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[Commenter_XY]

Trump v Illinois

At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not invoked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act.

One implication...some states (CA, IL, WA, NJ, et al) will reject 'help' (that is, the Nat Guard) to protect ICE officers who enforce federal immigration law, and other states (meaning red) will welcome the the Nat Guard to facilitate ICE detaining and deporting illegal aliens. That is quite a split, I guess each state can go their own way. That is how the decision reads to me.

Where else might that reasoning apply, meaning states are free to go their own way on enforcement of federal law?

[Dr. Ed 2]

New Hampshire is bordered by the leftist gulags of Massachusetts, Maine, & Vermont. Because of geography (mountains), all the good roads in New England run north/south, and the easiest way to get from Maine to Vermont is to go through Massachusetts -- the most northern east/west Interstate is the Mass Pike (I-90). Most of New Hampshire is within 100 miles of either the Atlantic Ocean or the Canadian Border.

Could New Hampshire go to ICE and arrange for roadblocks where every vehicle entering the state was stopped and every occupant was required to produce evidence of citizenship? Actually go as far as checking passports electronically (as is done on the NH/Quebec border, waving those people through while subjecting those without one to further inquiry as to citizenship? Even going so far as to have separate lanes for those without passports (which wouldn't be required, but would expedite your trip through NH)?

That's where I see us going -- some states wanting to enforce the law and some not -- and then there will be the fight over welfare money for the latter.

[David Nieporent]

Could New Hampshire go to ICE and arrange for roadblocks where every vehicle entering the state was stopped and every occupant was required to produce evidence of citizenship?

Since American citizens are not required to even have evidence of citizenship, let alone to carry it around with them, no.

[Frank Drackman]

Haven't flown in the last 24 years, have you? Or bought a Car, opened a Bank Account, cashed a Check, drank at a Bar, purchased (Legal) Ganja, rented a Hotel Room.......

[Dr. Ed 2]

See: https://youtu.be/cx4rO6T1I4I

After 20 years of handouts to the Somalis -- handouts that native-born citizens are not entitled to, including free cars, the fraud is really starting to pile up in Maine.

Perhaps the most egregious -- some of the mass shooting victims in Lewiston have major medial bills that aren't covered by insurance and money donated to them was instead diverted to the Somali clans, even though all the shooting victims are White.

[Frank Drackman]

On the brighter side, you don't have many Stray Cats (Underrated Band IMHO)

[Dr. Ed 2]

With "friends" like Trump, does Putin really need enemies?

[Frank Drackman]

Am I the only one who thinks DK Metcalf should get a friggin Presidential Medal for punching that Bonehead Lions fan? (did he even punch him? all I saw was him pulling that stupid blue Wig)
Lions were eliminated from the Playoffs yesterday, Steelers are looking pretty good at 9-6.
Might even work out good for Pittsburgh, letting DJ rest up for the Playoffs, and frees up some $$$$ they don't have to pay him in Bonuses.

Frank

[Malika la Maize]

The Trump administration celebrated Christmas on Thursday by posting a series of religious messages from official government accounts, using language that drew criticism from those who pointed to the country’s separation of church and state…

“Today we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote. “May His light bring peace, hope, and joy to you and your families.”

Posts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Homeland Security Department and the Labor Department followed in a similar vein.

One of the most extensive Christmas messages was posted by the Homeland Security Department on Christmas Eve. It read, “We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior,” and included a video that featured images including the American flag, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, President Trump and a Nativity scene, along with the words “Remember the miracle of Christ’s birth.”

The Homeland Security post also drew strong responses online. Alex Nowrasteh, senior vice president for policy at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said: “Americans don’t share a religion. Our state is secular.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/admin/trump-administration-religion-christmas.html