During a Tuesday hearing at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the DOJ urged a three-judge panel to issue an emergency stay of a lower court order and allow the Trump administration’s deployment of the California National Guard to continue in Los Angeles — going so far as to argue a president’s federalization of militia can’t be second-guessed by the courts, even if the chief executive mobilized forces from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., simultaneously.

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      7 days ago

      That’s the assumption whenever someone contradicts centrist orthodoxy.

      It’s wrong, but centrists never let that stop them.

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        9 hours ago

        You mean like the assumptions you made about me in your comment above? A bit hypocritical. But I guess you never let that stop you.