Marc Elias: Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of

[riversedge]

‪Marc Elias‬
‪@marcelias.bsky.social‬
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Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-05-02T15:59:13.223Z

If only we had 3 equal branches 🤬🤬

— Crazy Mary antifascist (@embeessem.bsky.social) 2026-05-02T16:03:05.391Z

[Martin Eden]

1. If only we had a Fourth Estate that fulfilled its responsibility to the public

To call violating court orders "executive power" -- instead of a violation of constutional rule of law -- is to normalize and validate this lawless authoritarianism.

[dave99]

2. They were all paid off gladly. Traitors all for $$$$ even though they had $$

[Redleg]

11. I agree- plus the wording of the headline is intended to make Trump look powerful

I am sick of this shit. The media has had more than ten years to figure out how to report objectively on Trump and they continue to fail.

[Martin Eden]

12. The orange fascist pig boosts ratings

Even the so-called "liberal" long established media is a profit-driven business.

Trump's lawsuits and threats have had an impact, and now his multi-billionaire allies are buying huge chuks of the media landscape.

[Bluetus]

15. If the founders were here, I wonder which they would consider the greatest failure

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A) a thoroughly corrupt President flaunting all laws and enriching himself personally beyond the limits of human imagination

B) A Congress that sits idly by, turning over essentially all of its power to this one corrupt man

C) A judicial system that is largely trying to uphold the Constitution, but keeps running into a Supreme Court that never met the Constitution.

D) a "free press" commonly referred to in founder times as "The Fourth Estate" that was envisioned as the ultimate backstop for the people to maintain control over their government, but the majority of that "Estate" is owned by a small cohort of fascists that are using the levers of government to funnel the wealth of the nation directly into their pockets.

They most certainly would not be surprised by A). That's why they set up Congress, the courts, and the press as safeguards to prevent ever having a person act like a king.

Regarding B), C), and D), I think they would be horrified by all three, but probably most disappointed in the Supreme Court and the media.

[Martin Eden]

16. Well said.

They would be horrified.

[PhylliPretzel]

26. But the Founders never put "judicial review" in the Constitution.

This is a power that the Supreme Court took for themselves in Marbury vs Madison in 1803. If the Congress had any guts (ha!ha!) they could reclaim that power and pass legislation stating that this cannot be reviewed by the courts.

[Bluetus]

28. Absolutely the case, and this ought to be discussied VIGOROUSLY

by Democrats this election season as part of the overall plan to reform the radical Supreme Court.

Americans have a historically bad opinion about the SCOTUS, for very good reasons.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/public-polling-supreme-court

They have an even lower view of Congress, for even better reasons. Congress s not doing its job. Congress needs to step up and restore the court to a position of integrity and take away the unitary executive powers usurped by Trump. It is all right there in the Constitution. It is literally the JOB DESCRIPTION of the Congress. They need to stop being cowards and to their damn job. And when incumbents from either party are not willing to do that, we need to run hard against them.

This is popular. This is what the people want, and they also are very much in an "Eat the Rich" mood.

Barry Goldwater famously said “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Well, that is where we are today. America is angry. We must give them real actions that address the things they are angry about.

[yellow dahlia]

18. Hear! Hear!

[soldierant]

22. We do - but they are all independents.

Many are on Substack, where a free subscription will not get you everything. but will get you a lot. (Mark Elias is there, for one.)

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. Indeed.

But the programming is very powerful I guess.

We seem to have forgotten how we became a nation in the first place.

Which shows me just how well that programming worked.

[Fil1957]

3. So sick and tired of the press white washing the crimes. Another example are the killings in the eastern Pacific and

Caribbean. The press refers to these as "strikes" and "extra judicial killings", when they should be using the word "murders", because that's what they are.

White washing is just another form of disinformation, and it's got to stop.

[Justice matters.]

7. It's also Accessories After The Facts

Complicity, for short.

[lame54]

8. Murder and cover up...

Using keeping the U.S. safe from drug smugglers
Just like their war is championed because they are keeping the world safe by denying Iran a nuke
You're welcome

[2na fisherman]

4. Trump Proudly Admits His Lawlessness

He has even called what US forces are doing in the Strait of Hormuz, "like piracy."

[sop]

5. Trump always commits his crimes in the open for all to see, then brazenly brags about getting away with it.

That's what the AP calls an "unprecedented display of executive power."

[Beartracks]

10. Right? Because "Well, It can't be a crime if it's done where people can see it!!1!"

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[lame54]

6. We do have 3 equal bramches...

They equally push this nightmare forward

[ultralite001]

9. A rose by any other name

would smell as sweet...

In Krasnov's case, it's criminality + it stinks to high heaven... Like a corpse flower...

[popsdenver]

13. Trump's

Republican Senators, Republican House Members, and Republican Supreme Court Justices are soooooo stupid, they don't realize that there is NO Legislative Branch, and NOJudicial Branch in a Dictatorship/Tyranny. And ALL of their sorry asses are gonna get thrown under the bus, same as he has done with everyone his entire life, when they outgrow their usefulness.......

[yellow dahlia]

19. Or thrown off the balcony.

[Simeon Salus]

14. When we get to flouting, it's really bad

Co-equal branches.

It's making the same mistake over and over and expecting the novel result that counts as wisdom, in this mal-administration.

"Not conservative enough."

They've just re-imposed slavery on 3/5 of the states. Ironic.

[pat_k]

17. I think every instance "asserting executive power" (or the like) shows up should probably be re-written ...

...to include "unprecedented show of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism"

[yellow dahlia]

20. Hear! Hear!

[applegrove]

21. In Canada, most of our print media is American owned.

At least lots of the major papers. So we all huddle around the CBC public broadcasting network. The right wing in Canada is going to try and get rid of it.

[moniss]

27. I love the CBC and listen to it with

satellite radio when I can.

[applegrove]

29. 'As It Happens' I love. I grew up listening to CBC Radio.

[czarjak]

23. You're not The Boss Of Me!

[themaguffin]

25. Exactly. How pathetic.