#StateTerror
A brief guide for Americans
by #TimothySnyder
Yesterday the president defied a #SCOTUS ruling to return a man who was mistakenly sent to a gulag in another country, celebrated the suffering of this innocent person, & spoke of sending Americans to foreign #ConcentrationCamps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, & it has to be identified as such to be stopped.
#law #Trump #tyranny #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship
snyder.substack.com/p/state-te…
It frightens me a lot when intelligent, thoughtful people say “oh, #Trump can’t do that (some awful illegal thing) because ____ won’t allow it”.
Wake the fuck up please. There is no one to stop him. #SCOTUS just allowed this administration to wash their hands of a completely innocent legal immigrant who they mistakenly sent to a foreign concentration facility.
The guardrails are GONE.
Understanding this landscape is crucial to our battle.
Interview: "Detained Without Evidence”: Maryland Father Remains in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling"
"Immigrants expelled to El Salvador have been largely denied their legal rights & detained without clear evidence."
They are then incarcerated in Salvadoran mega-prisons that carry out forced disappearances.
~Noah Bullock, Cristosal human rights organization, Central America.
democracynow.org/2025/4/8/supr…
#scotus #trump #uspol #fascism #illegaldeportation .
The Supreme Court has paused a lower court order that instructed the Trump administration to immediately bring back a U.S. legal resident who was “mistakenly” sent to El Salvador, giving the court more time to deliberate on the case.Democracy Now!
ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.
Here’s what we know about them: propublica.org/article/elon-mu…
#News #Law #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #USPolitics
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.ProPublica
#Merchan has explained the concept of #ReasonableDoubt, instructed the jurors that statements made by the various attorneys are not to be accepted as fact, & #jurors are listening intently, a reminder that jurors take many cues from judges - as the impartial arbiter & why #Trump's attacks on judges are stupid.
Besides this case, today there's a hearing to determine the sufficiency of Trump’s #civil #fraud #bond for the $454M penalty, & Thurs, #SCOTUS hears arguments on his bs #immunity defense.
