beSpacific<p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration eased rules to let the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> hire temporary <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> without immigration <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> experience, aiming to reduce a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/backlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backlog</span></a> of 3.7 million cases after <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firing</span></a> about 100 judges; critics warn it undermines due process and risks political bias, while the administration pushes faster deportations and even considers using <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> officers as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dueprocess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dueprocess</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a></p>
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Steve Jurrens - News Director<p>South Dakota's JAG Program Earns National Acclaim, Expands to Waubay School District </p><p><a href="https://www.mykxlg.com/news/local/south-dakotas-jag-program-earns-national-acclaim-expands-to-waubay-school-district/article_97a4bfee-5f60-4369-b48f-ed67554360df.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mykxlg.com/news/local/south-da</span><span class="invisible">kotas-jag-program-earns-national-acclaim-expands-to-waubay-school-district/article_97a4bfee-5f60-4369-b48f-ed67554360df.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KXLGNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KXLGNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KXLGRadio991" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KXLGRadio991</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveandLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveandLocal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaubaySD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaubaySD</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JAGSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAGSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SDJAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDJAG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Experts Question the Legality of Deploying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> Officers as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> Judges</p><p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MotherJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherJones</span></a> - July 09, 2025</p><p>“This would be unlawful,” says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RachelVanLandingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelVanLandingham</span></a>, a professor at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthwesternLawSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthwesternLawSchool</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> who was an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> & is now president emerita of the nonprofit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalInstituteOfMilitaryJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalInstituteOfMilitaryJustice</span></a>. And it’s “frightening,” because “the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryCourts</span></a> to hear civilian cases is the essential component of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTrump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/florida-desantis-trump-national-guard-military-lawyers-jags-immigration-judges-legal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/florida-desantis-trump-national-guard-military-lawyers-jags-immigration-judges-legal/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The recent dismissal of the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> of Staff & the judge advocate generals [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a>] has sent a chilling message to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>: Disagreement w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s edicts may come at a steep cost.</p><p>In the past, military deployments have been forgotten because the wave of unrest broke gently. This time, however, the wave may crash violently, & the wreckage it leaves…could be substantial: to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a>’s legitimacy, …health of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, &… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> lives it may cost.</p>
Malcolm Nance<p>One of the first things the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/regime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regime</span></a> did when they came into power in January was fire the inspector generals and the military’s top <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> officers — the lawyers — who would have told them that <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marines</span></a> can NOT be used for civilian law enforcement.</p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s order did not specify any standards for when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>troops</span></a> would be able use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a> — like arresting people or shooting them—if his admin deemed a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> to threaten <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> personnel, property or functions.</p><p>Notably, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> has railed against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> lawyers who promoted what he saw as unduly restrictive rules of engagement aimed at protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> in war zones. He has fired the top judge advocate general (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a>) lawyers who give advice on legal constraints.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו<p>Maybe finally slowly and possibly and potentially things might be moving in the right direction for the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/JohannesburgArtGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohannesburgArtGallery</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://currencynews.co.za/the-war-has-started-gayton-mckenzie/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">currencynews.co.za/the-war-has</span><span class="invisible">-started-gayton-mckenzie/</span></a></p><p>「 The minister told a packed crowd at <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Joburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joburg</span></a>’s Everard Read Gallery on Thursday night that “the war has started”. </p><p>“The president has taken it upon himself and given me clear instructions that the Johannesburg Art Gallery has to be brought back to the way it used to look. And the [Friends of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a>] should not be seen as enemies like they’ve been seen as enemies,” he said. 」 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Johannesburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Johannesburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Gauteng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gauteng</span></a></p>
Raurquiz<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/happybirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>happybirthday</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/joleneblalock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joleneblalock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actress</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tpol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/enterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enterprise</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lowerdecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lowerdecks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/stargatesg1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stargatesg1</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/starshiptroopers3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starshiptroopers3</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/marauder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marauder</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sextape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sextape</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legendoftheseeker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legendoftheseeker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/jag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jag</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/csimiami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>csimiami</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/veronicascloset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veronicascloset</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SinnersandSaints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SinnersandSaints</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SlowBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowBurn</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KillingFrisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KillingFrisco</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/10ItemsorLess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>10ItemsorLess</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AManforEveryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AManforEveryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek58" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startrek58</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@trekcore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>trekcore</span></a></span></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Members