Post Axnwo2vbdmDOCmqGQK by nada_bio_entity2@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #AxnvEB9HV1edK0ZVI0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T18:37:51Z
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🚨🚨 #Pentagon authorizes up to 600 #MilitaryLawyers to serve as temporary #ImmigrationJudges#Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth has approved sending up to 600 #military lawyers to the #DOJ to serve as temporary #immigration #judges, acc/to a memo reviewed by The AP.#law #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-immigration-judges-trump-pete-hegseth-b07950833591270b926ad86ede8b961f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-02-Breaking+News
(DIR) Post #AxnvaE6jBArKrwtGb2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T18:42:40Z
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The #military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military & civilians — to the #DOJ “as soon as practicable” & the military services should have the first round of people identified by next week, acc/to the memo, dated Aug. 27.The effort comes as the #Trump admin cracks down on #immigration across the country, ramping up #arrests & #deportations. Immigration courts also already are dealing with a massive backlog of ~3.5M cases that has ballooned in recent years.#law #judiciary
(DIR) Post #Axnve08b3pOQhVZ3zs by jstatepost@mstdn.social
2025-09-02T18:43:25Z
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@Nonilex Posse comitatus, motherfucker.
(DIR) Post #AxnvxD1hMgXwB0Us64 by davehigginsnaples@mstdn.social
2025-09-02T18:46:51Z
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@Nonilex I mean, how versed in the law do you have to be to perceive that a defendant is...brown?
(DIR) Post #AxnwAbFuan5T5RWwU4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T18:49:20Z
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This is 100% NOT how judges are appointed!
(DIR) Post #Axnwo2vbdmDOCmqGQK by nada_bio_entity2@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-09-02T18:56:24Z
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@Nonilex plus what happens to their usual clients (aka members of the military) when they aren’t there 🤔
(DIR) Post #Axo110wmiV1xdtpfbk by Lizette603_23@mastodon.social
2025-09-02T19:43:35Z
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@Nonilex pay them a lot?
(DIR) Post #Axo1YZzvQ72JuGJ3uy by leerayl@infosec.exchange
2025-09-02T19:49:41Z
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@Nonilex according to that text, you don’t even have to be a US citizen to be appointed in this capacity if qualified.So, based on the law alone, they could appoint non-US citizens to the job if they could not fill it with US lawyers.
(DIR) Post #Axo1d950vaGDrzrcdk by CStamp@mastodon.social
2025-09-02T19:50:30Z
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@Nonilex The US is undergoing a coup. Away from the constitution & rule of law, towards the corrupt sexual predators running the show at their whim, with no boundaries to their corruption & human rights violations. They have moved the US away from a democracy & are the fastest growing banana republic in history. Because purists wouldn't vote out of protest or wouldn't vote for the Black Asian woman. "Burn it all down if we can't have a perfect candidate" those voted for, & they got their wish.
(DIR) Post #Axo24oWyvCegFN8fpo by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T19:55:29Z
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@leerayl https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/1003.0
(DIR) Post #Axo3ewwtCYNwjY3Gt6 by leerayl@infosec.exchange
2025-09-02T20:13:13Z
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@Nonilex last paragraph. If an alien can be appointed, any US lawyer that meets the requirements can be appointed, Military officers serve assignments outside the DoD all the time, this is not good but it’s not illegal. It would become illegal more than likely since we know that once this administration does something it will continue to without repercussions, that to me is the more dangerous part.The alarm is justified not for the legal act of appointing judges but the harm it will do once in place. It’s a continuation of the compounding problem of so much is illegal in totality but enacted legally. (g) Citizenship Requirement for Employment.(1) An application to work at EOIR, either as an employee or a volunteer, must include a signed affirmation from the applicant that he or she is a citizen of the United States of America. If requested, the applicant must document United States citizenship.(2) The Director of EOIR may, by explicit written determination and to the extent permitted by law, authorize the appointment of an alien to an EOIR position when necessary to accomplish the work of EOIR.
