Even Sotomayor bewildered by Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissenting opinion



A Clinton judge slapped the Trump administration with an injunction on May 22, blocking the president's Feb. 11 executive order aimed at "eliminating waste, bloat, and insularity" and barring 20 executive-branch entities and "any other individuals acting under their authority or the authority of the president" from executing any mass layoffs.

The U.S. Supreme Court gave the administration a big win on Tuesday with an 8-1 order in Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees pausing U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston's injunction. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter.

Conservative justices appear to have dropped the pretense that former President Joe Biden's DEI appointee knows what she is talking about.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, for instance, suggested in Trump v. CASA Inc. that the arguments in Jackson's dissenting opinion were not tethered "to any doctrine whatsoever" and were "at odds with more than two centuries' worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself." Barrett also knocked Jackson for her simultaneous critique of an "imperial Executive" and embrace of "an imperial Judiciary."

This time around, the deepest cut against Jackson came from fellow liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who intimated her colleague may have misunderstood the assignment.

In her lone dissenting opinion in AFGE, Jackson picked up where she left off in CASA — insinuating that the president was some sort of power-hungry menace and that those on the bench who failed to stop his "wrecking ball" were sycophantic enablers whose decision was both "hubristic and senseless."

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Jackson claimed at the outset of her 15-page opinion that the Clinton judge's injunction — supposedly a "temporary, practical, harm-reducing preservation of the status quo" — was "no match for this Court's demonstrated enthusiasm for greenlighting this President's legally dubious actions in an emergency posture."

"This Court lacks the capacity to fully evaluate, much less responsibly override, reasoned lower court factfinding about what this challenged executive action actually entails," continued Jackson.

She asserted that the high court's decision not to leave "well enough alone" would ultimately "allow an apparently unprecedented and congressionally unsanctioned dismantling of the Federal Government to continue apace, causing irreparable harm before courts can determine whether the President has the authority to engage in the actions he proposes."

"This was the wrong decision at the wrong moment, especially given what little this Court knows about what is actually happening on the ground," wrote Jackson.

Sotomayor volunteered a one-paragraph concurring opinion in AFGE to point out the issue with Jackson's long-winded line of attack, namely that the court was not considering the legality of the Trump administration's specific plans.

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After signaling agreement that "the President cannot restructure federal agencies in a manner inconsistent with congressional mandates," Sotomayor noted that Trump's executive order explicitly directs agencies "to plan reorganizations and reductions in force 'consistent with applicable law' ... and the resulting joint memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management reiterates as much."

'I'm doing my best work.'

"The plans themselves are not before this Court, at this stage," continued Sotomayor, "and we thus have no occasion to consider whether they can and will be carried out consistent with the constraints of law."

Sotomayor was here echoing the court's unsigned opinion, which stated, "We express no view on the legality of any Agency [reduction in force] and Reorganization Plan produced or approved pursuant to the Executive Order and Memorandum."

"Imagine how much of a drag it must be to have the DEI justice embarrassing your side," Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said of Sotomayor's response.

Sean Davis, CEO of the Federalist, noted, "I don't know what happened behind closed doors in the Supreme Court over the last month, but it seems like everyone has had more than enough of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nonsense."

"I think I am aware that people are watching," Jackson told ABC News' Linsey Davis in an interview on Saturday. "They want to know how I am going to perform in this job and in this environment, and so I'm doing my best work as well as I can do because I want people to see and know that I can do anything just like anyone else."

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Grandmother whose family was carjacked, shot at is worried gunmen may return to her home to 'retaliate'



A grandmother whose family was carjacked and shot at last week is worried that the gunmen who ran from the crime scene may return to her home in Jackson, Mississippi, to "retaliate."

"We have to get out of here. It's not safe. Especially not now, with all the news and stuff because their picture, it's getting out ... and I'm afraid they're going to retaliate," Heather Allen said, according to Fox News.

'I'm not sleeping. My oldest son, his anxiety is through the roof ...'

A doorbell camera caught the terrifying moment when the carjackers in broad daylight fired shots as they walked up to Allen and members of her family as they were saying their goodbyes in her driveway.

"I threw my hands up like, 'Hey, hey, hey,' and he just pulled me down," Allen recounted to WAPT-TV.

The station said Allen and one of her sons were outside the car parked in the driveway at the time of the crime — however, Allen's daughter, two grandchildren, and her oldest son were inside the car.

Video shows one of the suspects opening the driver's side door and pulling a victim in the driver's seat out of the car. That victim is Allen's daughter, WAPT said.

"They kept hollering, 'Give me the keys, give me the keys.' My daughter was like, 'My babies, my babies are in the car,'" Allen recalled to the station.

Allen also told WAPT, "He jumps in the driver's seat, I'm standing on the outside looking in, and he points a gun at my oldest boy's face."

The station said Allen's son was able to get out of the car — and then she grabbed her grandchildren from the back seat. WAPT added that the whole time one of the suspects continued yelling for the keys.

As it turns out, though, the suspects were unable to figure out how to get the car to move, the station said.

