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Judge finds Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted pro-Palestinian students in searing rebuke (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 4 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/law@lemmy.world

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A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio violated the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation in order to strike fear into international students and curb lawful speech.

In a 161-page decision, U.S. District Judge William Young delivered a blistering assessment of the Trump administration's efforts to pursue international students who expressed pro-Palestinian views on college campuses, which he said was constitutionally protected speech.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, cool, so something is actually going to be done about it? No? Oh, okay, then. Apparently the constitution is just a suggestion.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Constitution is just a document. It can't do anything by itself. It is the citizens who should enforce it.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Citizens don't have the authority to enforce it. Judges are supposed to.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Citizens are the ONLY authority. The only source of laws and power in the country. There is no one above citizens,.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's a fine take, but authority comes in different forms, and the current administration is doing everything they can to make both citizens and judges ineffectual at enforcing anything. I firmly believe everything Trump is currently doing is leading up to peaceful protesters being branded as terrorists and Trump trying to deploy the military against them.

As much as I'd like to think we could just stage a revolution right now, I certainly don't know how to organize something like that on a national scale, and nobody else seems to, either. Small-scale revolts won't lead to anything except giving Trump the justification he needs to deploy the military now. Single citizens trying to exercise authority on this scale that they mistakenly think they have won't end well for them or anyone else.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 2 points 4 days ago

I certainly don’t know how to organize something like that

Somebody else does. Look for these people. Unite. Yes, it is hard and dangerous. Living under a psycho-king regime won't be safe either...