(DIR) Post #AxoAGX3IX4BL96LxRo by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T21:27:15Z
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Unlike courts in the #judicial branch, where the Senate confirms #judges to life tenure to ensure their #independence, #immigration courts are part of the #ExecutiveBranch. They are run by the #DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (#EOIR). Still, while #ImmigrationJudges are department employees, they are supposed to act as neutral arbiters.#Trump #law #ImmigrationLaw #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military
(DIR) Post #AxoAQBy1mSsieDUhtY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T21:29:00Z
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Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.#Trump #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #ImmigrationJudges #judges
(DIR) Post #AxoAocEhlToX4MwP5M by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T21:33:13Z
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The #DOJ may now designate “any lawyer” as a temporary immigration judge for 6 months — a period that can be renewed indefinitely. The #Trump admin claimed that the change promoted increased “flexibility,” while rejecting critics who raised doubts about whether it would increase the risk of biased judges.#law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #ImmigrationJudges #military #DOJ #immigration #judges #MilitaryState
(DIR) Post #AxoBvAo6FBOzysBgIq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T21:45:50Z
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It’s also important to remember that shortly after taking office, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth fired the top #JAG officers of the #Army & #AirForce. The position at the #Navy was already vacant. Hegseth has long expressed hostility toward #MilitaryLawyers.He has called them “jagoffs,” & complained they unduly restricted rules of engagement on the battlefield. He also questioned whether it made sense to obey the #GenevaConventions, a core ethos of JAG lawyers.#Trump #law #immigration #military
(DIR) Post #AxoCAxUnVEfPKVgadU by galad@mastodon.social
2025-09-02T21:48:40Z
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@Nonilex They ultimately want to replace civilian courts anyway. Immigration is the lever with which they will break the Judiciary. Nothing would make me happier than to be incorrect, but I probably won’t.
(DIR) Post #AxoU473ZM7d487praS by Anonomouse1981@mstdn.social
2025-09-03T01:09:07Z
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@Nonilex "Major KegsBreath" having a problem with laws?*Quick, dahling!To the fainting couch we go!* 🙄
(DIR) Post #AxoUPQQyVQGaJFwhyC by Anonomouse1981@mstdn.social
2025-09-03T01:12:57Z
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@Nonilex Good thing Trump University already got shut down, or the sapient would foreknow where his "lawyers" / ICE Judge Dredds would come from.Does Faux Gnus have a "law school"?
(DIR) Post #AxoUcyAiNgNCi4naFM by Anonomouse1981@mstdn.social
2025-09-03T01:15:25Z
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@Nonilex @jaykuo Hear about this?
(DIR) Post #AxoXQlid9eoqTWXJYW by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-09-03T01:46:50Z
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@Nonilex For Pete Hegseth, "unduly restricted rules of engagement" means actually enforcing them, and imposing consequences on the real jagoffs who violate them.Senior military officers set rules of engagement. JAG officer advise them, but the rules are determined by those in the chain of command.
(DIR) Post #AxpbZHGIMAMJayYUdc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-03T14:07:42Z
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“This would be #unlawful,” added Rachel VanLandingham, a professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles who was an #AirForce #JAG.In particular, VanLandingham said, turning #MilitaryLawyers into #ImmigrationJudges would likely violate the #PosseComitatusAct, a federal #law that bars US troops from participating in #civilian #LawEnforcement or “executing the laws,” unless otherwise authorized to do so by the #Constitution or #Congress.#Trump #military #immigrationhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/trump-administration-military-lawyers-jags-immigration-court-judges/
(DIR) Post #AxpbnrxohEJTTjs0yu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-03T14:10:18Z
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It’s “frightening,”VanLandingham said of the plan, because “the use of #military courts to hear #civilian cases is the essential component of #MartialLaw.”“What you end up with,” Maurer added, “is military officers under #federal control who are running civilian courts.”#Trump #law #ImmigrationLaw #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #ImmigrationJudges #PosseComitatusAct #DOJ #immigration #judges #MilitaryState
(DIR) Post #Axpc9Q7atTxhUwighk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-03T14:14:26Z
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The fmr JAGs gamed out several scenarios…, but they couldn’t imagine any in which it would be #legal for the #Pentagon to turn #MilitaryLawyers into #ImmigrationJudges, that is, unless #Congress were to pass a #law that allowed it, or #Trump invoked the #InsurrectionAct, which gives the commander in chief power to deploy #military forces within the #US to suppress rebellion or domestic violence.#ImmigrationLaw #Pentagon #PosseComitatusAct #DOJ #immigration #judges #MartialLaw #MilitaryState
(DIR) Post #AxpcIO4dsNxxkncBIO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-03T14:16:03Z
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And if #Trump went that route, there would be no turning back, according to Raquel Aldana, a law professor at the University of California, Davis: “The reality is that, once he does, the powers can be unlimited & we are in a #MilitaryState.”#law #ImmigrationLaw #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #ImmigrationJudges #military #PosseComitatusAct #DOJ #immigration #judges #MartialLaw
(DIR) Post #AxpgCKuj6yMm25La08 by TomDB@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-09-03T14:59:46Z
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@Nonilex He doesn’t give a flying F about legal or illegal. Maybe congress needs to grow a spine and do their ffing job and stop him.
(DIR) Post #Axpnx7f8tet2DwJXjk by dimpase@mathstodon.xyz
2025-09-03T16:26:38Z
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@Nonilex Sorry but how the hell it came to be that the executive branch does "courts"? One of the very purposes of the courts is to protect one from abuses of the executive branch.