Democratic lawyer Marc Elias appears to believe that Democrats do not need to stop at simply sacking and packing the Virginia Supreme Court in response to the adverse ruling on the radical gerrymandering plan. Elias reminded Democrats that they could eliminate the entire Virginia government under the state constitution.
The demand for radical action was prompted by the Virginia justices, including one appointed by then-Democratic governor Mark Warner, who found the Democratic effort unconstitutional. It does not matter that leading Democrats, including Gov. Abigail Spanberger, also believed that the Democrats could be found in violation of the state constitution in pushing forward with the controversial effort to virtually extinguished Republican representation in the purple state.
The adverse decision has resulted in the same demands for radical institutional changes from some of the same voices pledging to pack the United States Supreme Court once they retake power, to guarantee they never lose it again.
Elias responded to the loss by invoking language from Article I of the Virginia Constitution itself:
“whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.”
That is his response to a well-reasoned decision of unconstitutionality of a redistricting plan. We can scrap the entire Virginia government.
It is another example of the “by any means necessary” culture of the left today. There is no institution or value that is sacred. This is why I recently wrote about the rise of “the new Jacobins” in my book Rage and the Republic, lawyers and law professors rationalizing the trashing of the Constitution and our institutions to achieve their political goals.
Elias has long been controversial for his tactics.
It was Elias who was the general counsel to the Clinton presidential campaign when it secretly funded the infamous Steele dossier and pushed the false Alfa Bank conspiracy. (His fellow Perkins Coie partner, Michael Sussmann, was later indicted but acquitted).
Clinton campaign officials denied any involvement in the Steele Dossier. When journalists discovered after the election that the Clinton campaign hid payments for the Steele dossier as “legal fees” among the $5.6 million paid to Perkins Coie, they were reportedly stonewalled. The campaign was ultimately sanctioned by the Federal Election Commission for the subterfuge.
New York Times reporter Ken Vogel said at the time that Elias denied involvement in the anti-Trump dossier. When Vogel tried to report the story, he said, Elias “pushed back vigorously, saying ‘You (or your sources) are wrong.’” Times reporter Maggie Haberman later wrote that “Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year.”
Elias’s group later unsuccessfully led efforts to challenge Democratic electoral losses.
In Maryland, Elias’s team supported another abusive gerrymandering scheme that a court found not only violated Maryland law but the state constitution’s equal protection, free speech and free elections clauses. The court found that the map “subverts the will of those governed.”
One media site accused Elias and his group of “making millions off gerrymandering efforts” while publicly denouncing Republican gerrymandering.
In 2024, Elias’s legal team was also accused of pushing “to bar third-party presidential candidates — including Cornel West — from swing state ballots where they might siphon votes from the Democratic nominee [Kamala Harris].”
Likewise, the New York Times reported that Elias’s firm’s work “on behalf of a Soros-funded PAC in Texas…was opposed by a left-leaning election watchdog as undermining laws intended to limit the influence of major donors.”
His group’s work for New York redistricting was ridiculed as not only ignoring the express will of the voters and also effectively negating the votes of Republican voters.
In 2024, the Chief Judge of the Western District of Wisconsin criticized the Elias Law Group for one of its challenges. Judge James Peterson (an Obama appointee) said that the argument “simply does not make any sense.”
Now, Elias is reminding Virginians that they can respond to an opposing court decision by eliminating some or all of the Virginia state government.
It is the logic of the Jacobin. As discussed in my book, the Framers sought to prevent democracy from becoming mobocracy by rejecting more direct democratic powers. They tried to temper the passions of democracy in moments like this.
There is nothing new about these voices, like that of Elias, in fueling radical impulses. They are the same voices and arguments that have long been heard in this country. We have long rejected them and this year will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our Independence. However, as Benjamin Franklin warned us and now Elias has reminded us, we must fight to keep this Republic.
Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
In the spirit of “Fair & Balanced” news coverage.
Trump vetoed a bi-partisan bill by Congress sponsored by Republican Lauren Boebert to provide clean (radioactive-free) drinking water to rural mostly Republican farmers in Colorado and neighboring states.
A bipartisan bill to help Repubkican farmers and avoid cancers in drinking water veteod apparently to retaliate against Boebert’s Epstein vote.
