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The Citizen
2 days ago
- The Citizen
Great economic spin-offs for Tweni
It was a wonderful collaborative effort to get the leafy suburb of Umtentweni ready to host the annual surfing and music event, Tweni 2's. Tweni resident, Mike Davis said that in preparation for last Saturday's surfing event at The Spot Backpackers in Tweni, Ray Nkonyeni Municipality repaired the potholes on the northern section of Ambleside Road. 'Tweni Tidy Towns cut all the bush in the area, now you can see all the way from the north of Commercial Road to the north of Ambleside Road, and residents also came out with rakes to help clean up the debris on Tweni beach.' The exciting news is that Tweni 2's is on the surfing map, as one of the premier competitions in the country, and all money raised goes back into the community. Davis added that some 400 people attended the Northside Wine Festival (mostly based in Tweni) on the same day. 'Both events took a lot of organising and brought economic benefits to the area. Tweni is a great place to live,' he said. HAVE YOUR SAY Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Shares Unhinged Plan to Release ‘Terrorists' On Justices' Doorsteps
President Donald Trump is raging against the Supreme Court after it temporarily blocked his administration from using a centuries-old wartime law to fast-track migrant deportations. On Saturday, the president ramped up his attacks by highlighting a plan to move 'terrorists' near justices' homes. 'The president should release these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release,' former GOP staffer Mike Davis wrote online. Trump shared the post. Davis, a MAGA loyalist and contender for attorney general, continued: 'The Supreme Court still has an illegal injunction on the President of the United States, preventing him from commanding military operations to expel these foreign terrorists.' The Maryland country club referenced reportedly counts Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh among its members. Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau entered the online fray by summarizing the madness: 'The President re-posts a suggestion from an advisor that he release 'terrorists' near the homes of Supreme Court justices who've merely ruled that the government can't send people to a foreign gulag without due process.' Davis jumped on the rebuttal, replying 'Yes' to Favreau, and suggesting migrants be sent to 'wealthy white liberal enclaves, like Chevy Chase and Martha's Vineyard... Then let's see how much 'due process' you liberals want.' The Supreme Court ruling that has set Trump off is Friday's 7-2 decision to continue its temporary block on deportations attempted under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The court found that his administration had violated due process by giving migrants just 24 hours notice before being sent packing and providing them with insufficient information to mount a defense. It 'does not pass muster,' the justices wrote. 'THE SUPREME COURT WON'T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!' Trump complained on Truth Social. He followed his outburst up with a lengthy rant later on. One man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was deported to El Salvador despite a court order preventing it, prompting the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to demand his return—something the Trump team has so far ignored.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Suggests Supreme Court Is ‘Illegally' Blocking His Lawless Deportations
Donald Trump is still seething at the Supreme Court after it issued a ruling Friday continuing to block his efforts to deport immigrants without due process by citing an archaic wartime law. On Saturday, Trump shared a post on Truth Social from lawyer Mike Davis, one of his most extreme MAGA allies, claiming that the Supreme Court put 'an illegal injunction on the president of the United States, preventing him from commanding military operations to expel these foreign terrorists.' Davis added in the post that Trump 'should house these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release.' (Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh both live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.) Trump shared another post from Davis complaining that the justices had blocked Trump from deporting undocumented immigrants 'without years of court process.' The president wrote, 'The Supreme Court must come to the RESCUE OF AMERICA.' To be clear, the Supreme Court did not block Trump from deporting undocumented immigrants or foreign-born terrorists, but rather his effort to deport immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law infamously used to justify the internment of Japanese Americans. Trump has deported hundreds of Venezuelans using the Alien Enemies Act, shipping the immigrants to prisons in El Salvador known for civil rights abuses. The basis for these deportations is that Trump's administration determined the immigrants to be members of a gang that the president has deemed a terrorist organization. The administration's claims about the immigrants' gang ties appear to be extremely specious — and several courts have ruled that Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act is unlawful, because the law is meant to be used during an 'invasion' or 'predatory incursion' by a foreign nation, neither of which is happening. The Supreme Court has not weighed in on whether Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act lawfully. Rather, the justices have taken issue with his failure to respect the immigrants' right to due process, as guaranteed by the Constitution. The high court previously ruled that Trump must give immigrants the ability to challenge their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. Last month, Trump's administration attempted a new round of deportations using the law. This time, immigrants were given written notice of their pending removal under the Alien Enemies Act, but only in English. They were given hours to contest their removals, and were not informed of their right to do so. The Supreme Court stepped in, temporarily halting those removals. On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision prohibiting more deportations under the Alien Enemies Act for now and sending the matter back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for further review. Justices wrote that the government's notice to the immigrants facing deportation was insufficient: 'notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster.' The justices quoted from their previous ruling directing the Trump administration to respect immigrants' due process rights: '[T]he Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in the context of removal proceedings,' they wrote. Trump has now posted several complaints about the ruling, as has Stephen Miller, the president's deputy chief of staff. 'The courts are sabotaging democracy,' Miller wrote Saturday on X, as he shared a post with a screenshot of a finding in a CBS News/YouGov poll. The poll found that, as of late April, 56 percent of Americans approve of the Trump administration's program to find and deport immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. That same poll found, however, that two thirds of Americans believe that a noncitizen should get a court hearing or other U.S. legal process before Trump can deport them (as is the law.) And the poll found 85 percent of Americans believe that if the Supreme Court rules against the Trump administration on a policy or executive action, the Trump administration should follow the court's ruling. More from Rolling Stone Trump's Plan to Kick Millions of Americans Off Medicaid, Explained Transgender Troops Deserve the Right to Serve Musicians Union Slams Trump's Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen Tantrum Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump endorses idea that Supreme Court ruling blocking his deportations under Alien Enemies Act is ‘illegal'
