| Megathread: Trump approves missile strike, aborts before launch. Posted: 20 Jun 2019 09:44 PM PDT An unnamed Trump administration official told the New York Times tonight that Donald Trump approved a strike against Iran this evening in retaliation for the downing of a US surveillance drone. The official said that the strike was underway in its early stages but firing had not begun when the order was given to abort.
Submissions that may interest you | SUBMISSION | DOMAIN | | Trump gave 'initial approval' for Iran strikes in response to drone attack - Military operation was called off, New York Times reports, as US flight regulator orders aircraft to avoid airspace near drone missile hit | theguardian.com | | President Trump ordered military strike on Iran, but reversed at last second: Sources | abcnews.go.com | | