Wilbur Ross defies a federal judge's order and says the US Census will end early despite the court o

[soothsayer]

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Mrs. Krassenstein
@HKrassenstein
BREAKING: The Trump Administration’s Wilbur Ross defies a federal judge’s order and says the US Census will end early despite the court order.

That’s the very definition of Fascism.

[dhol82]

1. How can he do that?

[triron]

3. No biggie in the Trump criminal enterprise.

[Laelth]

5. Who's going to stop him?

Nobody? Right. That’s how.



-Laelth

[groundloop]

32. I'm sure our Attorney General and criminal justice system.......

Oh wait. NEVER MIND.

[Norbert]

19. Court orders are for other people.

[dhol82]

20. Thank you, Leona!

[Lucky Luciano]

31. "What are you gonna do about it" thuggery.

[blueinredohio]

2. Contempt of court means jail time for most people.

[kurtcagle]

4. I believe that is called Contempt of Court

And yes, you can be imprisoned for it.

[c-rational]

6. Jail the mf.

[Boogiemack]

7. Issue a bench warrant and arrest him! That's what happens when

an ordinary citizen defies a judge.

[triron]

8. So will the court do that?

[PSPS]

11. Who will arrest him? The DOJ (now Trump's personal law firm?)

[procon]

9. Is this the party that claims "Law and Order" is

their slogan?

[mr_lebowski]

10. "Imposed on Brown People" is the unspoken part (nt)

[Tribalceltic]

17. exactly!

I feel like #Brokeahantas is Trying to break as many laws as he can!

[ooky]

12. If it isn't done correctly then it's invalid.

It will have to be redone next year.

[Takket]

13. that's probably better anyway...

this cabal will fudge the numbers to undercount blue states and shift the house of reps to more red states.

I'd rather see Biden have a crack at it.

in the meantime, Ross should be arrested.

[ooky]

14. You bet it is. Plays right into our hands.

As long as the courts go along with it.

[moonscape]

16. The coming SC wouldn't n/t

[Celerity]

25. SCOTUS may rule a redo unconstitutional. Then it will be the ball in our court to ignore them like

Trump will probably do if he gets a decision he disagrees with. We are hurtling down the road to anarchy if shit breaks the wrong way.


https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/Article_1_Section_2.pdf

[ooky]

34. Yes, perhaps even likely they would rule a redo unconstitutional, given

the ideological make up of the Court. But, the Constitution does also provide a strong argument for the redo. So if Wilbur Ross is allowed to get away with defying a court order I don't really see a better way to fight back.

That said, I don't see any judge sitting still for what Ross is trying to pull.

[Celerity]

35. The problem is, with a wholly Rump-owned DOJ, who will enforce the judge's ruling?

We are headed to the extreme and raw edges of the entire system and the rule of law.

[ooky]

37. I'm not an expert on this but I believe the judge who issued the order would also

order the arrest and send a U.S. marshall after him. (?)

[Celerity]

38. The USMS is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Justice, operating under the direction of the

Attorney General, who unfortunately is, at present, this piece of dogshit:

[ooky]

39. So Barr would have to defy the order in direct conflict with his responsibility to enforce it.

That should be fun to watch.


If he's willing to do that, then you are right, there is nobody to enforce it.

Should be interesting because I don't expect the judge to do nothing.

[Celerity]

40. Many parts of the constitution are, at the end of the day, only able to function under some

level of good faith.

For instance, if (this is all extremely hypothetical) if the House and the Senate passed a bill stating chattel slavery for non-whites was legal again, and the POTUS signed it, then obviously it would instantly be challenged in federal court as violating the 13th amendment.

BUT, when it goes to the SCOTUS (lets say a 6-1 or 7-1 or 8-1 crazed RW SCOTUS, as Breyer is replaced with a RWer or dies and Sotomayor is laid low by her chronic type 1 diabetes and if a Rethug Senate, they will never again (this part is NOT hypothetical) confirm a Dem SCOTUS nominee as long as they control the Senate) and they say, too bad, so sad, the law doesn't violate the Constitutional at all, so 'enslave away, the fields await!' for people like me racially.

Who is going to stop it via CONSTITUTIONAL means, as long as they slavers hold one part of Congress (no laws to end it can be passed then) and the POTUS?

Hell, a law could be passed that ends it, but the slavers will run it up to the SCOTUS, who say now that ENDING the slave-legalising law is unconstitutional.

there will obviously be insane violence, and resistance, etc

but unless the US military performs a coup d'état (they likely would, BUT that is also the death of the union and the republic that emanates from it), we are fucked and off to a millions-killing civil war.

[ooky]

41. Of course.

The constitutional process is far from perfect, as we all have seen. This presidency and this Republican party together have exposed those rocks like never before. We could very well be seeing a dying republic. Hopefully we sweep the election and try to hang on. Not much more we can do.

[DeminPennswoods]

15. Someone had to wake him up first

[dixiechiken1]

21. LMFAO!!! 😂😂😂

That was my first thought, too! LOL

[CousinIT]

18. . . .

https://cand.uscourts.gov/judges/koh-lucy-h-lhk/

[pansypoo53219]

22. LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP

[Snarkoleptic]

23. For those keeping score at home, Ross is a Putin favorite!

Ross is former chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, which (some say) is a haven for Russian money laundering.

[spanone]

24. WHAT THE HOLY FUCK?

this entire administration is nothing but a crime family

LOCK THESE MOTHERFUCKERS UP

[Midnight Writer]

26. Quick! Call the Attorney General right away! He has to be notified of this!

[soothsayer]

27. That never fails to crack me up

[Midnight Writer]

28. I'm getting a lot of mileage from it. Hope it runs out of gas soon.

[soothsayer]

33. Gosh yes!

[bucolic_frolic]

29. Put that old bugger in jail

beyond shelf life in the 1980s

[panader0]

30. Wilbur Ross should have been in jail long ago.

He is in deep with all the Russian stuff. The Paradise Papers:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/trump-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-business-links-putin-family-paradise-papers

[relayerbob]

36. Jail him for contempt - immediately