President Donald Trump endorsed the idea that the United States Supreme Court had placed an 'illegal injunction' on him by temporarily blocking his administration's ability to deport Venezuelans, accused of being gang members, without due process, while litigation on the matter plays out in lower courts. On Truth Social on Saturday, Trump reposted two posts made by attorney Mike Davis, a close Trump ally and the founder of the Article III project, calling the court's recent decision 'illegal' and claiming it was 'heading down a perilous path' by not allowing Trump to continue a constitutionally questionable action. 'The Supreme Court still has an illegal injunction on the President of the United States, preventing him from commanding military operations to expel these foreign terrorists,' Davis wrote. He continued, 'The President should house these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release.' Chevy Chase Country Club is located in Maryland, near the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the nation and has the final say on legal disputes involving constitutional or federal law challenges. The court told the Trump administration on Friday it would not allow it to resume deporting Venezuelans accused of belonging to a gang under the Alien Enemies Act while litigation continues in lower courts. In their decision, the justices flagged concerns about the administration bypassing due process rights. Trump raged at the justices for not allowing his Department of Homeland Security to proceed with deportations under the act, calling it 'bad' and 'dangerous.' His recent comments are a distinct reversal from comments he made last year, praising the court when they ruled in his favor. Saturday's endorsement of the idea that the Supreme Court, the ultimate decider of law, was carrying out an 'illegal' act on him by not allowing him to do something that lower courts have also consistently ruled against, is part of a recent trend. Trump and his administration have been accused of defying federal judges' rulings – most notably not facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia despite the Supreme Court directing the administration to do so. The president has personally lashed out at judges who have ruled against him, asserting they are 'rogue' or 'activists.' Roberts and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson have both warned that attacking judges is harmful to the independence of the judiciary. His behavior has led to some concerns from critics that the president will ignore court orders and continue doing whatever he wants with the help of his allies in the government, thus overextending his presidential power. Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan raised some questions over Trump refusing to follow court orders during oral arguments in the challenge to birthright citizenship this past week. In a separate Truth Social post, also re-posted by Trump, Davis insinuated the court was being unfair to Trump by not allowing him to resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. 'The Supreme Court must come to the RESCUE OF AMERICA,' Trump wrote in response.
The Independent
17-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Trump endorses idea that Supreme Court ruling blocking his deportations under Alien Enemies Act is ‘illegal'
President Donald Trump endorsed the idea that the United States Supreme Court had placed an 'illegal injunction' on him by temporarily blocking his administration's ability to deport Venezuelans, accused of being gang members, without due process, while litigation on the matter plays out in lower courts. On Truth Social on Saturday, Trump reposted two posts made by attorney Mike Davis, a close Trump ally and the founder of the Article III project, calling the court's recent decision 'illegal' and claiming it was 'heading down a perilous path' by not allowing Trump to continue a constitutionally questionable action. 'The Supreme Court still has an illegal injunction on the President of the United States, preventing him from commanding military operations to expel these foreign terrorists,' Davis wrote. He continued, 'The President should house these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release.' Chevy Chase Country Club is located in Maryland, near the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the nation and has the final say on legal disputes involving constitutional or federal law challenges. The court told the Trump administration on Friday it would not allow it to resume deporting Venezuelans accused of belonging to a gang under the Alien Enemies Act while litigation continues in lower courts. In their decision, the justices flagged concerns about the administration bypassing due process rights. Trump raged at the justices for not allowing his Department of Homeland Security to proceed with deportations under the act, calling it 'bad' and 'dangerous.' when they ruled in his favor. Saturday's endorsement of the idea that the Supreme Court, the ultimate decider of law, was carrying out an 'illegal' act on him by not allowing him to do something that lower courts have also consistently ruled against, is part of a recent trend. Trump and his administration have been accused of defying federal judges' rulings – most notably not facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia despite the Supreme Court directing the administration to do so. The president has personally lashed out at judges who have ruled against him, asserting they are 'rogue' or 'activists.' Roberts and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson have both warned that attacking judges is harmful to the independence of the judiciary. His behavior has led to some concerns from critics that the president will ignore court orders and continue doing whatever he wants with the help of his allies in the government, thus overextending his presidential power. Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan raised some questions over Trump refusing to follow court orders during oral arguments in the challenge to birthright citizenship this past week. In a separate Truth Social post, also re-posted by Trump, Davis insinuated the court was being unfair to Trump by not allowing him to resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. 'The Supreme Court must come to the RESCUE OF AMERICA,' Trump wrote in response.
