New Year Day 153 - March 13

 Trump Regime - Day 51

In addition to illegal firing of federal workers and dismantling of Congressionally approved agencies and withholding Congressionally approved appropriations, the Trump Regime is mounting a concerted attack on the First Amendment.  On March 7, I posted to Facebook the text of the First Amendament without comment:

"The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for the redress of grievances."

On March 11 I reposted the First Amendment text with the following comment: "I seems that every day we are hearing of a new assault on the Freedoms it guarantees. Without it we do not have a democratic republic."

On March 13, I reposted again with this comment: "The First Amendment was written for such a time as this. Our founders feared a strong executive. Pay attention. If we lose our First Amendment rights of religion, speech, press and assembly, we are truely lost. This regime is challenging it every day in the quest for power."

The most recent assault is the Regime's lawsuits against the lawyers and law firms who have successfully brought cases against him. He should lose again as the suits clearly have no legal basis. The lower courts are consistently ruling against his executive orders.  As of March 6, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed against the regime: 30 related to immigration, 20 challenging Musk's DOGE, 10 challenging policies related to transgender and 20 opposing changes to funding, hiring & firing and dismantling of agencies, like USAID, approved by Congress. Of those which have recieved a ruling, Trump has won only a small handful. It remains to be seen whether he will abide by the court's rulings. So far, all are under appeal. 

A court has just ruled that most of those who were fired must be reinstated as the firings did not follow proper, legal procedure.  The latest attack on lawyers goes to the heart of the rule of law.  These are SCARY TIMES, even more so than in the 1960s. Then we witnessed riots, beatings, burnings and assassinations. Somehow, it seems that it was all endured to promote human rights and the general welfare, not to dismantle the government.