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I've been thinking: What if the Texas case was a test for SCOTUS to see how deeply it had been corrupted? As Thomas noted with Alito's concurrence, SCOTUS is the court of original jurisdiction for disputes between States.
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Thomas is by far the most originalist Justice on the Court. While I haven't read the opinion closely, if he did not see a problem with standing, there most assuredly was NOT a problem with standing.
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That would mean that Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett failed the test, along with Roberts, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Breyer. SEVEN Justices corrupted at SCOTUS.
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That's the lynch-pin that allows PDT to invoke IA and martial law: He has proven a second branch of the government corrupt. (He proved Congress corrupt repeatedly over the past 4 years.)
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With 2 branches of government corrupt, that would give the President authority to invoke Directive 51.
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
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https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
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Curiously enough, Tom Clancy wrote about Directive 51 in his novel "The Division." Directive 51 guided federal agents of The Division (a federal construct) with protecting the US during a catastrophic disaster that occurred consequent to... wait for it.. Operation DARK WINTER.
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Remember Biden's ominous remarks about going thru a "dark winter"?
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/22/biden-dark-winter-america-431399
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/22/biden-dark-winter-america-431399
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We're in the Dark Winter now.
And SCOTUS and Congress are corrupt.
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And SCOTUS and Congress are corrupt.
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EO 13848 will establish that we are at war with China, Russia, and Iran, and recent events have revealed that our government has been irredeemably corrupted from within.
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THIS is the kind of catastrophic failure that Directive 51 considers. It allows the President extraordinary powers in the event of a "'Catastrophic Emergency'[, which] means any incident, regardless of location,...
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that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions."
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Once again: "Extraordinary levels of disruption severely affecting the US...government functions."
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More from the Directive:
"The following NEFs (National Essential Functions) are the foundation for all continuity programs ... and therefore sustaining the following NEFs shall be the primary focus of the Federal Government leadership during...
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"The following NEFs (National Essential Functions) are the foundation for all continuity programs ... and therefore sustaining the following NEFs shall be the primary focus of the Federal Government leadership during...
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... and in the aftermath of an emergency that adversely affects the performance of Government Functions:
(a) Ensuring the continued functioning of our form of government under the Constitution, including the functioning of the three separate branches of government; ...
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(a) Ensuring the continued functioning of our form of government under the Constitution, including the functioning of the three separate branches of government; ...
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(c) Defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and preventing or interdicting attacks against the United States or its people, property, or interests;
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(c) Defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and preventing or interdicting attacks against the United States or its people, property, or interests;
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(e) Protecting against threats to the homeland and bringing to justice perpetrators of crimes or attacks against the United States or its people, property, or interests; ...
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(e) Protecting against threats to the homeland and bringing to justice perpetrators of crimes or attacks against the United States or its people, property, or interests; ...
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(f) Providing rapid and effective response to and recovery from the domestic consequences of an attack or other incident;
(g) Protecting and stabilizing the Nation's economy and ensuring public confidence in its financial systems; and...
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(f) Providing rapid and effective response to and recovery from the domestic consequences of an attack or other incident;
(g) Protecting and stabilizing the Nation's economy and ensuring public confidence in its financial systems; and...
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(h) Providing for critical Federal Government services that address the national health, safety, and welfare needs of the United States."
This gives PDT license to invoke the Insurrection Act.
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(h) Providing for critical Federal Government services that address the national health, safety, and welfare needs of the United States."
This gives PDT license to invoke the Insurrection Act.
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While I cannot forecast with 100% certainty what is going to happen, I am convinced that this is the road we are on. It is the ONLY road that can conceivably return the gov't to the consent of the governed. It is the only road that can drain the boil of political corruption.
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So, please join with me in praying for the welfare of our nation. Just as after The War Between The States, after PDT's invocation of this remedy, there WILL be disaffected parties who feel that their cause was just and that they were ripped off.
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To them, all I can say is, "You bet your stake on a losing hand. Too bad."
God bless you all, and God bless America!
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God bless you all, and God bless America!
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