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bif

(25,204 posts)
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 06:30 AM Tuesday

Tr*mp blast Supreme Court. "We can't give everyone a trial"

Trump blasts Supreme Court while arguing trials for migrants ‘not possible’
President Trump on Monday complained of being “stymied at every turn” by the courts, arguing the administration can’t hold trials for migrants it plans to deport amid accusations they are gang members.

The remark was Trump’s first on the topic since the Supreme Court agreed to intervene early Saturday morning, halting flights as the administration prepared to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, presumably to a prison in El Salvador.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-blasts-supreme-court-while-220317936.html

Hopefully you won't have a trial before you're sent to prison!

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Tr*mp blast Supreme Court. "We can't give everyone a trial" (Original Post) bif Tuesday OP
Maybe if you had more immigration courts and judges! Liberal In Texas Tuesday #1
more courts has always been the solution. mopinko Tuesday #3
Yes. For years. Grins Tuesday #27
Hopefully he WILL have a trial. markodochartaigh Tuesday #2
Fux news will just yell witch hunt mdbl Tuesday #22
True. markodochartaigh Tuesday #24
Yes you can. You don't want to have the trials is the problem. Ray Bruns Tuesday #4
Yep. Somehow more than 1,265 J6 rioters received trials -- and that's just the allegorical oracle Tuesday #23
He's an idiot . . . SarcasticSatyr Tuesday #5
He's also talking about "tens of thousands" illegals. A number that large allegorical oracle Tuesday #34
And then at the trial, they'd have to provide actual evidence to prove their accusations newdeal2 Tuesday #6
Definitely opens the door to arresting anybody he dislikes if he doesn't have allegorical oracle Tuesday #35
His statement is meant to lay the foundation... Orrex Tuesday #7
This. mn9driver Tuesday #18
"We can't give everyone (fill in the blank)." sop Tuesday #8
felon stopping his delay tactics Marthe48 Tuesday #9
Especially not with him tying up the courts with all his lawsuits tanyev Tuesday #10
If you're sending someone to prison you need a trial Ohioboy Tuesday #11
"I alone will determine the truth." surfered Tuesday #12
Bullshit donnie. spanone Tuesday #13
Defund it enough so you can complain that it doesn't work. - the republican way rainin Tuesday #14
He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, Tanuki Tuesday #15
The Constitution grants rights to all ** residents **. Only a few rights are restricted to citizens, like voting . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #20
We all know he'd burn the document to ashes. sakabatou Tuesday #28
Hey, Donnie? lonely bird Tuesday #16
I have a settlement, lets have Trumps two trials Johonny Tuesday #17
Didn't each Jan 6 tourist get a trial ? rickford66 Tuesday #19
Each got the choice of a jury trial or a trial before a federal judge. Almost all chose the latter. ancianita Tuesday #21
Isn't it, like, the President's job to make sure everyone gets a fair trial. twodogsbarking Tuesday #25
Maybe New York should have sent Dumpy to Rikers Island. OLDMDDEM Tuesday #26
You should just pardon the refugees, kids, workers, and migrants. Just like you did for the lovable J6 thugs. Ping Tung Tuesday #29
Money for gold and billionaire tax breaks. No money for US court system. Irish_Dem Tuesday #30
Course not. Too busy shoveling our tax / tariff dollars to the top 1% (nt) pat_k Tuesday #31
Says the man who has had how many trails and appeals ? republianmushroom Tuesday #32
Yes you can because the Constitution requires it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #33
He has his day in court; every day. They will only be there once. twodogsbarking Yesterday #36

Liberal In Texas

(15,121 posts)
1. Maybe if you had more immigration courts and judges!
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:06 AM
Tuesday

Like the Dems have been asking for for years.

Jeeze, how else does anyone prove you're lying about them?

I guess that inconvenient Constitution is getting in the way of being a dictator.

mopinko

(72,299 posts)
3. more courts has always been the solution.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:41 AM
Tuesday

ppl skip the system, cuz the system is broken, ON PURPOSE.
how else ya gonna keep the flow of frightened and desperate workers?

Grins

(8,258 posts)
27. Yes. For years.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:45 PM
Tuesday

Going back to at least Smirky McBush. Republicans blocked all new requests for additional judges. Or even paralegals to help plaintiff and the courts.

markodochartaigh

(2,697 posts)
2. Hopefully he WILL have a trial.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:16 AM
Tuesday

And hopefully it will be covered in the press like Watergate and Iran Contra. And, hopefully, the electorate will pay attention and remember. (I realize that there is no f'ing chance for that.)

markodochartaigh

(2,697 posts)
24. True.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 12:13 PM
Tuesday

But trials should be about discovering and exposing the truth. Having the truth available is important to democracy. If a part of the electorate chooses to ignore the truth, that weakens democracy, but that part of the electorate was always going to be detrimental to democracy.

allegorical oracle

(4,670 posts)
23. Yep. Somehow more than 1,265 J6 rioters received trials -- and that's just the
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 11:36 AM
Tuesday

number as of January 5, 2024. It did take three years. But that's due process.