Democrats, be careful for what you desire. “End gerrymanding!” cried Abby Spunberger and the Virginia Democrats. “Oaky Doky” said Thomas, Alito et al “Here you go!”
Whereas November loomed as a Democratic victory for the control of the US House appears more and more as a night of sackcloth and ashes, and wailing and gnashing of teeth for the Blue.
Although not an exciting topic, there is an even more vital issue for Turley to investigate and advertise, and a big problem in states like Virginia.
The very large portion of Virginia officials don’t even open emails from Virginia citizens. Not due to negligence, but Virginia’s email system is largely non-secure.
If an email doesn’t have a government address, many Virginia officials delete the emails without ever reading the emails to avoid hacking and phishing.
This is vitally important to the petition clause of the First Amendment and democracy itself. If you call most Virginia officials, they prefer written letters instead of phone calls and many times advise constituents to email them (non-secure) which they may never read.
Solution: every member of the Virginia General Assembly and state agencies need “websites with encrypted messaging links”. This would be a great return-on-investment for Virginia taxpayers even for the most conservative members of the state legislature.
Leftists are quite literally insane. Their policies are always aimed at total destruction of society. The Left ruins everything it touches. Liberalism is a mental disorder. Leftists are mentally-deranged monsters. They destroy everything, they build nothing.
𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆.
Jesse Proudman, founder and CTO of Seattle AI startup http://Venice.ai, on camera: every entrepreneur he knows in Seattle with the means to leave has either already left or is listing their house. The state legislator driving the new income tax said the quiet part out loud — starting with millionaires is just easier to sell.
“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.”
Proudman’s short list of replacement cities: 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧, 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞, 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚. Climates where “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Washington is already the 45th-to-47th worst tax state in the country. The new income tax layered on top will make it 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲. A wealth tax is also already being discussed in the same legislative session.
“𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘱. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.”
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔-𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
Oldman.
We also have two other business leaving WA. One builds custom auto parts and the other is a laser measuring company.
Plus the state is talking about going after talk shows and pod-casts, who call all these these nutty laws they keep passing.
So much for the 1st.
But we both know, libs don’t care about our rights.
Wealth always flees socialist-statist policies. On the shrugging of those producers, see the recent WSJ op-ed by Starbuck’s former CEO Howard Schultz:
“Seattle Turns Hostile to the Great Businesses It Made”
Sam
I don’t know, Victoria in BC Canada is heads and shoulders above Seattle. Seattle is full of gen Z blue haired Antifa looking tatters with lots of homeless people smoking weed in public. Victoria is clean, public gardens and few homeless people, great restaurants and pubs, really nice. Lots of big money floating around, never thought Canada would out do America, but it has there.
Gerrymandering Is Terrible For Democracy
The effect of this arms race is a House that looks something like the Electoral College. If you can win control of a state capitol, no matter how narrow the victory or how slim the majority, then you can immediately redraw congressional state legislative maps to lock your party in power. Republicans will lose representation in blue states, Democrats in red ones. It is true that, in theory, a Republican lawmaker could represent a majority-Democratic city just fine. In practice, not so much; rigid partisanship does not usually select for the kind of person who might try to represent the entire community.
A system in which political parties can rewrite the rules to keep themselves in power indefinitely — a system in which, barring a tsunami of opposition, they cannot lose — is not a democracy in any meaningful sense. But that is where the United States is headed, if it’s not already there, thanks in large part to John Roberts and his majority, which has enabled the worst tendencies of their co-partisans in the Republican Party. For his part, Roberts sees his work as fundamentally apolitical. “We’re not simply part of the political process, and there’s a reason for that, and I’m not sure people grasp that as much as is appropriate,” Roberts said last week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/opinion/callais-voting-rights-roberts-court.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Turley keeps ragging on Virginia Democrats while losing sight of the larger picture. A gerrymandering arms race is exactly what this country DOESN’T need.
But because Trump and Republicans have done such an unprecedentedly rotten job of governing, ruining our economy, our relationships with our allies, starting a war based on lies, and have implemented Project 2025 after lying about it, they cannot win elections without gerrymandering.
