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They are under the direction of each state's governor, but could be mobilized into duty by the President under specific circumstances. In fact, many units were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan during those conflicts.

It's unclear, though, whether the President has any ability to direct troops from one state to conduct activities in another. That may require the governor's of both states to actually do the mobilization. However, there are a bunch of Republican states who would be happy exchanging troops to help arrest brown people.

Their response should be

Remember, his cronies have already uploaded every department's data to Starlink, which I believe is directly compromised by Russia (as well as other foreign actors). Imagine the chaos that Russia can do here if they start weaponizing all those SSNs....

Each country sets their own laws, so it's ultimately up to the destination country. When an ordinary citizen visits another country, they have to meet requirements for entry, but countries can negotiate any terms their government allows them to. So as long as the US government works out terms with the other country in aadvance, they can send anyone.

The US government does have an advantage other countries lack: we have military bases all over the world, including a lot of "shithole countries". There are separate agreements negotiated over the use of that land, but I bet that the US can send whoever they want there without declaring to fhe local authorities who they are. Then the US can "conveniently" lose track of them and.... poof! No more undesirables....

There is an important and subtle distinction to be made here. A lot of noise is made calling people who are here without authorization "illegals", but that's not always true. Being present in the country without authorization is not automatically a criminal matter. It is true that many of the avenues for being here without authorization (crossing illegally, overstaying a visa) also violate the law, but that is handled as a separate matter.

Since immigration status is mostly a civil matter, ot a criminal one, these immigration courts are not under the Judicial Branch, like criminal courts are. They are actually "administrative courts" which are part of the Department of Justice, under the President, just like ICE is.

So while the courts occasionally provide a check on this Predident's power, the immigration courts never will. They ultimately report to the President through the DoJ, and the President has much more direct influence over it. So it doesn't surprise me that these people are stuck in a Kafkaesque hell, where ICE ignore their pleas that they are citizens and says "tell it to the judge", and when they finally get to the judge they get ignored.

Is it any wonder that Trump was so dead set against the immigration bill last year? He needed the process to stay chaotic, in order to have a better chance of winning.

Donald Trump's new Personnel Director:

But if I remember from back in the day, the DMCA doesn't have any exception for that. This is why CD ripping was legal, while DVD ripping was not. It had nothing to do with fair use or backups, but rather that DVDs have encryption, and CDs do not. Circumventing that encryption for any reason was illegal.

I don't think it has changed, but it's been a hot minute since the Cypherpunks all wore DeCSS T-Shirts....

I think ripping DVDs is still technically illegal, even though CSS has long since been broken. It is still illegal to circumvent encryption in a copy protection scheme, even if it's for your own personal use and the encryption scheme has been pwned.

I bet if he didn't mention that his videos were ripped from DVD, they might have left it up.

What about "Steve Bannon, WoW Gold Farmer"....

"unfortunate episode"?

That sounds exactly like what Putin would say about someone before he throws them in the gulag....

A lot of good advice here! One thing I would add is that large international flights typically board early. So your long-haul flight to Seoul may board 45 minutes or more in advance. And since you are in Business Class, you will board earlier than most.

My advice would be that once you arrive in Munich, check your phone (or look at the departure screens) to find out what gate your Seoul flight is leaving from, then go there right away. No rush, but don't hit the gift shop just yet. Once you get there, the screens at the gate should tell you when the boarding time is (or you can ask the gate staff.). Once you confirm that, you can leave for the restroom, grab a quick snack, or go shopping.

You shouldn't have to worry about a full meal because they normally feed you well in business class. (Free booze, also, if that is your thing.)

And the other bought one

"I bought him fair and square, but now he's defective. Can I get a refund?"

The answer is obvious: neither one is telling the truth, because they never do.

The problem is, though, that the powers of the Presidency are broad, and there is no part of the Constitution that says you can go back and invalidate the actions of a past President. There is even historical precedent for this, because near the end of Wilson's presidency, it's been commonly recognized that he was greatly incapacitated after a stroke in 1919, and his wife basically ran the country from then on. (There was no 25th amendment back then, but that can't be invoked retroactively either) If there was any time when Wilson's opposition could have opened this can of worms, it was then.

So no matter how much merit you may think this has, if we are a nation of laws then whether or not the President is at his best at all times during his term simply doesn't matter. Trump is bringing this up now because he knows

1. Biden was actually fit to govern, even if he was diminished
2. Trump has no issues lying to get what he wants
3. If he can get the courts to embrace this lie, then he can get them to embrace others. And thats when the shit hits the fan.

So like so many other things Trump lies about, it's win/win. If he wins, then he can push other lies to get the unlimited power he craves. If he loses, he still makes the other side spend money, while he can find a different lie to win on.

It's tough to handle this fortune and fame

Everybody's so different, Joe hasn't changed

Certs and experience are more important for sysadmin type jobs anyway. Besides, if the company values a degree more than your experience, would you really want to work there?

I'm guessing that UC Berkeley Professor's PhD was not in English

Hurry up and clone that ASAP, this is gonna get taken down once DOGE realizes what it is