By Alexander Mallin
January 5, 2024

In the three years since the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors have charged more than 1,265 defendants across nearly all 50 states and D.C. and secured sentences of incarceration for more than 460 people, according to newly released numbers from the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C.

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Of the more than 1,265 individuals charged since Jan. 6, 2021, department prosecutors have secured more than 718 guilty pleas -- including 213 who pleaded to felonies that include assaults on federal officers, obstructing law enforcement and seditious conspiracy.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-years-jan-6-numbers-1200-charged-460/story?id=106140326

SarcasticSatyr

(1,334 posts)
5. He's an idiot . . .
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:51 AM
Tuesday

and "due process" does not necessarily involve a trial, but it should involve a careful review of the facts of the case.

allegorical oracle

(4,670 posts)
34. He's also talking about "tens of thousands" illegals. A number that large
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 03:42 PM
Tuesday

suggests he plans on arresting people who aren't necessarily illegal.

newdeal2

(2,338 posts)
6. And then at the trial, they'd have to provide actual evidence to prove their accusations
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:54 AM
Tuesday

I think that’s the part that he’s really pissed about. Much easier to disappear people and then lie about the reasons.

allegorical oracle

(4,670 posts)
35. Definitely opens the door to arresting anybody he dislikes if he doesn't have
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 03:45 PM
Tuesday

to explain why someone is being arrested.

Orrex

(65,046 posts)
7. His statement is meant to lay the foundation...
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:56 AM
Tuesday

For a declaration of a state of emergency and subsequent martial law. If the courts “can’t handle” the “immigrant crisis,” then martial law will be “necessary” to “protect” Americans from “rapists, murderers, and drug smugglers.”

sop

(13,798 posts)
8. "We can't give everyone (fill in the blank)."
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:00 AM
Tuesday

Typical rightwing, white nationalist Republican ideology: only certain classes of people are worthy.

Marthe48

(20,505 posts)
9. felon stopping his delay tactics
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:11 AM
Tuesday

Frivolous lawsuits, and ignoring jurisprudence that force people to bring fresh charges against his activities would free up a lot of courts and judges.

tanyev

(46,160 posts)
10. Especially not with him tying up the courts with all his lawsuits
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:15 AM
Tuesday

and appealing every damn thing he loses all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Ohioboy

(3,636 posts)
11. If you're sending someone to prison you need a trial
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:21 AM
Tuesday

Trump is not just deporting people. He's giving them an undetermined prison sentence!
There's a big difference.

And to add to the sickness of the whole thing, Kristi Neom takes photos of herself posing with the prisoners to brag about it.

spanone

(138,815 posts)
13. Bullshit donnie.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:26 AM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:50 AM - Edit history (1)

You got your fucking due process, asshole.

rainin

(3,237 posts)
14. Defund it enough so you can complain that it doesn't work. - the republican way
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:37 AM
Tuesday

We've always needed more courts and judges. If only we had lawmakers with legitimate differences, rather than one side that just wants to break everything so they can buy it.

Tanuki

(15,823 posts)
15. He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution,
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:37 AM
Tuesday

even if his hand wasn't actually on the Bible. This statement alone should force the treasonous POS him to resign in disgrace.

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,819 posts)
20. The Constitution grants rights to all ** residents **. Only a few rights are restricted to citizens, like voting . . nt
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:00 AM
Tuesday

lonely bird

(2,265 posts)
16. Hey, Donnie?
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:54 AM
Tuesday

Go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.

You literally have been keeping the legal industry afloat with you bullshit lawsuits. So stop whining about brown people having the right to the legal process.

Johonny

(23,411 posts)
17. I have a settlement, lets have Trumps two trials
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 09:02 AM
Tuesday

And when he is convicted, everyone gets a trial . . . Sound like a deal?

ancianita

(40,328 posts)
21. Each got the choice of a jury trial or a trial before a federal judge. Almost all chose the latter.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:44 AM
Tuesday

Ping Tung

(2,165 posts)
29. You should just pardon the refugees, kids, workers, and migrants. Just like you did for the lovable J6 thugs.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:58 PM
Tuesday
We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are a tragic contingent.
Isabel Allende

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(121,904 posts)
33. Yes you can because the Constitution requires it.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:18 PM
Tuesday

Do your fucking job or resign, you big crybaby.

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