Fascism and the Supreme Court

[Charlie Cooper]

The Supreme Court Yields to Fascism - We Must Intensify

The Court could have gone straight to the substance of Donald Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional executive order on birthright citizenship. Instead, it tries to hide behind formalism. Now we have utter chaos where an infant will be required to file suit to obtain the rights of citizenship that were granted in 1866. The Court did not ban district court judges from issuing nationwide rulings against presidential orders when Biden was president, but now Trump is losing in federal district courts. His loss rate is shown below.

Join the Poor People’s Campaign in front of the Supreme Court, Monday, June 30 Gather at 9:00 am at Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC 20023, for a moral overview and grounding, and at 10:45 a.m. and then march to the Supreme Court at 10:45. There will also be information about the immoral budget bill. REGISTER HERE

Or Join this Indivisible Rally for the Rule of Law, Tuesday, July 1 This event comes on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling – a ruling with no legal or constitutional basis that has emboldened Trump. I expect this will be a relatively small gathering.  REGISTER HERE

On June 14, an estimated 5,000,000 people attended thousands of rallies all over the nation to fight fascism and corruption. We must intensify our efforts, and I strongly urge everyone to continue contacting Congress and apply unprecedented pressure to the “Justices” of the Supreme Court.

L. to R., Hartford, Louisville, Tallahassee

Congress Yields – Again – on War Powers

Last night’s vote on a War Powers Resolution by Sen. Tim Kaine (VA) lost 47-53. Republican Sen. Rand Paul (KY) voted for the resolution. Sen. John Fetterman (PA) was the only Democrat to join the Republicans. Although it did not pass, this resolution may be viewed as a step forward in re-normalizing the concept of Congressional authority over the war power. Democrats overcame their reluctance to vote for a measure that Israel opposed. 

	Click to email	Phone Number
Please contact your senators and thank them for their vote.	Sen. Angela Alsobrooks	202-224-4524
	Sen. Chris Van Hollen	202-224-4654

In 2019, both the House and Senate voted for a War Powers Resolution to stop U.S refueling of Saudi plans that were bombing Yemen. Although Trump vetoed that resolution, the refueling did stop soon after. These are the only two instances of Congress trying to invoke the War Powers Act since it was passed in the mid-1970s.

The Israel-Palestine Conflict in Historical Context Baltimore Peace Action Co-Chair Ronda Cooperstein gives an excellent thumbnail history of the conflict in 45 minutes. Brought to you by our friends at Don’t Shop on Tuesday. Highly recommended. WATCH

News Briefs

From Robert Reich: Peter Thiel, libertarian, South African emigre to the U.S. founded PayPal and mentored J.D. Vance. He now heads up spytech firm Palantir, which has been hired by the Trump administration to create a super AI database with your personal info: “Will the Trump regime use this emerging super database to advance Trump’s political agenda, find and detain immigrants, and punish critics? Will it make it easier for Trump to spy on and target his ever-growing list of enemies?”

From Revolving Door Project: Trump is shutting down regulatory and enforcement agencies, including:

• Agency that investigates chemical explosions

• Division of Department of Justice that prevents and prosecutes tax cheating.

From Notes on the Crises: Trump administration continues to hollow out the IRS, making it less likely that his billionaire sponsors will be audited.

From The American Prospect: The Senate version of the immoral budget bill will kill solar and wind subsidies while keeping (expanding?) subsidies for corn ethanol. “The rooftop solar industry would be gored under this bill, with installations falling by an estimated 60-plus percent next year compared to 2024. An acre of solar panels can produce about 200 times more energy than an acre of corn used for ethanol—and indeed, can be made compatible with farms. Instead, thanks to Republicans, the data center boom is showing up as steeply rising electricity prices rather than more power production.”

Charlie Cooper

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[Roy Isenberg]

Thanks for sharing this with me Charlie. What is happening is terrible and horrible. I keep fighting, but Trump (and his minions) are masterful at moving us toward fascism. Only us citizens can stop this and I will continue to be one of the fighters.

Roy

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[Charlie Cooper]

Great to hear from you, Roy! We can win, and we need both to defang the fascists and turn the Dems upside down Mamdani style.

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On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM Charlie Cooper <charlie...@gmail.com> wrote:

[barrie friedland]

Absolutely will do...

[Libby Baker]

Me, too and glad for it

Libby

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