There Is No "National Emergency" To Support The Deployment Of US Military, On Our Civilian State Governments. This Is Not... Putin's Russia.

To be certain, Stephen Miller -- and Tangerine 2.0 loons more broadly, have been looking for a way to lawlessly impose supposed martial law on blue states, but only blue ones. They think LA gives them that opening. The US Supreme Court will -- in a few months -- tell them that we are a civil nation. We will not countenance. . . bully-despotic moves against supposed opponents -- by 1600 Penn.

So, now I will quote a bit of last night's complaint directly -- it sets out the audacity, and majesty of the vision our Founders had. And it does so. . . by offering humility rather than hubris -- in the grants to the federal government (see, Amend. No. Ten):

. . .One of the cornerstones of our Nation and our democracy is that our people are governed by civil, not military, rule. The Founders enshrined these principles in our Constitution -- that a government should be accountable to its people, guided by the rule of law, and one of civil authority, not military rule. . . .

President Trump has repeatedly [lawlessly] invoked emergency powers to exceed the bounds of lawful executive authority. . . .

[M]embers of the public gathered in protest at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse. This building, located at 255 E. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, includes a detention facility known as “B-18.” On information and belief, protestors gathered at this location based on reports that individuals who were detained during the ICE operations were being held there. Protesters also gathered at other locations where ICE operations were reportedly happening, including in the City of Paramount, a city in Los Angeles County.

While not unified in their views or tactics, most protesters seem to have gathered to express their opposition to the manner in which the Trump Administration has executed its immigration agenda and to express solidarity with and concern for the individuals and families most directly impacted by the enforcement actions taking place in their community.

During the protests, Service Employees International Union California leader David Huerta was injured in the midst of interactions with federal agents. He was arrested, treated at a nearby hospital, and then detained. Federal authorities have alleged that Mr. Huerta was obstructing federal agents’ access to a worksite where they were executing a warrant, while in contrast, Union representatives have reported that Mr. Huerta was detained while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity. The [ICE] arrest of Mr. Huerta, who remains detained as of the date of filing, led to further upset in the community. . . .

Most of those involved in protesting have been exercising their rights under the First Amendment in a peaceful, non-violent, and legally compliant manner. There have no doubt been exceptions. News reports have shown some individuals in the midst of these protests breaking the law and acting violently, for example by throwing objects at law enforcement officers and damaging property, including by setting fires. State and local law enforcement agencies have responded to such actions, and Governor Newsom and other state and local officials have unequivocally condemned such conduct and called for the prosecution of such law breaking.

At no point in the past. . . days has there been a rebellion or an insurrection. . . .

Now you know -- Trump cannot use his own violations of US immigration law and treaties as a basis for claiming an "insurrection" or rebellion. Damn -- that's straight out of Putin's playbook.

And so, the overnight deploying up to 700 US Marines -- deep into the civilian cities, in the state where they are decamped -- without the Governor's assent. . . is a very bad look. An Unconstitutional one. This is not enforcing Brown v. Board, against Geo. Wallace in 1963. It simply is. . . not. The people have a right to protest Trump's lawlessness, in rolling ICE on union leaders and peaceable protesters. Onward.

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