Re:ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
by dmix on Friday July 18, 2025 @08:55PM
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This started following 9/11 and every administration since has pushed hard for growing executive power. I agree it's sad the supreme court can be battered to slowly whittle down some fundamental ideas America was founded on.
Re:ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
by cogman10 on Friday July 18, 2025 @09:11PM
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9/11 super-charged it, but the project of putting all power in the presidency started with Nixon. "If the president does it, it's not illegal".
Reagan ramped it up by pulling some similar moves to what Trump is doing. The Chevron doctrine came from Reagan admin running the EPA into the ground.
Re:ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
by braebo on Saturday July 19, 2025 @04:26AM
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Close — All that matters is what Leonard Leo believes. That’s _his_ Supreme Court majority[1], and this is their happy ending — five of those justices were educated in his Federalist Society pipeline, vetted and selected through networks hand‑built by Leo… riding the Trump wave to judicial and political dominance, despite the turbulence[2]
[1] https://www.npr.org/2024/11/24/nx-s1-5199049/federalist-soci...
[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-federalist-so...
It's true that if you applied prior judicial standards that its crystal clear the constitution and bill of rights extend beyond just protecting citizens. Same for the law. However, with a lot of the recent rulings it seems that now "might makes right" and "if the president does it, it's not illegal".
Both the judicial and legislative bodies have ceded nearly all their power to the executive. We're in for a bumpy ride.