Our latest Contrarian episode features Norman Eisen, Jennifer Rubin , andMichael Podhorzer— each from the all-star cast of the dynamic new media venture.
The Supreme Court’s current stays on lower court TRO’s on Donald Trump's Executive actions, orders and interferences rely on a presumption of legitimacy that he is not entitled to, given the merits of the evidence of his disqualification and could be a powerful check on obstruction efforts and otherwise circular defenses employed to sidestep many merited claims, blocked by similar presumptions, and could also be used to justify action in other branches, or enable career officials and officers to disobey unconstitutional orders with greater confidence they will receive proper scrutiny, regardless of downstream removal enforcement outcomes.
Preview of Oral Argument before Judge Reyes, DC on July 21, 2025
Don't like to be the first commentator....but I get so tired of folks who bash Ds for weak messaging.
What Jen said is not only being shouted in the Contrarian but repeated just as strongly in lots of other substacks that I read.
I belong to a small but active local Democratic club. We don't need messaging - we more than get it and are super angry.
And we are very proud of our D representatives who stood up and against this travesty.
I often think their statements speak more about the source of their information or perhaps lack of…..
ICE is the new Gestapo. How many Proud Boys and the likes are part of it???
The Supreme Court’s current stays on lower court TRO’s on Donald Trump's Executive actions, orders and interferences rely on a presumption of legitimacy that he is not entitled to, given the merits of the evidence of his disqualification and could be a powerful check on obstruction efforts and otherwise circular defenses employed to sidestep many merited claims, blocked by similar presumptions, and could also be used to justify action in other branches, or enable career officials and officers to disobey unconstitutional orders with greater confidence they will receive proper scrutiny, regardless of downstream removal enforcement outcomes.
Preview of Oral Argument before Judge Reyes, DC on July 21, 2025
https://open.substack.com/pub/randoliberal/p/updates-on-trump-disqualification?r=u47dz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Hi Jennifer, Norman, and Michael,
Has any of you read "This Will Hold" on Substack? Apparently 47 did not win the election.