Senate Parliament rules in democracies favour:

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Some good news, amongst all the bad. The Senate parliamentarian ruled that the MAGA-GOP attempt to block federal courts from holding the Executive branch accountable via contempt findings can't be included in the budget reconciliation bill:

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

— Steve Semick (@newarsenalofdemocracy.org) 2025-06-23T01:44:20.898Z

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1. And Thune has been quoted as saying he won't attempt to override her ruling. Nt

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2. Well, now we'l find out if Thune's promises mean anything beyond bullshit de-stinker.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Senate parliamentarian rejects GOP's attempt to limit courts' contempt powers

This provision was clearly not permitted under the Byrd rule. trump and Johnson will NOT be able to use reconciliation to limit the power of the courts to enjoin trump's illegal actions.

Senate parliamentarian rejects GOP’s attempt to limit courts’ contempt powers www.yahoo.com/news/senate-...

— ☘️🦌🤙TreeHuggin (@roberthernon.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T00:19:57.258Z

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5363225-senate-parliamentarian-rules-out-contempt-provision/

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against a controversial provision in the Senate Republicans’ megabill that would have made it significantly more difficult for courts to enforce contempt findings against the Trump administration.

The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that limiting courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt violated the Senate’s rules governing what can be passed with a simple-majority vote on the budget reconciliation fast track.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) hailed the parliamentarian’s decision as a major victory.

“Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trump’s contempt for the courts into law — gutting judicial enforcement, defying the Constitution and bulldozing the very rule of law that forms our democracy,” Schumer said in a statement responding to the development.

“But Senate Democrats stopped them cold. We successfully fought for rule of law and struck out this reckless and downright un-American provision,” he said.

The provision, tucked into the thousand-page bill House Republicans passed in May, would have required anyone suing the federal government to pay a bond before a court would be allowed to use its contempt power to enforce injunctions and other rulings.

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4. The parliamentarian has made a lot of good calls.

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5. Maybe a Go-Fund-Me...

To hire someone to walk between her and windows?

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7. I get your point.. been thinking

along the same lines.

She's standing between Putin & Traitor taking over Complete Fascism in America right now.

Can't make this shite Up. This good news came out of the Blue for me.

[Cha]

6. There she is.. Elizabeth MacDonough..

Senate Parliamentarian.

Been reading about her today and wondering what she looked like.. the Person who is holding our Fragile Country together right now.

Mahalo, apple