These incidents “help explain a saying often used by fellow cops to describe the style of policing practiced in the Third: There’s the way that the Minneapolis Police Department does things, and then there’s the way they do it “in Threes.”
“The Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing,” Mr. Garland said in brief remarks at the Justice Department.
One caveat: The GOP & its bill mills (ALEC) are already planning tactics to sabotage Biden’s policies at the state level, similar to the way they blocked Obamacare Medicaid expansions.
Short thread here discussing one of these approaches.
At least two GOP state legislatures are attempting to create a parallel state court system for what they consider “constitutional” matters, and using an untested antebellum “nullification” theory to block Biden policies.
On a separate front, GOP state governments are attempting to push a “block grant” model as an alternative funding method that they claim will allow them to better manage Medicaid expansions.
It’s a trap.
Biden appears to be wise to this already, and is pushing back.
The Tennessee GOP legislature is trying to create a brand new state court - with members to be appointed by the GOP Governor - that will expressly hear "constitutional" cases.
Coupled with GOP/ALEC plans to "nullify" Biden admin policies, this is especially concerning.
"based on a theory [never tested/upheld in a federal court] that states have the right to veto federal policies or declare them “null and void” within their borders if they believe they are unconstitutional."
"A new proposal is moving through the House Civil Justice Committee that would allow Governor Bill Lee to appoint judges to a state court that exclusively listens to challenges of the constitution."
Every day that passes without Dems capitalizing on this clear advantage, is another day that they allow shrewd liars in the GOP to muddy and confuse the issue, and make it less effective as a tool in the information space.
Dems can still capitalize on this; they need to do it
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