Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Final Checkmate: Republicans Move to Destroy the Balance of Power
Article: "The Final Checkmate: Republicans Move to Destroy the Balance of Powers" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Supreme Court has spoken — but Trump still refuses to bring deported man home" by Ariana Figueroa.
Book: The Spirit of Laws by Charles Lois Montesquieu.
Article: "Noem botches habeas corpus questions at Senate hearing" by April Rubin.
Article: "Kristi Noem" by Wikipedia.
Article: "FTSE and US stocks slump, bond yields rise after Moody's downgrade" by Lucy Harley-McKeown.
Article: "The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world" by David Robson.
Article: "Trump family hotel project in Serbia in doubt after forgery probe" by AFP.
A terrible idea...
- Dean / Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2017. / Author of 20 books, including his latest, "No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States", published August 2024. He has authored over 200 law review articles and is a frequent contributor to oped pages in major newspapers. @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
Article: "A Terrible Idea" by Erwin Chemerinsky.
Article: "The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection (Continued)" (Federalist 10) by James Madison.
Article: "The Federalist Papers : No. 47: The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts" by James Madison. "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
Article: "Federalist 78: The Judiciary Department" by Alexander Hamilton.
Law: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."
Article: "Contempt of court" by LII.
Case: "Nixon v. Fitzgerald" (1982) (The President is entitled to absolute immunity from civil liability for damages based on his official acts).
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLU.
Article: "The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help – or kill – a bill’s chance to pass" (parliamentarian) by Charles Tiefer.
Article: "The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate's "Byrd Rule"" by CRS.
Article: "Plunge Protection Team (PPT): Definition and How It Works" by Troy Segal.
Book: One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein by Whitney Alyse Webb.
Post: "Whitney Webb is an American investigative journalist, writer, and researcher known for her work on topics related to intelligence, technology, surveillance, and civil liberties..." by Timo Knuutila.
Article: "Bondi defends Epstein file delay, still reviewing tens of thousands of videos" by Straight Arrow News.
Law: "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986".
Article: "Vance questions authority of US judges to challenge Trump" by Brandon Drenon & Anthony Zurche.
Article: "Trump quietly halts money for preventing disaster damage" by Thomas Frank.
Video: "Drone video shows tornadoes' damage in Kentucky morning after deadly storms " by CNN.
Article: "Sea Level Rise " by Florida Climate Center.
Hour Two: A YUGE warning of the loss of freedoms of speech and press in the United States under the Trump...
Article: "Free Speech Organizations Pen Open Letter Sounding Alarm on Press Freedom Under Trump" by Troy Matthews.
The Trump administration is investigating and charging political opponents now...
Article: "Justice Department investigating Chicago Mayor Johnson for alleged racially motivated hiring" by Alice Yin and Jake Sheridan.
Article: "Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says" by Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Mike Catalini.
Article: "Price tag for Trump's military festival could reach $45 million" by Olivia George.
Quote: "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one." - Sam Rayburn.
Article: "Louisiana is losing a football field's worth of land EVERY 90 MINUTES: State is steadily disappearing and would have to build 168 acres of land every nine days to prevent going underwater" by Stephanie Haney.
Article: "When a climate change denier becomes governor: Jeff Landry’s first month in office" by Terry L. Jones.
Article: "Tulsi Gabbard Says James Comey Should be Jailed for '8647' Post" by Martha McHardy and Shane Croucher .
Article: "As Comey social media post triggers a row, what does '86' mean?" by Max Matza.
Article: "Trump posts video that shows image of Biden tied up in the back of a truck" by Kate Sullivan and Shania Shelton.
Article: "Biden’s cancer diagnosis renews transparency outcry; Trump claims cover-up" by John Power.
If you're Venezuelan - and here legally - you could end up in prison or deported.
Article: "At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds" by Coral Murphy Marcos.
Article: "US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protection for Venezuelans" by Andrew Chung.
Article: "Judge orders Trump administration to allow attorneys access to Venezuelan man in Salvadoran prison" by David Noriega.
