Protests, the Courts and the National Guard

President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles has opened the latest chapter in the long-running debate over the constitutional limits to executive power.
Since George Washington's administration, politicians and courts have wrestled with the same problem the Framers faced: creating a presidential office with enough power to administer the executive branch, enforce the law and lead the nation in war and peril—without giving the president so much power as to endanger the constitutional order and the people's liberties.

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Mahmoud Khalil vows to continue protesting Israel's war in Gaza after coming back home

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son's stroller with one hand and cheered on his supporters as they welcomed him home Saturday. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters Saturday at New Jersey's Newark International Airport a day after leaving a federal immigration facility in Louisiana. A former Columbia University graduate student and symbol of President Donald Trump 's clampdown on campus protests, he vowed to continue protesting Israel's war in Gaza. 'The U.S. government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide,' he said. 'This is why I will continue to protest with every one of you. Not only if they threaten me with detention. Even if they would kill me, I would still speak up for Palestine.' Khalil, a legal U.S. resident whose wife gave birth during his 104 days of detention, said he also will speak up for the immigrants he left behind in the detention center. 'Whether you are a citizen, an immigrant, anyone in this land, you're not illegal. That doesn't make you less of a human,' he said. The 30-year-old international affairs student wasn't accused of breaking any laws during the protests at Columbia. However, the government has said noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled from the U.S. for expressing views the administration considers to be antisemitic and 'pro-Hamas,' referring to the Palestinian militant group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Khalil was released after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be 'highly, highly unusual' for the government to continue detaining a legal U.S. resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn't been accused of any violence. The government filed notice Friday evening that it is appealing Khalil's release. Joining Khalil at the airport, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said his detention violated the First Amendment and was 'an affront to every American.' 'He has been accused, baselessly, of horrific allegations simply because the Trump administration and our overall establishment disagrees with his political speech,' she said. 'The Trump administration knows that they are waging a losing legal battle," Ocasio-Cortez added. "They are violating the law, and they know that they are violating the law.' ___ Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire.

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What to know about the US B-2 bombers heading to Guam

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Mark Cuban Says He Turned Down Kamala Harris' Offer to Be Considered for VP: ‘I'm Not Very Good as a No. 2'

Mark Cuban says he turned down an offer to be a candidate for Kamala Harris' vice president, telling The Bulwark podcast that he didn't even consider it because his personality isn't right for the second-fiddle job. The tech billionaire and 'Shark Tank' host's revelation during an appearance on Tim Miller's podcast caught the attention of Fox News, where the hosts of 'Fox & Friends Weekend' bandied about the idea of the Dallas Mavericks minority owner-as-veep. 'My response was I'm not very good as a number two person,' Cuban said on the clip they played from Tim Miller's show. 'It's the last thing we need is me telling Kamala, 'No, that's a dumb idea.' I'm not real good at shaking hands. My personality was different than times and backgrounds, and I think I've cut through the [bleep] more directly and impact on hearing — not a politician. So [I] would have been different but would have been awful … she would have fired me.' Fox News guest contributor Kaylee McGhee White responded by saying Harris may have dodged a bullet – even if Cuban was only asked to go through the vetting process (and was not necessarily the top choice). 'The fact there's an option worse than Tim Walz is really astounding, and I consider Mark Cuban to be far worse,' she said. 'It's interesting he says the reason not going through the vetting process is he didn't want to be Kamala Harris' No. 2. That suggests one of two things: Either Mark Cuban has political aspirations for the future, which are unfortunate consequences of Trump's race, convinced every mid-celebrity they can be high up in the politics.' She also considered that Cuban saw the Harris campaign as 'a sinking ship.' McGhee White added that Democrats are still looking for a scapegoat for Harris' defeat, but disagreed with the notion that they have no leaders. 'They're not leaderless or genderless and [there are] plenty of loud voices setting a tone for the party, and they happen to be trying to be arrested and storing these facilities and garaging into the press conferences,' she said. 'And they want to train them to open the borders and flood with crime and chaos.' Watch the entire exchange in the above clip. The post Mark Cuban Says He Turned Down Kamala Harris' Offer to Be Considered for VP: 'I'm Not Very Good as a No. 2' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.