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Ganesh Sitaraman
Vanderbilt Law School

The Supreme Court — a body of nine unelected judges who, once confirmed, can serve for life — plays an increasingly powerful role in shaping the laws that govern our country. In recent decades, on topics as varied as labor, employment law, health care and immigration, the court has served as the final arbiter on issues that should be, at least constitutionally speaking, in Congress’ hands.

For 30 years, Congress has been able to rein in the power of federal agencies through the Congressional Review Act, a law that allows federal regulations to be overturned with a simple majority and a signature from the president. A similar check should be extended to an increasingly heavy-handed Supreme Court when it considers matters of statute. Congress could have, for example, 30 days to decide whether to respond to a court ruling, and another 30 days for a committee to propose a clarification or revision of the statute — under a fast-track process. This reform would put our most representative branch — Congress — back in charge of the public policy decisions that impact us all.

Ganesh Sitaraman is a professor at Vanderbilt Law School and director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator.

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"If the seminal case is overturned, Republicans may come to regret allowing the executive branch to accumulate such power, Slaughter continued.

“I can’t imagine they will like the results of the argument they are making when there is a Democratic president in the future who acts with similar lack of guardrails,” Slaughter said."

https://www.notus.org/courts/fired-ftc-commissioner-rebecca-slaughter-interview

#ICEOutOfMN #MNPoliceDept
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https://www.notus.org/courts/minneapolis-city-attorney-police-immigration

“The future of our democracy is hanging in the balance right now,” Anderson told NOTUS.

This court fight has become a rare case invoking the 10th Amendment that recognizes a locality’s ability to govern itself. Anderson said the “totality of the circumstances” have made daily life in Minneapolis difficult, something she hopes the judge takes into consideration.

“The totality has eroded our ability as a city government to protect our people,” she said.

Normally busy streets are empty. Popular shops and restaurants have been closed for weeks. Some schools have gone virtual to protect kids, whose parents have been taken by agents as they drop off or pick up their children.

One mother told NOTUS that she kept her children with her at the fast food restaurant she works at in St. Paul — where the doors remain locked in an effort to shield them from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Her child was more afraid to be left at home without her in case she never made it back.

Another couple,
BOTH US CITZENS (all caps mine)
said they kept their kids from attending an extracurricular gym class across town out of fear that federal agents would smash their car windows and drag them out for entering the wrong street — something half a dozen people told NOTUS they witnessed.

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NOTUS news briefing---bloody hands pointing fingers:

The White House’s spin conundrum: Tom Homan is scheduled for his first press conference from Minneapolis this morning, after days of shifting messages from Donald Trump and top White House officials about the killing of Alex Pretti.

How we got here: Just before midnight Tuesday, the White House sent NOTUS’ Adora Brown an uncommon clarification on Stephen Miller’s statement that the federal agents who killed Pretti may not have been following “protocol.”

What he meant, the White House spox said, was that “officials would be examining why additional force protection assets may not have been present to support the operation.” You know, as opposed to saying that specific federal agents were violating any rules.

This administration is trying to untangle itself from CBP’s enforcement approach. The complication is that the agency’s approach is what the Trump administration said it wanted. Remember: “The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,” a DHS official said to NBC News in October. “So CBP will do it.”

“I think ultimately it’s unfair to the agents on the ground,” Tim Quinn, a former top CBP civilian official who left the job in May, told Jasmine. “You have this sort of situation where leadership at all levels is sending conflicting information and seems to be in conflict with each other,” he said of how the administration’s ongoing spin efforts are landing with agents.

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https://www.notus.org/democrats/trump-executive-power-next-democratic-president

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NOTUS is a very informative organization. Well worth subscribing---they cover a ton of stuff.

https://www.notus.org/2026-election/senior-voters-maine-north-carolina

>>The tribal representatives said the effects of the shutdown were already visible in their communities, where federal programs, grants and government staff are essential for everything from running school districts to community banks to heating assistance. At the top of mind for the advocates were the funding lapses programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WIC and Head Start are facing.<<

https://www.notus.org/senate/tribal-nations-shutdown-senate-hearing

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I highly recommend giving NOTUS a follow/funding.

Robbing the funds for clean energy.

https://www.notus.org/energy/trump-administration-biden-era-clean-energy-funds-coal-agenda