Mike Magee
The death of the pope interrupts an epic battle between Trump and other civilized worlds about whether America remains a society “under the law.” What is crucial to the rule of law isDue process“As stated in our Constitution, but two amendments to our Constitution.
The Fifth Amendment states that no residents shall “deprive life, freedom or property without proper legal proceedings.”
The 14th Amendment approved after the Civil War and the liberation used the same 11 words, called “Due Process Terms,” describes the legal obligations of all states.
Doing any pretending arrogantly “Due Process” Last week, accused (but unproven) member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was charged (but unproven) with 220 others, was deported to the top security prison in El Salvador, ignoring the court's order to return to the plane while still flying, Trump essentially made a thumbs-up nose on the U.S. legal system. It was a bridge, even for some of his political supporters in Congress.
As the case is still in the lawsuit, the government tried to repeat the publicity stunt with another group of defendants last weekend and was slapped by the Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling.
The hard way Trump is learning is not “Due Process” The legal industry may wish to hang its shingles. Trump believes that when he deliberately allowed himself to be caught by the popular microphone, he had Chief Justice Roberts in his pocket as he passed the Chief Justice on his way to deliver the 2025 ITU speech. He said to the camera: “Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget it.” He intends to signal the world, He owes me a lot of time and I own him.
common “Due Process” The threads connecting these two current events (the death of the pope and the illegal deportation of Kilmar Albrego Garcia) include another Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia. Catholic and Jesuit trained, he shared a common lineage with Pope Francis, the first Jesuit ever to lead the Catholic Church. Other justices also shared Jesuit-educated parents, including Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
But Francis and Anthony have a second historical connection. Pope Francis, the day before ITU's speech in 2025, publicly marked the “shame” of the immigration policy of the incoming president and vice president. Recently, the Vatican opposes the last weeks of El Salvador’s imprisonment. Part of the criticism goes back to lack “Due to proceed.”
What is obvious today is that this is just one division of the radical program movement for 2025 targeting the American legal community. By late March, several DC-based law firms had pledged allegiance to the Trump administration to avoid being banned from entering federal buildings to represent their clients. Some members of the target company boycotted. For example, Skadden partner Rachel Cohen “It’s all like this, and the industry will remain silent when the president operates outside of the balance of the law, isn’t it?”
Former Scadarden alumnus spoke at Mass with Rachel this week. More than eighty former colleagues of the company signed a public protest letter, part of which said: “As Scadarden's alumni, we express deep disappointment and deep indignation at the company's latest agreement with Donald Trump. In the case of the law, freedom of speech, freedom of speech, and confrontational systems collectively facing existing threats, he agreed with him that his democracy is neither coming to know anything.
It turns out that since nine years ago, she was a Harvard Law student, the voice of a current Skadden partner brought legendary conservative justice Antonin Scalia into the mix. At the time, Lucy Dicks-Mireaux described herself as “a free, minority woman”, who argued that “Judge Scalia’s view restored equality for decades, more than he had hinted in court for thirty years.”
But she wrote in the “Harvard Civil Rights Free Law Review” published on May 4, 2016 that her local changes to the heart “when I read Justice Scalia at Hamdiv. Rumsfeld (and found out) I agreed with him, her objection.”
When Dicks-Mireaux continues to explain: HamdyThe US military detained American citizens among American citizens in the United States and was “enemy combatants” without trial. The military believes Hamdi cooperated with the Taliban but did not file a criminal lawsuit against him. Hamdi's father filed a writ of habeas corpus, a petition to send Hamdi to court or release the trial. Most opinions undermined Hamdi's due process by allowing the government's trivial evidence to show that they had reason to hold Hamdi for detention. Hamdi will have the opportunity to dismiss these allegations, not the court, but the neutral decision-maker. Anecdotal evidence will be allowed. Hamdi will be considered guilty until proven innocent. ”
In the subsequent presight, we see how important her analysis was a decade ago with the current return to Kilmar Alberigo Garcia. “To what extent the courts will cut a fundamental constitutional right (statistical procedures) in the face of ambiguous national security issues is very troubled,” she said.
To her surprise, so was Judge Scalia. As she explained: “The voice of rationality comes from an unexpected source: Judge Scalia. It is believed that the government cannot be held citizen Unless the government sues them, Judge Scalia will grant Personal protection (Basic protection against illegal detention). Judge Scalia will ask the government to file charges against Hamdi immediately in court, or Congress must suspend Personal protection. I can't believe Justice Scalia is advocating this little guy, but here he is in black and white, and Handy should be better than what the court offers. Hamdi deserves better because the law requires it. ”
Attorney Dicks-Mireaux joined Skadden after graduating from Harvard Law School in 2018. She is a partner in the litigation department and in 2023 she received “Senior Honors” from DC Courts for her “Pro Bono” job. Will her skills be included in Trump's use in the future?
Like many of the top lawyers in the United States, as well as religious leaders within the Catholic church and their well-understood religious leaders, human rights are not only given by God, but also aimed at actively defending under rule. “Legal Process” Our Constitution. If we fail in this regard, we can hardly claim to be just these citizens of the United States. As St. Ingatius Loyola said, his disciple Pope Francis was reflected in the end: “If our church did not take care of the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we would commit heresy.”
Mike Magee, MD, is a medical historian and regular contributor to THCB. He is Code Blue: Inside the Meddcal-industrial complex in the United States. (Grove/2020)