With that, WAPT said Allen threw on the ground the keys to her own car, which was parked on the lawn. The station said the suspects then gave up on the car parked in the driveway and took off in Allen's car.

Allen added in her Thursday "Fox & Friends First" interview that "it dawned on me, I had my keys around my neck, so I took them off and threw them to [the carjackers] to get them out of my yard."

'It was very concerning to me because a threat to them and their family is a threat to everyone.'

"I'm not sleeping. My oldest son, his anxiety is through the roof. ... My daughter, she has shock, but they're safe. They are in Batesville right now," Allen noted to WAPT.

The family indicated that they've lived in the area for about three months — but now they want to move out of Jackson, the station reported.

"We can't stay here any more," Allen added to WAPT.

What happened next?

Jackson police found Allen's car about two blocks away from the crime scene — and only 40 minutes after the incident, the station said.

"The cop said that the car looks good, but it's in the impound lot," Allen explained to WAPT. "I can't get it until they investigate it for fingerprints."

Allen noted during her "Fox & Friends First" interview that she finally got her car back after going "back and forth" multiple times between impound car lots and the local crime lab.

"I had an opportunity to look at the video of Ms. Allen and her family being robbed and carjacked in their driveway," Police Chief Joseph Wade told WAPT. "It was extremely disturbing to me. It was very concerning to me because a threat to them and their family is a threat to everyone."

Wade added to the station that investigators have identified two persons of interest, but they are not in custody.

WAPT said those with information can call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.

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Carjackers in broad daylight fire shots as they walk up to family members saying their goodbyes in driveway



A doorbell camera caught the terrifying moment when carjackers in broad daylight fired shots as they walked up to family members saying their goodbyes in a driveway in Jackson, Mississippi, last week.

"I threw my hands up like, 'Hey, hey, hey,' and he just pulled me down," Heather Allen recounted to WAPT-TV regarding Friday's ordeal.

'He jumps in the driver's seat, I'm standing on the outside looking in, and he points a gun at my oldest boy's face.'

The station said Allen and one of her sons were outside the car parked in the driveway at the time of the crime — however, Allen's daughter, two grandchildren, and her oldest son were inside the car.

Video shows one of the suspects opening the driver's side door and pulling a victim in the driver's seat out of the car. That victim is Allen's daughter, WAPT said.

"They kept hollering, 'Give me the keys, give me the keys.' My daughter was like, 'My babies, my babies are in the car,'" Allen recalled to the station.

Allen also told WAPT, "He jumps in the driver's seat, I'm standing on the outside looking in, and he points a gun at my oldest boy's face."

The station said Allen's son was able to get out of the car — and then she grabbed her grandchildren from the backseat. WAPT added that the whole time one of the suspects continued yelling for the keys.

As it turns out, though, the suspects were unable to figure out how to get the car to move, the station said.

'I'm not sleeping. My oldest son, his anxiety is through the roof — he's even scared. My daughter, she has shock, but they're safe.'

With that, WAPT said Allen threw on the ground the keys to her own car, which was parked on the lawn. The station said the suspects then gave up on the car parked in the driveway and took off in Allen's car.

"I'm not sleeping. My oldest son, his anxiety is through the roof — he's even scared. My daughter, she has shock, but they're safe. They are in Batesville right now," Allen noted to WAPT.

The family indicated that they've lived in the area for about three months — but now they want to move out of Jackson, the station reported.

"We can't stay here anymore," Allen added to WAPT.

What happened next?

Jackson police found Allen's car about two blocks away from the crime scene — and only 40 minutes after the incident, the station said.

"The cop said that the car looks good, but it's in the impound lot," Allen explained to WAPT. "I can't get it until they investigate it for fingerprints."

Police Chief Joseph Wade told the station that his department is working to get Allen's vehicle back to her as soon as possible.

"I had an opportunity to look at the video of Ms. Allen and her family being robbed and carjacked in their driveway," Wade told WAPT. "It was extremely disturbing to me. It was very concerning to me because a threat to them and their family is a threat to everyone."

Wade added to the station that investigators have identified two persons of interest, but they are not in custody.

WAPT said those with information can call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.

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Historically black Mississippi churches set aflame on Election Day. Democrat candidate calls it 'terrorism' to 'suppress our right to vote' — then suspect is arrested.



Two historically black churches in Jackson, Mississippi, were deliberately set on fire early Tuesday morning — Election Day — authorities told USA Today.

There were five additional suspected arson cases in the city — and all seven occurred in the area of Jackson State University, a historically black public university, the paper said.

'We will not allow domestic terrorists to suppress our right to vote'

Mississippi Democrat congressional candidate Shuwaski Young released a statement early Tuesday morning calling the fires acts of "terrorism," USA Today reported.

\u201cMy statement on the church burning in Jackson, Mississippi on #ElectionDay. Go VOTE Mississippi. Just Go VOTE.\u201d
— Shuwaski Young for Congress (@Shuwaski Young for Congress) 1667915682

"This morning several churches were burned in Jackson, Mississippi on Election Day," the statement reads. "These cowardly actions invoke historical acts of terrorism when people are fighting for their right to vote and live peacefully as Americans and Mississippians. We will not be deterred and will not be intimidated. We will not allow domestic terrorists to suppress our right to vote. I ask all Mississippians to GO VOTE regardless of this decades-old intimidation tactic to suppress our votes today. Just go VOTE."

