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In reply to the discussion: Trump Is Considering Deputizing the Military as a Civilian Police Force. That Is Terrifying. [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)59. This tells a story....
The Opus Dei Catholic Information Centers members and leaders continue to have an outsize impact on policy and politics. It is the conservative spiritual and intellectual center
and its influence is felt in all of Washingtons corridors of power, stated the Washington Post.
In the past two decades, the centers K Street NW location, just two blocks from the White House, became a bustling gathering place for conservative academics, politicians, journalists, young professionals. The noon Mass became known as a Whos Who scene in conservative circles including Judge Robert H. Bork, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), economist Larry Kudlow and former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
The centers board includes Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society, which helped shepherd the Supreme Court nominations of Brett M. Kavanaugh and Neil M. Gorsuch. White House counsel Pat Cipollone is a former board member, as is William P. Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush and is now President Trumps nominee for the same position. Barr, a committed Catholic, was highly recommended by Leonard Leo.
The U.S. judiciary has been shaped not only through Leos control over Trumps judicial appointments but also by the Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) directed by Leo and run by Carrie Severino, a former law clerk for supreme court justice Clarence Thomas.
The JCN is a 501(c)(4) organization, meaning its donors are secret. It has spent millions across the country to influence the elections of judges and attorneys general as well as judicial appointment and confirmation processes.
Leos efforts to ensure that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito were confirmed engaged the dark money spending power of JCN. In 2005 and 2006, Leo and the Federalist Society worked with JCN to coordinate radio and online ads as well as on grassroots efforts to support the confirmation of the right-wing justices.
To block the appointment of Barack Obamas choice, Merrick Garland, and support the confirmation of Justice Gorsuch, Leo helped coordinate the JCNs expenditure of $17 million. The campaign was highly effective in allowing Gorsuch, the Federalist Societys pick, to take the place many thought rightly belonged to Merrick Garland.
https://opentabernacle.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/opus-deis-influence-is-felt-in-all-of-washingtons-corridors-of-power/
In the past two decades, the centers K Street NW location, just two blocks from the White House, became a bustling gathering place for conservative academics, politicians, journalists, young professionals. The noon Mass became known as a Whos Who scene in conservative circles including Judge Robert H. Bork, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), economist Larry Kudlow and former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
The centers board includes Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society, which helped shepherd the Supreme Court nominations of Brett M. Kavanaugh and Neil M. Gorsuch. White House counsel Pat Cipollone is a former board member, as is William P. Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush and is now President Trumps nominee for the same position. Barr, a committed Catholic, was highly recommended by Leonard Leo.
The U.S. judiciary has been shaped not only through Leos control over Trumps judicial appointments but also by the Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) directed by Leo and run by Carrie Severino, a former law clerk for supreme court justice Clarence Thomas.
The JCN is a 501(c)(4) organization, meaning its donors are secret. It has spent millions across the country to influence the elections of judges and attorneys general as well as judicial appointment and confirmation processes.
Leos efforts to ensure that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito were confirmed engaged the dark money spending power of JCN. In 2005 and 2006, Leo and the Federalist Society worked with JCN to coordinate radio and online ads as well as on grassroots efforts to support the confirmation of the right-wing justices.
To block the appointment of Barack Obamas choice, Merrick Garland, and support the confirmation of Justice Gorsuch, Leo helped coordinate the JCNs expenditure of $17 million. The campaign was highly effective in allowing Gorsuch, the Federalist Societys pick, to take the place many thought rightly belonged to Merrick Garland.
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Trump Is Considering Deputizing the Military as a Civilian Police Force. That Is Terrifying. [View all]
babylonsister
May 2019
OP
First they will come after the undocumented and the Dreamers....Who will be next?
ProudMNDemocrat
May 2019
#4
took longer than I thought it would, GOP are your enemy, they want you and your family dead
Eliot Rosewater
May 2019
#5
I would like to think so too. With McConnell in charge if the Senate who knows, eh?
Ford_Prefect
May 2019
#11
Romney will say whatever the current audience wants to hear. Another self-serving elitist.
keithbvadu2
May 2019
#65
I had the same thought- he has neither the intelligence, nor range of knowledge, to do this himself.
NBachers
May 2019
#17
Putin. He did the same thing in his own country, with variations. Read Timothy Snyder's
ancianita
May 2019
#26
trDump wants to be a Robber Barron Oligarch who operates above and beyond any laws.
magicarpet
May 2019
#72
I don't think that's legal. It's illegal to use the military forces for civilian purposes.
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#13
Yes, I mentioned that...thinking back about JFK's use of it during desegregation.
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#29
Even if it's illegal, military doesn't obey civilian law (it has its own), only the CiC. The ONLY
ancianita
May 2019
#31
Red Dawn will say the federal government have to get involved in this situation too
uponit7771
May 2019
#63
I have to think the courts would not permit that, but nonetheless, the presidency has too much power
Perseus
May 2019
#16
I am likewise under the impression that such a thing simply is not legal
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2019
#20
The biggest weakness of all is that the oaths of office have no teeth. If it did, Mitchy-boy
alwaysinasnit
May 2019
#33
Trump is just a puppet/front. We are in a RW coup, right now. Get to the leaders of that,
Progressive Jones
May 2019
#69
I really don't think he could find enough people to cooperate to make that work
struggle4progress
May 2019
#70