During a Tuesday hearing at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the DOJ urged a three-judge panel to issue an emergency stay of a lower court order and allow the Trump administration’s deployment of the California National Guard to continue in Los Angeles — going so far as to argue a president’s federalization of militia can’t be second-guessed by the courts, even if the chief executive mobilized forces from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., simultaneously.

    • valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 day ago

      I grow apathetic of the purity politics and blind gluttony of the left, yet as a progressive I am obliged to play their game? Fuck that. The price of ignorant bliss is suffering, and I refuse to pander to privileged electorates that think they can afford to play with peoples lives. This isn’t centrism, it’s giving up.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 day ago

        The price of ignorant bliss is suffering, and I refuse to pander to privileged electorates that think they can afford to play with peoples lives.

        As opposed to a party that is taking advantage of a situation that lets them move as far to the right as they want without accountability.

        This isn’t centrism, it’s giving up.

        six of one, half dozen of the other.