JOINING ME NOW, OF COURSE, IS MY FRIEND JUDGE MICHAEL LUDIG, A FORMER JUDGE ON THE U .S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. JUDGE LUDIG, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.I HAD CHILLS LISTENING TO YOUR speech last week. You invited me to be there for it, in which you issued a calling that now is the time to use all tools at our disposal to fight tyranny, not simply voting every two years. For the first time in 10 years, Allie, I not only have hope, today I have confidence that America is going to prevail and l ...

RT Peter Van Valkenburgh (@valkenburgh)We've had to work through a lot of difficult issues in the debate over market structure in Congress (token classification, yield, shared agency authority). But we are now getting to the heart of the matter in the Senate:Whether Americans will be allowed to build and use permissionless private infrastructure in the US free from unwarranted prosecution (protected by the BRCA provisions in Clarity) or whether "national security interests" and "ease of prosecution" will tr ...

You talked about what the National Guard did in California last year. Do you worry that your continued emergence as a as a critic, as an antagonist of Trump will bring the same pain that we're seeing in in Minnesota back to California. I mean, I guess we can roll over, kiss the ring, put on some knee pads, do what the universities, the law firms, do what ABC did, Parammont did, do what Meta did, YouTube did, you know, do what so many companies are doing, you know, maybe get a golden share in the Golden Stat ...

Reacting to the Trump administration’s response to yet another fatal federal shooting in Minnesota — the killing of Alex Pretti, coming just weeks after the fatal shooting of Renée Good — Mika Brzezinski asked, “Where is the rule of law in America?” She warned that “this is a moment where trust could erode further” without transparency, accountability, or a proper investigation that includes state and local officials, who have been largely excluded from the process. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and ...

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONVERT US INTO WE HAVE THE RIGHT AS A STATE, CO-SOVEREIGN TO DO OUR OWN BUSINESS WITH OUR OWN TAX MONEY. AND WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IS SAID IF YOU DON'T DO IT OUR WAY, we're going to saturate your state with 4 ,000 ICE agents until you cry uncle and obey them. And that's unconstitutional and illegal.Hi again, everybody. It's 5 o'clock in New York. That's Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on the imperative of states to exercise their ...

To my mind, if you only took away one thing from the hearing today, it was this next exchange between Jack Smith and a Vermont congresswoman named Becca Ballant. It was an exchange about basically what it means to be Jack Smith right now in 2026, to have done the investigation that he did, to have found what he found, to have served your country by sticking to your guns, even when that meant the leader of the United States government and his party and his supporters would try to destroy you for it. Trump ha ...

“He’s claiming a lot of national emergencies. And I would say this would be my top worry for the purposes of the rule of law.”@vicnourse joins “Checks and Balance” to discuss presidential power in 2025 https://t.co/pRmODC9Iaw ...

In a year defined by executive overreach, the Supreme Court’s hesitations and emergency-docket reversals left the rule of law exposed, @NoahRFeldman writes (via @opinion) https://t.co/rgFYAQgu02 ...

Trump encouraged mortgage fraud case against New York Attorney General Leticia James is such a colossal prosecutorial nothing failure for his Department of Justice that it has already come up short collapsed two times. It was first dismissed because DOJ unlawfully appointed prosecutor Lindseay Halligan in the Eastern District of Virginia. She was of course appointed when the US attorney who was supposed to be there resigned suddenly under pressure after he resisted bringing the cases against Jim Comey and T ...

Legal Proceedings & Potential Vindictiveness - The Eastern District of Virginia faced embarrassment and disappointment due to difficulties in obtaining an indictment against Tish James [1] - The repeated attempts to indict Tish James could strengthen her argument that the administration is vindictively targeting her [3][15] - The grand jury's initial declination to indict raises questions about the strength of the case against Tish James [4] - The standard for indictment at the grand jury stage is probable cause, a lower threshold than the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard required for conviction at trial [18] - Continued failure to secure an indictment could support a motion to dismiss the case on grounds of vindictiveness [15] Allegations & Defense - Tish James's actions, including advocating for the people of New York, are being scrutinized, with allegations suggesting the president is seeking retribution [5] - The core issue involves claims that Tish James improperly benefited from federal government assistance to become a homeowner [7] - Tish James denies the charges, asserting they are baseless and represent a weaponization of the justice system [12] - Tish James's office argues that the attempts to indict her are linked to her previous legal victories against Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association [9][10][11] Rule of Law & Abuse of Power - Concerns are raised that powerful individuals are abusing their positions to punish independent elected officials [23] - The situation is characterized as a potential perversion of independent prosecution, resembling persecution rather than legitimate prosecution [24]