Article: "Trump admin dealt new legal blow: 'Court is as concerned as we are'" by Daniel Hampton.
Article: "Trump to end protected status for Afghans and Cameroonians" by Thomas Mackintosh, Regan Morris.
Article: "Trump ends deportation protection for 500,000 Haitians" by Alex Loftus.
Article: "South Africa’s President to Challenge Trump on Afrikaner Refugees" by John Eligon.
Article: "El Salvador arrests prominent human rights lawyer" by Eyder Peralta.
Article: "US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate contact between deported Venezuelan man, his attorneys" by Darren Lyn.
Article: "Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ran on a reform platform — Is he delivering?" by Steven Pifer.
Article: "The Man Who Stood Up to Vladimir Putin" (Alexei Navalny) by Lucian Kim.
Bill: "H. R. ___ One Big Beautiful Bill Act".
Book: FDR Drive (Nora Carleton, 3) by James Comey (out today).
Article: "Comey made announcement on Clinton email probe days before election to give himself 'cover': Trump spokesperson " by Allison Pecorin.
Article: "Dismissal of James Comey" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources" by Jonathan Karl and Katherine Faulders.
Article: "The Trump DOJ Tells SCOTUS Its Plan to Ignore the Courts" by Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern.
Article: "Pam Bondi should lose her law license" by sabrina haake.
Article: "The Final Checkmate: Republicans Move to Destroy the Balance of Powers" by Thom Hartmann (on Daily Kos).
Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 2 section 3. "... he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed..."
Article: "United States Marshals Service" by Wikipedia.
Video: THP: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy....
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Hour Three: Trump's No Taxes On Tips Has Become No Healthcare For Restaurant Workers
Article: "Trump's No Taxes On Tips Has Become No Healthcare For Restaurant Workers" by Jason Easley.
Trump tries to BS Americans about his phone conversation with Putin, but Russia isn't going to let him get away with it.
Article: "Putin Dumps Cold Water Over Trump’s Celebration of Their Phone Call" by Malcolm Ferguson.
FEMA is AWOL in tornado ravaged city. Surprised?
Article: "No Trump, no FEMA? Tornado-ravaged city’s mayor pleads for help" by David Badash.
Article: "Libertarian Party National Platform 1980"
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "Trump Is Dismantling Our Democracy. We Must Come Together And Act Before It's Too Late." by Chris Murphy.
Article: "After promising not to cut Medicaid, Trump starts pointing to the fine print" by Steve Benen.
Article: "Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’" by Camille Baker.
Article: "SBA Receives Additional Disaster Relief Funds" by CBIA.
Article: "Romanian court orders recount of presidential election’s first-round votes" by Jon Henley.
Article: "Why is Cory Booker still voting for Trump’s agenda?" by Alex Samuels.
Article: "Trump mocked for not knowing gas prices: 'Divorced from reality'" by Sarah K. Burris.
Substack: "The Aggressive Progressive".
Article: "Ex post facto law" by Wikipedia.
Article: "In Landmark Vote, Senate Limits Use of the Filibuster" by Jeremy W. Peters.
Article: "Fact check: Republicans, not Democrats, eliminated the Senate filibuster on Supreme Court nominees" by Camille Caldera.
Article: "A Class in Politics" by Edwin F. Ackerman.
Article: "Trump lashes out on Thomas Massie, calls him a ‘grandstander’" by Julia Manchester.
Article: "Thomas Massie: US congressman condemned for Christmas guns photo" by BBC.
Site: Election Truth Alliance (Youtube).
Article: "Walmart responds after Trump says retail chain should absorb his tariff cost" by Ariana Baio.
Article: "Home Depot doesn't plan to raise prices due to tariffs. But some items may disappear" by Alina Selyukh.
Article: "Joe Biden’s granddaughter rips Jake Tapper’s new book on former president’s hidden decline" by Mary Papenfuss.
Article: "Trump transportation flunky tries to blame plane crashes on Biden" (Sean Duffy) by Oliver Willis.
Article: "GPO Produces Official Photographs of President Trump and Vice President Vance" by GPO.