of the Judge Advocates General [ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a>] Corps... are military lawyers whose core functions involve military justice and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> of war. They offer advice on questions including what constitutes an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> order, what is a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WarCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrime</span></a>, what is a constitutional violation. Replacing their leadership with Trump loyalists could have serious implications for how the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> reacts in a number of situations"<br><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-night-massacre-in-the-military" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joycevance.substack.com/p/frid</span><span class="invisible">ay-night-massacre-in-the-military</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"We have an administration that is waging war against the rule of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>... We don’t yet know how far it will go as it seeks to control, reinterpret, rewrite, ignore or defy legal constraints, incl the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> itself. The replacement of the military <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> leadership is one skirmish in that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>, but it’s time for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> people... to recognize what is happening. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> has a rogue president... we need to acknowledge that & respond."<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion/trump-hegseth-cq-brown-pentagon-firings-jag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.xGt0.VQTtps801Xnq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-hegseth-cq-brown-pentagon-firings-jag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.xGt0.VQTtps801Xnq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Rosa Brooks, a law professor at Georgetown, succinctly summed up <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s goal in a comment she posted on X. Citing the firing on Feb 21 of top lawyers for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a>, Brooks wrote, “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“He got away with it. So he expects, reasonably, that he can do it again.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & his allies are using their drive to slash the size of the federal work force to break the bonds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/restraint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restraint</span></a>. To do so, they are deploying a strategy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punishment</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coercion</span></a>. They have silenced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> agencies, discharged prosecutors, forced resignations & dismissed government officials whose job it was to maintain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> standards.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The backward-looking reason is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a>. Some of these people & offices have stood in his way before or tried to hold him accountable for his actions. So he wants to destroy them.</p><p>“The forward-looking reason is…to use his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> corruptly. In his first term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteered</span></a> from his office in ways that no other post-Watergate president would have dared…, including by encouraging diplomatic travelers from foreign countries to patronize his hotels.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is sowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> at a blistering pace.</p><p>- Thomas B. Edsall</p><p>He “is dismantling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> offices & other parts of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> apparatus for 2 reasons, one backward-looking & one forward-looking,” Richard Primus, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> prof at the University of Michigan, wrote by email:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MafiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaDon</span></a>'s HATRED for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> has taken a disturbing and "deeply concerning" turn by firing career <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> Officers (military lawyers) with the authority to tell troops that they are "being given an illegal order by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Potus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Potus</span></a>" and not to act on it. 😱 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriminalPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-rogue-president-trump-removal-of-senior-military-leaders-military-lawyers-raises-alarm-232843845746" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/</span><span class="invisible">-rogue-president-trump-removal-of-senior-military-leaders-military-lawyers-raises-alarm-232843845746</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> will now get to choose the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> leadership for all three <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> departments. One has to ask why JAG leadership was singled out for replacement. This is part of a much larger pattern of disrespect, even disdain, for the rule of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. We do not need JAG leaders who fit this pattern.”</p>
Nonilex<p>“If there is one characteristic of this president & this admin, it is the utter lack of respect for legal constraints. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has been clear about his views. Among many examples, he recently wrote, 'He who saves his country does not violate any law.' It is clear from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>’s confirmation hearing, public appearances, writings & support for convicted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCriminals</span></a> that he also does not believe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> officers should constrain war fighters — or presumably the president & secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a>.”</p>
Nonilex<p>“But that optimism doesn’t extend to the consequences of removing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>’s top judge advocates general [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a>], the senior military professionals who interpret & enforce the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the rules that guide troops in the field. They have the independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> authority to tell any military commander or political appointee that an order from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> or the secretary of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unlawful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unlawful</span></a>, cannot be given & should not be obeyed.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a><br>By ret Lt Col Frank Kendall fmr secy of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a><br>“…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s decision to fire snr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> leaders w/o cause is foolish & a disgrace. It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous & debilitating way. What frightens me even more is the removal of 3 judge advocates general [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a>], the most snr uniformed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> authorities in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Dept. Their removal is one more element of this admin’s attack on the rule of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, &…especially disturbing….”<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion/trump-hegseth-cq-brown-pentagon-firings-jag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.xGt0.VQTtps801Xnq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-hegseth-cq-brown-pentagon-firings-jag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.xGt0.VQTtps801Xnq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Steve Jurrens - News Director<p>South Dakota Students to Represent State at National Leadership Academy </p><p><a href="https://www.mykxlg.com/news/state/south-dakota-students-to-represent-state-at-national-leadership-academy/article_018d7204-abfe-11ef-9fcc-5b34fb6ce8bf.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mykxlg.com/news/state/south-da</span><span class="invisible">kota-students-to-represent-state-at-national-leadership-academy/article_018d7204-abfe-11ef-9fcc-5b34fb6ce8bf.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KXLGNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KXLGNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KXLGRadio991" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KXLGRadio991</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveandLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveandLocal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a></p>
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