Having lived for a number of years under Hitler's dictatorship where the masses were afraid of their own shadow and their neighbors and eye witnessed, from Canada, the McCarthy era playing out, the writer can see and smell when such a wrong environment develops in its early stages. It is not a pretty sight, by any stretch of the imagination. Although the writer is not a fan of the legal system, the courts in particular, having been shafted by a Superior court, a state Appellate Court and finally by a State Supreme court, all in contradiction of the Superior Court's own expert witness, a Professor of law, as well as Constitutional law. Nevertheless, he finds himself in agreement with the courts that put the breaks on, to stop the spontaneous perhaps well meaning but illegal actions by the current Government.
The U.S. Constitution is no longer respected unless it is convenient, and Judges often become political activists, doing the bidding for their favorite party. Therefore, it is refreshing when on occasion they actually enforce a particular law. As a consequence, the current Administration finds itself entangled in a multitude of legal actions against them.
It appears that Trump made many promises during his campaign and he rushes too often to fulfill these during his first 100 days in office. This historical time limit is silly at best and childish at worst. Instead of rushing some actions they should do it right the first time and legally at that.
For example, arresting people and deporting them without due process certainly violates the U.S. Constitution. Why are the Government lawyers not stopping these hasty actions? Arresting demonstrators, who criticize Israel for its illegal actions in Gaza and the West Bank, for example, is an abusive action by the Government, as it violates the First Amendment. It is a stark reminder of similar actions taken under the Third Reich. Some may say family ties with Zionists prompt these illegal actions against critics of Israel, the Zionists in particular. It is very likely that all springs from a five-year war plan (that some say exists) instead that tries to avoid public knowledge.
"Surveillance video captured the moment Rumeysa Ozturk, an international student at Tufts University, was taken into custody by federal agents, according to her attorney. Ozturk’s attorney told CNN no charges have been filed against Ozturk, and it is unclear why she was taken into custody."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/us/video/tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-digvid
Her crime was speaking out against Israeli's crimes against the Palestinian people.
"Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil was detained without an arrest warrant, Trump administration says" Arresting officers lied during the arrest, apparently. They had no warrant for his arrest but insisted that they had one.
This is not even the tip of the Iceberg. Many more faced similar actions by the Authorities.
Thank you for sharing this blog with friends and family. You are helping to overcome the deafening silence from the commercial media on most topics, they just don't want us to know about.
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Freedom of speech for those they disagree with is against the nature of the powerful.
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We must do right, and call out wrongdoing, as you are doing, because we are responsible for that.
I fully agree with you John. It is all of us who let them abuse us. The apathy of the masses is astounding; they are sleepwalking it seems.
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