Democrats want to pass an anti gerrymandering bill for all the reasons you cited. Republicans obviously oppose it because they know they can’t win elections on their record.
It is literally sickening to see that disgusting lying narcissist strutting around, pretending he “represents” the interests of the American people, and soaking up the pomp and adulation, while accompanied by the CEOs of the biggest companies and the wealthiest man in the world after admitting just yesterday that he has no interest whatsoever in the economic problems of the American people that he created.
What party created (gerrymandering)
Jezzzzzz
That would be the Democrat-Republican Party, in 1812.
Trump bragged about hiring his “pool guy” to paint the reflecting pond American flag blue. Then he denied it. Now, he’s claiming that the “no bid contract” had to be awarded urgently because there is an “emergency”. He claims he had to proceed with getting the pool painted so it would be ready for July 4th holiday — that was the “emergency”.
Oh, he took $13 Billion away from California Medicaid, claiming, without any evidence, that there is widespread fraud. He wants that money to settle his lawsuit against the Federal Government. There are ways to deal with fraud without depriving the poor of medical care.
The level of corruption is breathtaking.
Dear Deraanged & Delusional Anon. with out-of-control TDS …. .. the CORRUPTION you say is ‘breathtaking’ is coming from puppets like YOU.. but YOUR TDS is so Blinding,, that it looks to you that it coming from those you wrongly accuse!. If you would bother to do the research, you will see that Trump did the Reflection pool thru his Builder contacts for a Mere Fraction of what the Biden Admin. estimated it would cost… he lays iit all out in accounting detail in a video that was released… Why don’t you get your own Blog for your TDS Rants and STOP STEALING RESOURCES from Prof. Turley’s Blog, you Corrupt Clown!
Trump “took $13 Billion away from California Medicaid, claiming, *without any evidence*, that there is widespread fraud.” (emphasis added)
“As of May 2026, federal and state authorities have arrested multiple individuals in Southern California for massive healthcare fraud, particularly targeting Medicare and Medi-Cal through sham hospice care. Major actions include 8 arrests in a $50 million federal crackdown and 21 individuals charged in a $267 million state investigation, with 5 arrested in ‘Operation Skip Trace’.”
Only a delusional Leftist could claim that such massive evidence really means “without any evidence.”
Arresting people and charging them with criminal offenses is not the same thing as being CONVICTED of it. The Trump DOJ and FBI have no credibility whatsoever. If the persons found guilty are convicted, there are remedies for their conduct, but cutting off medical care for the needy poor is NOT the answer. I want to correct the figure–it should be $1.3 Billion.
They cut off over 800 Home Heath companies in Ca
Less than 20 ever inquired about why they were cut off or contested. They just faded away. I guess c discretion is the better part of valor
So now we all have to be honest about what ‘s driving this unhinged behavior by these democrat operatives. It’s cold hard cash. As the government in power keeps turning off the cash spigots, the noise from the left-o-crats gets deafening. This is why you have the uneducated meatheads driving the leftist media into a frenzy with narratives like – “You can’t earn a billion dollars, you can only [ steal it]!”. Because that’s what they were doing under Clinton, Obama & more egregiously under Biden the Corrupt. This is why we have a Constitution!
Delusional narcissistic Trump, in China, just said that “this is the biggest summit ever” and that “people aren’t talking about anything else”. Uh, yes we are talking about other things—especially his corruption. As usual, in his perception, he is the center of the universe.
Does he think that the flattery his sad ego requires will work on President Xi and that he can get him to go back to purchasing American soybeans and other agricultural products? Did he forget about the tariffs and how that damaged the trade relationship between the United States and China?
…boy.. you just can’t stop yr Delusional Ranting…non-stop… who is paying you to position yourself as The TDS King? ..dispensing your half baked Doofus Diatribes on Prof. Turley’s Blog that is here for serious Free Speech, not for Echo Chamber woke spins & assorted nonsense………
Mark Elias is Satan’s Spawn, always has been.
I read this far and no more–“It is another example of the “by any means necessary” culture of the left today. There is no institution or value that is sacred. This is why I recently wrote about the rise of “the new Jacobins” in my book Rage and the Republic, lawyers and law professors rationalizing the trashing of the Constitution and our institutions to achieve their political goals.” My stomach started turning, so I couldn’t read any more of today’s serving.
