not to blame for her, I promise), got a little confused. 😎

It’s so nice that Republicans are protecting us from those godless libruls.

Come and Get Me

I saw on Robert Reich’s substack this morning (Saturday):

On September 25, Donald Trump signed a presidential order called NSPM-7, a sweeping attack on free speech that targets progressive organizations and individuals for prosecution for “domestic terrorism.”

And now, the first arrests linked to NSPM-7 have begun, including multiple people attending a peaceful protest outside an ICE detention facility near Chicago.

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What are these ideas that are so dangerous that they can be directly linked to terrorism?  The list includes such vague concepts as “anti-capitalism,” “anti-Christianity,” “extremism on migration, race, and gender,” and opposition to “traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”

That could mean practically anything.  And that’s the point.

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I raise my hand.  I’m sure you know where to find me.