How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113268756884683714
#USpol #USlaw #StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
#Trump #fascism
Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states
* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship
* Article V of U.S. Constitution
* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments
#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT
#ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV
#ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Trump 2.0 will further divide U.S.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/donald-trump-states-rights-270314
* conservative obsession w. “states’ rights” to have wide-ranging effects
* public health to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trumpism #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #conservatism
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #OpusDei #antiLGBT #transphobia #transgenocide #ParentalRightsMovement #Catholicism
MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document
* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-constitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html
* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term
https://newrepublic.com/post/189413/steve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028
* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor
* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution
Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution
https://newrepublic.com/post/180312/president-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud
Trump 2028: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-2028
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney
U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500657375473264
* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
[book] Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235
Farming Out Enforcement to Culture Warriors
New book looks at vigilantism nourished by right-wing state legislatures
https://progressive.org/latest/farming-out-enforcement-to-the-culture-warriors-mccoy-20241007
4 far-right vigilantism approaches to “vigilante democracy:”
* dissenter, courthouse, street, & electoral vigilantism
#StateLegislatures #StateCapture #LegislativeCapture #protofascism #GOP #MAGA #Trumpism #EnablingFascism #vilgilantism #terrorism #fascism
[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
Independent state legislature theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory
* attack on precedents of federalism/separation of powers/constitutional democracy
Article V convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
* U.S. constitutional amendments
State capture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capture
* systemic political corruption
* private interest influence over state legislatures
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
Well but of course the Governor failed. Any decisions or policy related to oil and gas in #NewMexico is properly handled by the lobbyists and member companies of the New Mexico Oil And Gas Association (NMOGA), not the Governor or the state legislature, dontcha know. 🤷♂️
#legislativeCapture #oilandgas #fossilfuels #pollution #corruption
"Équiterre, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, and Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Incorporated (MTI), represented by Ecojustice, are disappointed with the decision from the Federal Court to dismiss their case challenging the Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s decision to approve #BayduNord — a controversial $16-billion oil and gas project proposed off the coast of #Newfoundland and Labrador."
https://ecojustice.ca/news/statement-from-environmental-and-indigenous-groups-on-bay-du-nord-decision/
