Notices tagged with biden, page 15

The #Constitution means whatever the #JohnRoberts court says it means, even when that meaning conflicts w/the basic principles of American #democracy.

It is against this backdrop of institutional #dysfunction & #judicial arrogance that President #Biden, fresh from his decision to leave the campaign trail in favor of his vice president, introduced his three-point package of #SupremeCourt reforms.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ExtremistCourt #CorruptCourt #DarkMoney #CourtReform

#Biden’s proposal is a declaration that #SCOTUS is wrong about the #Constitution, that it has abused its power & influence & that it needs to be checked & balanced. He is, of course, far from the first president to do this — Abraham Lincoln & Franklin Roosevelt come to mind — but he is the first modern #Democratic president to recognize that the court as constituted is a major obstacle to the party’s ability to #govern in accordance w/its popular mandate.

#law #ActivistCourt #CourtReform

Whether or not #Biden’s reform plan can pass, it is important that he has planted a flag in opposition to #SCOTUS — a marker for the next generation of #Democrats to work from. And VP #KamalaHarris …has already said that she will pick up the standard if elected in November.

“There is a clear crisis of confidence facing the #SupremeCourt as its fairness has been called into question after numerous #ethics scandals & decision after decision overturning longstanding #precedent,” Harris said…

#law

Joe #Biden Issues a Stinging Dissent

by @jbouie

#SCOTUS is caught in a crisis of its own making.

There is the gross #corruption of Justice #ClarenceThomas & Justice Samuel #Alito, who have received millions… in gifts & benefits from various billionaire benefactors.

There is the court’s open assault on the basic #rights of tens of millions of Americans,

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#law #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/opinion/biden-supreme-court-reform-constitution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

“Donald Trump is running scared & trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to & running straight to Fox News to bail him out,” Tyler said. “Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th,” he added, referring to language #Trump previously used to pressure #Biden into agreeing to a faceoff.

#USpol #Harris2024

I am surprised that people are surprised a Muslim group is endorsing #KamalaHarris, let alone supporting her.

To put it bluntly, if #DonaldTrump wins, non-citizen Muslims will probably be deported while the rest will face intense scrutiny from the Federal government.

👉🏾 Muslim group endorses Harris after 'uncommitted' stance on #Biden https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/muslim-group-endorses-harris-uncommitted-stance-biden-rcna164265

#PrisonerSwap #Biden #tRUMP

#JDVance Desperately Tries to Give #Trump Credit for Prisoner Swap

Trump’s team is pathetically trying to make the #Russia #PrisonerExchange all about him.

After #POTUS Joe #Biden on Thurs announced a deal to free American #hostages in Russia, #Vance somehow tried to give Trump the credit.

#Desperate #pathetic #deranged #weird #criminal #losers #USpol
#Harris2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/184486/jd-vance-trump-credit-russia-prisoner-swap

"Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, tried to claim today that the prisoner swap took place only because of Trump’s strength. When questioned about Vance’s statement at a White House briefing this afternoon, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan answered, 'I don’t follow,' one of the great put downs of all time."

As Truscott notes, when Gershkovich and Whelan deplane in DC, President Biden and V-P Harris will be there to greet them, not Trump.

#Biden #Russia #Putin #prisoners #Trump
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"Putin’s decision to go ahead with the swap was a blow to Trump.

That did not, however, stop Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance from claiming that Trump deserved credit for the swap despite Trump’s insistence that Gershkovich would be released only after Trump was reelected. For his part, Trump didn’t express any joy at all in the deal, simply claiming that Biden got fleeced and saying '[o]ur "negotiators" are always an embarrassment to us!'"

#Biden #Putin #prisoners #Trump /6

"After Joe Biden finished his press conference announcing the deal, a reporter shouted a question about Trump's boast that 'that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange.'

Biden stopped, returned to the lectern, and asked, 'Why didn’t he do it when he was president?'”

#Biden #Putin #prisoners #Trump #diplomacy #leadership
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On the campaign trail, #POTUS Joe #Biden & MVP #KamalaHarris made the project the centerpiece of their case against a #Trump restoration. Their attacks were so effective that Trump has *publicly disavowed* the effort (while selecting a running mate, Ohio Sen #JDVance, who is closely allied w/ the #HeritageFoundation).

This wk, as #Project2025 faced denunciations from the Trump camp, the project’s dir, #PaulDans, stepped down.

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

"In huge news that will surely come as yet another punch in the dick to Donald #Trump, it appears that Joe Dark Brandon #Biden is still president, and has negotiated a prisoner swap with #Russia for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich AND ex-Marine Paul Whelan AND dissident British-Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza."
-Evan Hurst

https://www.wonkette.com/p/biden-bringing-evan-gershkovich-home

#POTUS #Biden, speaking from the #WhiteHouse, said negotiations to free the prisoners came “with tough calls & there never any guarantees.”

“There’s nothing that matters more to me,” he said. “I’m protecting Americans at home & abroad, & so we’ll continue to work for the release of all wrongfully detained Americans around the world.”

#Russia #MafiaState #Hostages #ForeignPolicy #diplomacy #alliances #geopolitics #law

#POTUS #Biden thanked several allied countries for their help in achieving a landmark #PrisonerExchange in which #Russia agreed to release 16 prisoners: 4 Americans, 5 Germans & 7 Russians.

“This still would not have been made possible without our #allies #Germany, #Poland, #Slovenia, #Norway & #Turkey,” Biden said in remarks from the #WhiteHouse. “They all stepped up & they stood with us. They stood with us, & they made bold & brave decisions, released prisoners being held in their countries.”

#Biden emphasized how critical it was that the #UnitedStates had strong relationships w/those allied countries, a subtle criticism of #Trump who debases #alliances.
“For anyone who questions [whether] #allies matter: They do. They matter. And today is a powerful example of why it’s vital to have friends in this world—a friend you can trust, work with, & depend upon, especially on matters of great consequence & sensitivity…. Our alliances make our people safer, & we began to see that again today”

"For you, I will do this," the German chancellor told President #Biden, acc/to a senior admin official familiar w/the private meeting.

Great article detailing the long complex process of the negotiations to achieve this feat of #diplomacy by #POTUS & the #BidenAdministration by Arden Farhi, Olivia Gazis, Camilla Schick :

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russia-prisoner-swap-frees-americans-evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan/

#Germany #ForeignPolicy #ForeignRelations #alliances #geopolitics #law

The #Biden admin had been working on a swap that would have included the release of Russian opposition leader Alexei #Navalny before his death, #WhiteHouse #NationalSecurity Adviser #JakeSullivan said.

“In fact, on the very day that he died, I saw Evan’s [#Gershkovich] parents, & I told them that the president was determined to get this done, even in light of that tragic news, & that we were going to work, day & night, to get ... this done,” Sullivan said.

#Russia #MafiaState #InternationalLaw

⚡️ Reporter: "#Trump has said repeatedly that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange. What do you say to that? What do you say to former President Trump now?"

President #Biden: "Why didn't he do it when he was president?"

Whew.

#HOPE
#HATE
#HEAL
#GROW

#Obama
#Trump
#Biden
#Harris

#uspol
#VoteBlue2024