Turley: you’ve literally become laughable in your sad efforts to project onto Democrats what Trump and MAGA have done and are doing to the United States of America. Talk about trashing the Constitution and that “there is no institution or value that is sacred”–that literally defines Trump and MAGA. Let’s start with the lying Trump employed to get the power he abuses–MSNOW ran a compilation video of Trump’s promises on the 2024 campaign trail–over and over again, Trump promised that gas, energy and grocery prices would immediately drop when he took office. Lie! He had NO plan for how to do this, and, in fact, inflation is higher than it has been in years–and Trump lies about that, too. Gas prices are due to the stupid war he lied about after promising “no new wars”, and we are the laughingstock of the world. He promised full disclosure of the Epstein file–another lie! He denied knowing anything about Project 2025. Another Lie! He immediately began implementing it on day one–180 Project 2025 Executive Orders were signed–he didn’t even know what he was signing. From “Wikipedia” (numbers to citation references left in place for your convenience in fact-checking):
“The project’s policy document Mandate for Leadership[7] calls for the replacement of federal civil service workers by people loyal to “the next conservative president” and for taking partisan control of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Commerce (DOC), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).[8] Other agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Education (ED), would be dismantled.[9] It calls for reducing environmental regulations and realigning the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with conservative priorities.[10] The blueprint seeks to reduce taxes on corporations, institute a flat income tax on individuals,[11] cut Medicare and Medicaid,[12][13] and reverse as many of President Joe Biden’s policies as possible.[14][15] It proposes banning pornography,[16] removing legal protections against anti-LGBT discrimination,[17][18] and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs[6][18] while having the DOJ prosecute anti-white racism.[19] The project recommends mass deportation of illegal immigrants.[20][21][22] The plan also proposes enacting laws supported by the Christian right,[23][24] such as criminalizing the sending and receiving of abortion and birth control medications[25][26][27] and eliminating coverage of emergency contraception.[12]”
Every one of these things has been or is being implemented.
How about Trump attacking news media when they publish something he doesn’t like, including using the FCC to threaten broadcast licenses and suing newspapers and non-MAGA media? How about using the DOJ to go after his perceived enemies, and all of the late night rant tweets, the profanity, insulting reporters, especially women, who dare to question lies he tells? How about ignoring the Trust for Historic Preservation and Congress and tearing down part of the White House (after lying about private donations covering the cost, but now, demanding that taxpayers foot the bill), and painting the reflecting pool some ugly swimming pool blue, to the tune of $13 million. How about wanting to build a vanity arch that no one wants? Polls proved that Americans strongly opposed Project 2025, so Trump just lied about it being his agenda, and then enacted it anyway. I don’t have room to cover all of the corruption, the conflicts of interest, the gifts from foreign governments, the pay-to-play scandals, profiteering off of the presidency and the utter incompetence of his cabinet. There are literally no ethics rules in this administration, but Turley says it is Democrats who do not hold sacred “any institution or value”. That is a joke! Then, there’s all of the scientific research, school lunch programs, child care and health insurance subsidies that were cancelled. Yesterday, Trump said this (from “Forbes”)”
“President Donald Trump said he isn’t motivated by Americans’ financial situations “even a little bit” when negotiating a peace deal with Iran, insisting he is only concerned with preventing Iran from getting ahold of a nuclear weapon, despite rising inflation, skyrocketing prices for energy and gasoline and shortages of materials needed for popular consumer goods.”
Iran NEVER HAD a nuclear weapon or the ability to lauch it against the US, according to our own intelligence. It wouldn’t be an issue except for Trump tearing up the JCPOA because it was a crowning achievement of Barak Obama, of whom he is insanely jealous. TRUMP DOES NOT CARE EVEN A LITTLE BIT about the suffering of the American people.
