Republican Hypocrisy category archive

Via C&L, Sen. Chris Murphy explains what Trump’s tariffs are really about. A snippet from Murphy’s “social” media posts on the topic:

This week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won’t understand how the tariffs make economic sense.

That’s because they don’t. They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.

Follow the link for Murphy’s reasoning.

Robert Reich delves into why the Trump maladministration has set its sights on law firms. A snippet:

. . . Trump’s bullying of Washington law firms is cutting off the litigation lifeline for nonprofit public-interest groups to challenge his policies — which is exactly why he’s doing it.

Follow the link for his evidence.

At the Sacramento Bee, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky looks at Donald Trump’s quest for retribution from law firms that have incurred his wrath. A snippet:

I am convinced that something even more insidious underlies the Trump administration’s actions. In its first months, Trump has issued countless executive orders that violate the Constitution. I believe that his targeting of law firms is to chill them from bringing challenges against his policies and actions. The message to law firms is clear: If they draw the ire of the president, he will exact retribution and put their firms in serious jeopardy.

This is the playbook of a dictator, not a president in a democracy under the rule of law.

The EFF does not think much of Republicans’ latest strategy to help Donald Trump avoid legal defeats by hamstringing federal courts.

Here’s a bit of their article (emphasis added):

Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1526, a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. This bill could receive a vote on the House floor as early as next week. Senator Josh Hawley recently introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both bills would prohibit district courts from handing down injunctive relief orders that apply to parties that are not involved in the case.

EFF opposes both bills. We see this legislation for what it is: a transparent attempt to limit courts’ ability to act as an effective check on the Trump administration’s recent flood of illegal orders and actions – some of which EFF itself is challenging. Congress should firmly oppose any effort to prevent the judicial branch from fulfilling its constitutional duty.

Afterthought:

I guess Republicans’ idea is, if you can’t beat ’em, castrate ’em.

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at Elon Musk’s attempt to bribe persons to vote for lubricate the election of a judge in Wisconsin.

Just go read it.

Learn more here.

Der Spiegel talks with Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, who hears disturbing rhymes from the recent past. A snippet from Levitsky’s remarks:

What is striking about the first two months of the Trump administration is not that it reminds me of Viktor Orbán in Hungary, the Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland, Narendra Modi in India or Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. It’s worse. Trump and his allies have been much more openly authoritarian than any of these figures. They are eagerly embracing authoritarianism. See, for example, the apparent enthusiasm with which they are refusing to comply with court orders and attacking justices.

I commend the entire article to your attention.
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*Mark Twain.

Thom discusses Donald Trump’s decsion to defy a court order.

He is somewhat perturbed.

So am I.