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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure he could get USCIS to give him a certified copy of his naturalization certificate if he really was naturalized.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 1d

US diplomats get a diplomatic passport. So Hoekstra got one. It's not clear he even has a regular passport.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court judges, unlike every other federal judge, has a summer break and one of those Republican judges still acts like she's too busy to do the same thing other federal judges do.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 2d

Summary: "Supreme Court Republican opposes writing opinions."

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty surprised Vance didn't say something like "You're making $50,000+ a year for services. What can't a honest God fearing patriotic American Christian like Tom Homan do the same thing?"

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 2d

lol So the Supreme Court is giving out advisory opinions. Barrett is even dumber than Kavanaugh.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 3d

I believe Mike Johnson because he would delay the swearing in of any Democrat.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 3d

ICE pays better wages.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans: "We're gonna destroy another Woke program!"

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 3d

Oh well, I guess DOJ will prosecute her niece for perjury then.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 3d

Another act of rebellion against the Constitution. As I said before, if the Constitution no longer matters, Trump can simply issue an executive order to increase the debt limit.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, I bet at his age, the COVID vaccines aren't that effective.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think this is all that surprising. Anyone who has paid attention to the current Supreme Court Republicans would realize they have overruled, explicitly or implicitly, numerous precedents which were supported by Republicans on the Supreme Court in the past.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 4d

Prediction: Pam Bondi will be fired as Attorney General and replaced by Lindsey Halligan.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 5d

Because conservative American Catholics don't believe that stuff about the Pope. They have certain political views and they want the Roman Catholic Church to have the same views also.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 5d

This part explains why she dropped her complaint: "The woman, a fellow Trump appointee"

The reality is Republican women recognize being sexually harassed by Republican men is just part of life that they accept.

jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 5d

This woman configures "six figures a year" wealthy.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

More from the opinion: Congress "has been given the power "to enforce," not the power to determine what constitutes a constitutional violation. Were it not so, what Congress would be enforcing would no longer be, in any meaningful sense, the “provisions of [the Fourteenth Amendment]."

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

In City of Boerne v. Flores the Supreme Court said "The design of the Amendment and the text of §5 are inconsistent with the suggestion that Congress has the power to decree the
substance of the Fourteenth Amendment’s restrictions". Giving Congress the power to define "insurrection" violates this.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

Prior to Trump, everyone knew section 3 was "self-executing". That's why the Amnesty Act of 1872 was passed. Nobody argued "since Congress didn't pass an enforcement law, they're not disqualified." Even the Library of Congress originally said as much.

constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

Hey! Maybe "four years" means "four Saturn years" and not "four Earth years."

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

The 14th amendment already gives the criteria. It says justices who "have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the [Constitution], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof" no longer hold office. So votes of members of the Supreme Court who have done this are no longer legally binding.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

Someone should compare the current editorial with how their news section reported it. I bet it's night and day.

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 6d

If Democrats want to force a vote they will lose, it would've made more sense to vote on banning ICE, police, law enforcement, etc from discriminating on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, language spoken, income, or type of work.

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