So now, Turley is complaining because citizens in Virginia who voted for redistricting in response to Trump commanding red states find him more seats to try to prevent the citizens of America from voting Repoublicans out, are trying to circumvent the Republican-led state Supreme Court that struck down the will of the people in favor of redistricting on a technicality. Tell us, Jon, WHY shouldn’t the citizens of Virginia use “any means necessary” when political hacks like those on the VA Supreme Court strike down the will of the people on a technicality AFTER Trump has already gotten Texas and other red states to gerrymander to try to help him keep Republicans in power, knowing that he and they are historically unpopular and all of the lies he told to get into office? In Texas and other red states, the Republican-led Legislature didn’t even allow the citizens a voice in whether to redistrict–they just did it. At least in Virginia, the people spoke. They continue to speak.
What a pile of misconceptions.Trump has been in politics for 10 years.You go on like everything is his fault.The democrats have drug this country through the hog waller since obama.What a waste of space you are!
^^^^^AI. BOT
As AI progresses the script will become more 1 dimensional and more nonsensical. AI HAS MAJOR FLAWS.
As to the decision in louisiana, government cannot impose any racial discrimination. It’s a correct opinion. Gerrymandering should be illegal.
There’s massive partisan gerrymandering right now. Is there anything that can be done about California? There’s a reason to vote or just count numbers? There aren’t any Republicans in California politics. Just count numbers and be done with it.
Soon it’ll be 80 percent noncitizens and 20 percent citizens will represent them.
Peace- bye-bye
“whenever any government shall be found inadequate . . .” (Elias quoting the VA Constitution)
He wants Virginia to secede from itself.
I got nothin.
Secede from itself!
Indeed!
“He wants Virginia to secede from itself.”
I own off-grid land in the reddest part of Virginia. Let the blue monkeys form the Union of Soviet Socialists Virginians, and allow Craig, Tazewell and a few other counties to be absorbed by West Virginia. That would be fine with me 😉
With Republicans, every accusation is a confession.
And with far leftists Democrats, by their words and actions, they are trying to undermine the Constitution, rule of law and by any means necessary to ensure Republican never win a election again. They seek one party rule. Theirs.
That is with out a doubt, the most un-Constitutional rule of law, un-Democracy (which the proclaim to be defending), un-Republic form of government they are promoting.
The rest of us call that tyranny.
And we are not accusation them of that. THEY say it, out loud, all by themselves by their words and actions.
We and the good professor are just pointing it out.
Why do not you address that?
Democrats don’t have to do anything to cause Republicans to be voted out of office. Republicans are doing it to themselves. The majority of American voters want them gone. We see for ourselves how they refuse to stand up to Trump, that they refuse to carry out the will of the American people, that they don’t care about the loss of child care and health insurance subsidies the cuts to medical research and popular social service programs— to free up money for Trump’s vanity projects. Then , there’s the corruption and incompetence, the war, the cost of war and the economy that Trump just admitted he doesn’t care about.
The DOJ is considering “settling” Trump’s $10 Billion lawsuit against the federal government. His $10 Billion lawsuit is frivolous and if the DOJ was doing its Constitutional duty to protect the interests of the American people, it would seek dismissal of this ridiculous lawsuit. Trump admitted that he would be deciding whether to award himself the $10 Billion he is demanding. He claims that it’s OK to take our money because he would donate it to “charity”.
The American people are paying the cost to renovate the luxury flying palace gifted by Qatar, and Trump claims that he will “donate” the jet to a “charity”— his “presidential library”. The POTUS is not allowed to keep gifts from foreign governments.
Tell me what, exactly, have Democrats done that even comes close to this level of overt corruption?
Breaking: the DOJ is rushing to “settle” Trump’s lawsuit because the Judge in the case ordered both sides of the case to brief the issue of just how both sides aren’t really the same party.
Trump is the plaintiff AND Defendant, since HE decides whether to settle HIS lawsuit and has the final say AND the terms of any settlement which would directly benefit only him.
One offer Trump floated, in addition to or in lieu of $10 Billion of our money, is that the IRS would agree not to audit Trump, any member of his family, or any of his companies for years. What could possibly go wrong?
Oh, and Trump has foreign governments investing in his crypto, and his sons own a company that makes drones and just got a government contract approved by Daddy’s administration.
Eric Trump is with Trump in China trying to work some kind of deal for the Trump companies. Didn’t Republicans complain about Hunter Biden allegedly peddling influence? Nothing was proven, but where’s Turley’s outrage?
The level of corruption is astounding and you MAGAS wonder why the majority of Americans oppose Trump and his administration.
