Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I'm not incorporated DB.  And you still have nothing that I'm interested in, so move along with your ignorance communist.

Wait, what, YOU'RE not incorporated?! 

I guess the handyman really isn't in such demand in Colorado, Springs, Colorado despite the thriving Trump economy, huh?...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I posted something but then decided you aren't worth the time of day.

Oh we understand, you're just too busy at Artistic Woods, Inc...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

The violence coming from the left is just ramping up and now the vile left has silenced Charlie Kirk who was debating as he always does at the Universities around the country.  

And Vile Governor Pritzker had the gall to call out Trump and imply that his rhetoric was the cause of the assassination. 

I have a feeling that this is just the beginning of the assassinations or assassination attempts that will be occurring around this nation.

First we had a Bernie Sanders campaign worker go to a Republican ballgame and take many guns in his attempt to try and assassinate as many Republicans as he could.  Luckily that Bernie Sanders campaign worker was shot dead. Unfortunately he almost killed Republican Senator Steve Scalise who did survive before this Bernie Sanders campaign worker was killed by DC police.  

Then we had 2 attempts to assassinate President Donald Trump by a lunatic Democrat, egged on by the Democrat party.

Now we have a successful assassination of Turning Point Founder Charlie Kirk. 

And I didn't even mention how the leftist Democrats out there were Cheering for the scumbag Luigi Mangioni after he assassinated a CEO of a large insurance company.

Leftist Democrats even started a go fund me for the murderer who killed the CEO, and it is up to $2 Million so far. 

I'm sure that Congratulations are in line for Democrats, as you try to silence your opposition with murder and attempted murder.  

What a sick, twisted party of scum the Democrats have become.

Maybe it was antifa ...

Thanks for the images, Maurice. The eclipse wasn't visible from here in SoCal, having occurred prior to moonrise.

I had a great view of the Titan transit on Saturn earlier in the week, though, and a relatively rare event, too. I had excellent transparency and good seeing that allowed me to use a 10mm ethos eyepiece together with a 2" 2x ED barlow in my 16" astrostems dob. So, I essentially had a 5mm eyepiece on my rig with an enormous field of view that made it a pleasure to track the event. It was quite the show and I'm glad I had the opportunity to view it...

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Part of the reason for this, though, is that a) Trump loves doing controversial and provocative stuff. We could have a whole discussion about his style in this regard. Still, the point is, the more you act the way Trump does, the more often you are going to be challenged in court, and b) Trump and his cohorts are purposely pushing the envelope regarding executive power and authority, and using the court system to do it. So, yes, Trump has the longest consecutive win streak, but he has the longest streak of court cases going to the SCOTUS in general. He probably has the longest consecutive losing streak, too.

"Still, the point is, the more you act the way Trump does, the more often you are going to be challenged in court, and b) Trump and his cohorts are purposely pushing the envelope regarding executive power and authority, and using the court system to do it."

And he is increasingly being enabled to do it by SCOTUS, particularly by their snap decisions done in the shadow docket with little or no explanation. As I've noted in a prior post, the "court system", as you call it, consisting of the lower and appellate courts, have generally found to the contrary only to see their lengthy decision making process being obviated in the docket in record time and at a rapid pace...

Originally Posted by James Brown

I am not able to dig into the merits of this one in depth since I’m traveling again.  But it is clear that in your point of view, Trump always exceeds his authority and this Court’s temporary or final deference to executive authority is always (a) wrong and (b) partisan.  

Please consider the possibility that granting or withholding foreign aid is well within proper executive authority.   Like I quoted yesterday, (the long blue quote) it is not the Court’s job to second guess the executive, if he is reasonably within his Constitutional authority.

Elections have consequences.   The Ds should run a proper campaign next time and then they can implement foreign aid policies more to your liking.

Hmm, the reality is more like Trump always is within his executive authority and the lower and appellate courts are always wrong when they find otherwise and only the brilliant minds of the federalist society folks in SCOTUS are correct when they overturn the decisions in favor of Trump, and at last count, around 17 or so cases consecutively...

Question: Which president has the longest consecutive win streak in SCOTUS decisions? Think hard, I know it's a real toughie! If you took a wild guess and said Donald John Trump, you win a cookie because you're right! Who could be more deserving than him?...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

We'll know for sure and soon enough:

"The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs on trading partners across the globe, agreeing to the administration’s request to hear its appeal — and fast."

"The expedited schedule will have the justices take the bench for oral arguments in the first week of November, a late addition to the calendar."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5494684-supreme-court-trump-tariffs/

You've already indicated your feelings about a SCOTUS decision in favor of Trump for that one. 

It'd be interesting to see if you could run a graph for the number of emergency and expedited hearings granted to Trump and another for those heard on the shadow docket in comparison to other presidents. And, perhaps, yet another for those decided on the shadow docket without explanation...

Definitely on topic!: Breaking news! add Trump's latest SCOTUS win today (shocking!), delivered by John Roberts himself!

"Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. The high court order is temporary, though it suggests that the justices will reverse a lower court ruling that withholding the funding was likely illegal."

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-9-2025

And the hits just keep on coming...

Originally Posted by James Lacey

We can quibble over details, but I think what I learned overall is that the data doesn't seem to show that courts are biased toward helping Trump or shielding him from wrongdoing.

We'll know for sure and soon enough:

"The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs on trading partners across the globe, agreeing to the administration’s request to hear its appeal — and fast."

"The expedited schedule will have the justices take the bench for oral arguments in the first week of November, a late addition to the calendar."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5494684-supreme-court-trump-tariffs/

You've already indicated your feelings about a SCOTUS decision in favor of Trump for that one. 

It'd be interesting to see if you could run a graph for the number of emergency and expedited hearings granted to Trump and another for those heard on the shadow docket in comparison to other presidents. And, perhaps, yet another for those decided on the shadow docket without explanation...

Looking at the AI response, I see the following and it's evident the chart James provided is skewed significantly to Trump's first term in office and,IMO, qualitatively involving less controversial issues than those recently decided in Trump's second term: :

"During his first term, Donald Trump had the lowest Supreme Court win rate of any modern president, though his record has improved significantly since returning to office in January 2025. This success has primarily been on the "emergency docket" for specific policies rather than on the merits docket for broader legal issues."

"As of September 2025, Donald Trump's administration has a successful track record with the Supreme Court, particularly through emergency applications to the "shadow docket"."

"Since returning to office in January 2025, the Trump administration has frequently used the Supreme Court's emergency docket, winning most of its applications. These emergency requests are decided quickly, without the full briefing and oral arguments of regular cases, and have been controversial among lower-court judges and some legal experts."

"Notable victories include":

"Expansion of executive power. The Court has repeatedly sided with the administration to let it proceed with actions that have been blocked by lower-court orders. For example, the court allowed the firing of Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Labor Relations Board, expanding presidential authority over independent agencies."

"Immigration policy. The Supreme Court has enabled the administration to proceed with hardline immigration policies while legal challenges play out. This includes allowing deportations to resume, ending temporary protections for certain migrants, and lifting lower-court orders that had halted other policies.
Narrowing of judicial power. In June 2025, the court sharply curtailed the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions that block federal policies. This was a win for Trump's administration in a case related to his directive on birthright citizenship."


"Narrowing of judicial power. In June 2025, the court sharply curtailed the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions that block federal policies. This was a win for Trump's administration in a case related to his directive on birthright citizenship."