Kristi Noem gave an egregiously wrong definition of the legal principle habeas corpus while testifying to senators Tuesday.
“Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country,” Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary said.
She was quickly cut off by the stunned senator who had asked her to define the term, Maggie Hassan. “That’s incorrect,” the New Hampshire Democrat said.
Hassan explained that the well-known legal concept refers to a detained person’s right to know why they are being held so they can challenge their imprisonment in court.
can you give us advice on how to mass protest better? we’ve been protesting constantly but i don’t know if it’s in the wrong spot or not the right kind of protest or not big enough, because the protests aren’t doing as much as we’d like
I think you have to abandon the idea of stability, relative wealth and wellbeing, forget the present status quo and see yourself as inhabitants of an economically disadvantaged country with an unstable government.
So motivation is higher and the threshold to start doing something about it is lower, because nobody wants to give up (the illusion of) stability.
Oh and all forms of racism, which really creates huge division in your society. Together we stand, divided we fall.
And of course I mean “you all” - and therein lies the problem. Not an individual, but a critical mass. Go out and find them. See who is motivated to do more than just talking behind closed doors or walled gardens.
But hey, it IS happening already. Maybe not as much as necessary but otoh it goes through all strata of society. Seems not all people are shit-for-brains egomaniacs and even the established remnants of democracy are fighting back.
Look at the French, at the Serbians, they shut down the country. The protests have to be disruptive by nature otherwise you’re not really achieving anything, they’re still spewing out executive orders and going against everything the legal framework and safeguards you’re supposed to have stand for. That means not waiting for the weekend, but shutting down main streets during the week. Civil disobedience across the entire country to cripple it.
The problem I see unfortunately is apathy, 33% actively want this administration, 33% would rather hide in the basement and hope for the best, and I’m not sure the other 33% have the stomach for it. Trump and his handlers would love nothing more than mass protests to declare an emergency. The question is, do you have the stomach for a fight, or hope that somehow there maybe future elections.
Sorry for the rant! But this is a leftist outsiders perspective.