(05-03-2025 12:16 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote: (05-03-2025 12:03 PM)tanqtonic Wrote: (05-03-2025 10:57 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote: (05-03-2025 12:49 AM)tanqtonic Wrote: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/...58.0_1.pdf
Removing some of the copy for everyone's benefit.
So, I'm somewhat amused after your argument with TripleA about the use of and/or.
It clearly articulates this distinction in the very first line of the Act.
That whenever there shall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, OR any invasion or predatory incursion shall be perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government, and the President of the United States shall make public proclamation of the event,
Who gets to make the intelligence assessment of what is a "predatory incursion" and whether it was perpetuated by a hostile foreign nation state (e.g. Maduro). To help you out it's highlighted in green.
The President will make the assessment. Not a jag off district judge.
And under Ludecke Sup Ct 1947 the courts are absolutely propepr to determine if that assessment meets the predicates. That is, the President simply cant make **** u pand say the Act is valid.
Quote:Not the media. Not keyboard warriors. THE PRESIDENT. Moreover, and as I have said before it does not say "AND" or "to include predatory incursion." It clearly says war OR predatory incursion.
yep, it says declared war, or invasion, or predatory incursion. Court wonderfully made the point it was NONE of them. Again, just read the opinion.
None of my comments were predicated at all on the 'or' there. The court simply went down the list: declared war? Nope. Invasion? After determining what an 'invasion' entails -- nope. Incursion? After determining what an 'incursion' entails -- nope.
Then the court says -- since NONE of the above are met, no one even needs to get into the weeds about the 'by a foreign state or government'. But to be complete, they did. To show *another* route of failure.
If your thesis is the President can wave a magic wand and conjure up an improper reason to activiate -- you might want to rethink that there good sir.
In fact the court addresses that when the DOJ made the 'cant even look at this stuff' argument you just brought up. And the government conceded even back in ''47 tht it is entirely proper for that level of review.
Quote:This is going to go to the Supreme Court and it's going to be another L for marxism.
Its Marxist to employ a three branches of government approach? *That* is one Ive never heard before. Lolz.
I understand the judge in this case said none of those three are applicable, but a single judge does not get to determine what constitutes an incursion from a foreign state. It's an extreme overstepping of judicial authority. If the plaintiffs wanted to argue they are not TdA then fair game. Argue away. Declarations of War and what constitutes it or otherwise doesn't, an act of terrorism, an invasion, an act of foreign incursion, etc., are not within the judicial purview. Ultimately, the SC will strike this down if it gets that far and I'm 99.9% convinced of that. These judges should stay within their lanes and stop trying to rule on executive authorities. They are making determinations beyond the scope of the issues at hand.
It is actually absolutely well within the scope of the courts to review if a predicate of a law is met. Even with respect to AEA.
It was conceded by the government in the '47 AEA case that that review by the court is absolutely proper.
First, in two AEA cases in and just after WW2, the Supreme Court identified issues related to the AEA that are subject to adjudication. In Ludecke, the Supreme Court confirmed that “resorts to the courts may be had . . . to challenge the construction and validity of the statute and to question the existence of the ‘declared war[.]’” Ludecke, 335 U.S. at 171
And literally just a few weeks ago the Supreme Court reaffirmed “that an individual subject to detention and removal under [the AEA] is entitled to ‘judicial review’ as to ‘questions of interpretation and constitutionality’ of the Act as well as whether he or she ‘is in fact an alien enemy fourteen years of age or older.’”5 J.G.G., 2025 WL
1024097, at *
And to the bolded, Ludecke directly contradicts your comment. In that case the Court directly opined on whether there was a declared war ongoing that enabled the act. That is, in 1947 they were called upon to examine if WW2 was a sufficient rationale to maintain expulsions.
Looks like its not an overstepping of judicial authority from this viewpoint.
Id agree with an overturn if the Proclamation made sense with respect to the words. The Proclamation is bull****. There is not sufficient 'state or government' action to kickstart it.
There is a reason why SCOTUS has already kicked it in the nuts. This judge simply put the finishing bow on an artifice in the Proclamation.
Maybe next time when there is a *real* war, or a *real* invasion, or a *real* incursion will the Courts respect the massive power in the AEA. But they also dont have blinders as to the passel of bull**** and lies that emanate from this Administration as pretexts for power grabs.