The POTUS is not allowed to keep gifts from foreign governments.
This is just not true. George Washington kept many valuable gifts from foreign governments, and didn’t bother asking Congress for permission. In a congress that was very jealous of its privileges, not one member complained about this. Because everyone understood that there was no such requirement. And that’s proof positive that there is no such requirement. Because the clause applies only to appointed officers, not to elected ones.
Say what? The Constitution is quite clear.
“No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State”.
“Say what? The Constitution is quite clear.”
Yes it is — to those who know how to read.
You are quoting *out of context* Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8.
Article 1 addresses the *legislative* branch. (A president is part of the *executive* branch.) Section 9 is specifically titled: “Powers Denied Congress.” Clause 8 lists some of the powers denied to *congress*.
Either you don’t know how to read or, worse, are attempting to deceive people.
Section 9 is specifically titled: “Powers Denied Congress.”
No, it isn’t. None of the constitution’s articles or sections have titles. And the emoluments clause clearly isn’t a restriction on congress; on the contrary, it grants congress the power to approve or deny permission to officers to accept foreign emoluments. If the secretary of state wants to accept a payment from Qatar he must ask congress’s permission. But elected officials do not hold offices under the united states, so the clause doesn’t apply to them. If Ilhan Omar wants to accept a payment from Iran she doesn’t need anyone’s permission.
I referenced the Annotated Constitution, which does have titles.
Sally, as I informed you, the clause applies only to appointed officers, not to elected ones.
The presidency, vice presidency, and congressional seats are not “offices of profit or trust under the united states”. Wherever that term is used in the constitution it refers only to officers appointed by the president. It never refers to elected officers.
Thar nice looking 747-8 will be ready soon.
Try to keep the crying under control.
Democrats dedication to lies reminds me of the crazy women who fall in love with incarcerated murderers.
Your comment makes no sense other than to point out you are an insane liberal that hates (fill in the blank here).
Women who love or marry incarcerated murderers often experience hybristophilia, a psychological condition where attraction is formed specifically toward individuals who have committed violent crimes. Motivations range from the desire to “save” or nurture a needy partner to the thrill of a dangerous “bad boy” image, often coupled with a belief that their love is special and they are safe from the killer’s violence.
Try Manson, Oscar Ray Bolin, Bobby Lee Harris and the list gors on.
sally
every accusation is a confession
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Yep, when dem/libs lie.
Darren or even the good professor,
Might be a interesting paper or book?
Take all the comments, crunch the numbers, see how often all the annonys, the Georges/Sleezevez/X, Dennis, Gigi’s and do a break down of how many times they have been right vs wrong against the good professor or in general politics, law.
Something tells me it would not bode well for them. 🙂
Could also be insight into the far leftist Democrat party and their failures. Perhaps their downfall. Wouldn’t that be nice!
Operation Economic Fury in full swing and Xi finally gets it. Trump and Xi are BFF’s now.
You really have no idea of diplomatic relations. It’s amazing that people are so willing to show their ignorance to all right here
Emperor Ping must be feeling the sting of the oil squeeze. No more easy juice from Iran. That’s a pretty strong card Trump holds.
Dems are the ultimate sore losers. They don’t just take their ball and go home though, they nuke our orderly civilization.
AI Overview
Under standard Western and U.S. protocol, the President does not greet a visiting head of state at the airport. Instead, the President waits to receive them at the official host residence (such as the White House).
@Anonymous
Are you capable of an original thought? Way to rehash. This is the future, unless we intervene, folks: people that cannot think on even a basic level without being plugged in. With smart glasses poised to become a thing, they may not even to be able to process what they see without assistance.
Nobody sentient cares what an algorithm regurgitated based on preexisting data in the database spit out. Unplug and think something new.
James,
Not that I am defending the annony, but he does have a point. There is a protocol when it comes to visiting heads of state. Even the arrangement of flags behind heads of state in a joint conference or press meeting (my wife nearly joined the diplomatic corps, had to take a few tests). She is currently visiting with family or I would of consulted with her and made a comment myself.
EASIER TO BLAME THE JEWS
Please debate the subject; shooting the messenger does little good, though it may serve as salve for the narcissist.