Randomly Secured
Under the Trump FTO designations the ammo manufacturer could be investigated for material support to terrorism under 18 USC 2339B. But DOJ will look the other way. Hypocrisy. Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
States and local officials need to do more than condemn this grotesque lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis. They need to take action. One way is criminal prosecution. Let DOJ seek to remove the case to federal court and assert immunity. Bring it on. See here👇 open.substack.com/pub/randomly...
If we didn’t already know that the Tren de Aragua fentanyl/terrorism boat strikes were a ruse, when these boat strikes stop after Maduro’s capture, and when all the talk of fentanyl stops, it will be crystal clear. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...
Trump Is Giving Putin a Most Wonderful Gift www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Trump is wielding the Intl Emergency Econ Powers Act like he’s drunk. The fines on cos that reneg on commitments to make chips here prob relies on IEEPA fines/IEEPA licenses. What an abuse of the law. Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Chips, With a Big Caveat www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/t...
As usual, few legal commentators seem to understand the legal framework Trump is abusing to deploy troops to LA. The Office of Legal Counsel has long concluded that the military can be used domestically to protect federal facilities and functions. That’s the problem… substack.com/@randomlysec...
Whatever one thinks of the Biden cognitive “cover up” and the release of the Hur tapes, none of it excuses the shoddy Hur report. These reporters like @jaketapper.bsky.social keep getting that wrong. See here👉 open.substack.com/pub/randomly... www.nytimes.com/audio/app/20...
Such hacks. Violating fundamental DOJ prosecutorial policies and norms. Without concern about how it undermines DOJ. If DOJ is politicized, good luck winning convictions. And good luck with judges. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Deportation to a Salvadoran jail, for extra-legal detention, is illegal notwithstanding the Alien Enemies Act. Removal means removal, not indefinite detention. Indefinite non-criminal detention without periodic review is unconstitutional. It remains unconstitutional if another country is our jailer.
It’s true that jailing US citizens abroad would violate due process, cruel and unusual punishment, and US statutes. But more fundamentally, NO US CITIZEN CAN BE DETAINED UNDER US LAW BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. PERIOD. EXILE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. A US CITIZEN IS PART OF THE US, FOREVER, FOR GOOD OR ILL.
Judge Wilkinson’s opinion excoriating the Administration’s unlawful actions in the Garcia case should be widely read. It is so powerful, and he is so respected by the Supreme Court justices, that the Supreme Court will likely let it stand as the defining view of the Supreme Court’s earlier decision.
Unleashing the amateurish AI machine on the workforce.
The Administrative Leave Act is a fork in the heart of the Fork in the Road program. It is unclear why the litigation and commentary fail to seize on this simple, dispositive law. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...
“Over the past week, we have witnessed an unprecedented assault on U.S. democracy. Over just a few days, Trump’s affinity for authoritarian rulers like Putin and Orban, his hatred of the law, [and] his army of cynics . . . has fueled a whirlwind of illegality.” open.substack.com/pub/randomly...
Trump, asked about the Special Counsel report in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, falsely said DOJ had recommended Biden for prosecution for retaining classified documents but for his frail memory. Another example of the damage done by the Hur Report 👇 open.substack.com/pub/randomly...
Just putting this out there again as the Trump sentencing proceeds in New York. Unfortunately, on this one he has strong arguments. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...