Suspect arrested

Suspect Delvin McLaurin was arrested Tuesday, USA Today said. The Hinds County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested McLaurin in the evening after a tip from citizens in Terry near the Hinds-Copiah County line. Authorities said McLaurin will be transferred to the Jackson Police Department for further questioning.

Image source: Hinds County Sheriff's Office

A Jackson Police Department spokesperson said McLaurin is being charged with felony malicious mischief, USA Today reported, adding that the FBI is questioning him and McLaurin may face additional charges.

Officials began receiving calls about several fires starting around 2:45 a.m., the paper reported, adding that Jackson Police spokesman Sam Brown said McLaurin was in the area of the fires during the hours they were set.

House of cards tumbles

Young wasn't alone in his "suppress our right to vote" post following the suspected arsons. Other commenters underneath his post concurred — and took things a lot further:

  • "The layers of racist symbolism associated with burning churches… in Mississippi… on Election Day. When will this country wake up? This makes me incredibly sad…" one commenter added. "I’m guessing the terrorist/arsonist who did this thinks they’re a Christian and a patriot."
  • "... this what the SCLC fought against, the same white-hooded cowards are a product of 45's GOP, the most racist, corrupt treasonous administration in White House, anti-[Semitism], racism is their platform," another user said. "This act today says it all."
  • "This is beyond hideous. The hypocrisy is off the charts, too," another commenter said. "The burning was probably carried out by people who profess to be Christians."
  • "Domestic white supremacist terrorists will not suppress Democratic voters from voting!" another commenter declared. "But Still, Like Air We Rise ..."

Oh, and:

\u201c@forpetessakeny @shuwaskiyoung Yeah, mystery huh?\u201d
— Shuwaski Young for Congress (@Shuwaski Young for Congress) 1667915682

However, one commenter couldn't help pushing back against Young in light of McLaurin's arrest, saying "…except the suspect is a black man. You can stop the racial narrative now."

Incidentally, Young lost his congressional bid to incumbent Republican Michael Guest, the Clarion Ledger reported, adding that Guest was ahead of Young by more than 40 points with 94% of the votes in Wednesday.

The rest of the story

USA Today said fires were reported at Greater Bethlehem Temple Church, Epiphany Lutheran Church, the baseball field at Jackson State, a gas station, a location at Central Street and Dalton, a location in the 1100 block of Pascagoula St., and a location at Terry Road and Cherry Street.

Epiphany Lutheran, one of the oldest predominately black Lutheran churches in Mississippi, burned for more than four hours before the fire was put out, USA Today said.

Lloyd Caston, 73, an elder at Epiphany, was awakened around 4 a.m. by a call from a family member who lives in the neighborhood where the church is located, the paper said. Caston then headed to the church around 4:30 a.m. to find the building “fully enflamed," USA Today reported.

“I was hurt,” Caston told the paper of his emotions upon seeing his church on fire, adding that "it destroyed the church and everything in it."

Epiphany is 85 years old, USA Today reported, adding that renovations to the building’s interior were completed in March.

Fire also damaged Greater Bethlehem Temple Church, the paper said.

"We can't always understand why people do evil, but we know that ... it's our job to overcome evil with good. That's why we're committed to continue to help this community," Ervin Ricks, Greater Bethlehem's communications director, told WAPT-TV .

Jackson officials did not connect the fires with an attempt to affect Tuesday's election, USA Today reported.

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NBC gushes over Beijing Olympics as China shoots 'giant middle finger' to US



While NBC covers the Beijing Winter Olympics like the dutiful Communist propaganda machine that they are, China is using the opportunity to present a "giant middle finger to us all," Glenn Beck said on the radio program Friday.

Glenn played an audio clip of NBC's Savannah Guthrie describing the events at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, as a Uyghur chosen by the Chinese Communist Party co-lights the Olympic flame.

"This moment is quite provocative. It's a statement from the Chinese President Xi Jinping to choose an athlete from the Uyghur minority. It's an in-your-face response to the Western nation, including the U.S., who had called this Chinese treatment of that group genocide and diplomatically boycotted these games," Guthrie proclaimed.

WATCH: @SavannahGuthrie calls a reported Uyghur co-lighting the Olympic flame, chosen by Xi Jinping, \u201can in-your-face response to those Western nations, including the U.S., who have called this Chinese treatment of that group genocide and diplomatically boycotted these games.\u201dpic.twitter.com/NBRtIOROJt
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"She ... plays into the propaganda of it all," Glenn said of Guthrie. "She couldn't say anything differently ... NBC wouldn't want her to because NBC is owned by NBC Universal, and they want their movies in China because we are no longer Americans at all. We have sold out to China.'" he added.

Glenn went on to note that the "Chinese people are not the enemy. The enemy is the Chinese Communist Party that plays for keeps. And they're playing for the whole world."

Watch the video clip below to hear Glenn explain why he think no American should be watching the blatantly Communist propaganda currently on our TVs.


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