Congress just subpoenaed the Attorney General. ⚖️
That’s not routine. That’s what happens when answers stop coming.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about whether the Constitution still means anything.
https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-congressional-oversight/
#Accountability #ChecksAndBalances
Pam Bondi Subpoena Congressional Oversight Crisis Deepens | The Democracy Advocate

Pam Bondi subpoena congressional oversight exposes growing constitutional conflict as lawmakers demand answers on Epstein files and executive accountability.

The Democracy Advocate

That 2000 deaths are linked to illegal actions by the Australian public service and no referrals for for possible criminal prosecutions result is poison for "social cohesion".

The system that treated thousands of people so badly that they killed themselves - the government had run amok.

This undercuts #RuleOfLaw.
There were no #ChecksAndBalances stopping the illegal actions for years & years.
As deaths mounted.

Anthony Albanese needs to address the nation, say what's been changed.
#AusPol

Remember, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫, particularly that which is 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭. Suing for that right is the final check on government's attempt to enslave your body to do whatever it pleases against your will, and the constitutionalists in the courts ought to side with you.

#checksAndBalances #conscription #military #slavery #UnitedStates #war

A quotation from John Adams

Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #checksandbalances #conscience #emotion #intellect #power #regulation #restraint #selfdeception #selfdelusion #trust #abuseofpower #powercorrupts #bestintentions #selftrust #selfawareness

Adams, John - Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson | WIST Quotations

Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must…

WIST Quotations
“To read those words today, in light of President Donald Trump’s #war against #Iran, is to shudder. First, of course, at Madison’s prescience: like the other #Founders, he grasped the frailty of human nature and the consequent imperative of #checksandbalances.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mgdvcz2vls2o
"Everyone before Trump 2.0 accepted two core principles: There is space between the president’s every wish and what the law permits. And, relatedly, executive branch lawyers should not merely rubber stamp presidential initiatives. The Trump administration since January 2025 has rejected this":
https://www.execfunctions.org/p/the-decaying-legal-culture-in-the?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
#RuleOfLaw #ChecksAndBalances copy: @renewedresistance #politics #LawIsBeingCorrupted
The Decaying Legal Culture in the Defense Department

Trump and Hegseth will leave the uniformed military damaged by illegality, and Congress will be complicit

Executive Functions

Most of Trump’s #GOP allies condemned the ruling, firmly rejecting the idea of insisting on their own branch of government’s constitutional role. Of the few #Republican senators who cheered it as a triumph for #ChecksAndBalances, some had repeatedly voted against blocking some of the sweeping duties #Trump unilaterally imposed, wary of crossing him. And in the #House, GOP leaders used a procedural move for nearly a year to prevent lawmakers from even having to take such a vote.

#law #Congress

“Since Trump returned to the White House, we have wondered whether the Supreme Court could muster enough independence to save our constitutional system from his efforts to consolidate all power in the Oval Office. Too often, SCOTUS has shirked this duty. But there are still some lines it won’t let Trump cross.”

#Politics #USPolitics #SCOTUSTariffRuling #SupremeCourtIndependence #ChecksAndBalances #ConstitutionalRights #USConstitution #TrumpTariffSmackdown

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/supreme-court-analysis-john-roberts-trump-tariffs-fail.html?via=rss

John Roberts’ Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging

In truth, Trump’s tariffs were always on shaky legal ground.

Slate

@mina

#DEpol #Wahlen2024 #USpol

(5/n)

...selbst zersetzendes #Demokratieprojekt immer genannt haben.

Im Gegensatz zu den deutschen Verfassungsvätern auf Schloss #Herrenchiemsee sahen das #US-amerikanische Pendant eine von Mr. President ausgehende Diktatur nicht kommen. Das berühmte System der #ChecksAndBalances wurde binnen eines Jahres, v. a. auch durch die ebenfalls von der #FederalistSociety geplante Übernahme des Obersten #Gerichtshofs (#SCOTUS) der #USA,...

🧨 Current Controversy: Contentious Epstein Hearing

When critics online invoke Pam Bondi’s “shady past,” they are often less focused on hidden bank accounts or secretive stock trades and more on a series of financial and ethical controversies that have trailed her from Florida politics to Washington power circles. The conversation tends to blend political donations, lobbying income, and perceived conflicts of interest into a broader narrative about influence and access — even though no criminal financial misconduct has been proven against her.Pam

Ian Kydd Miller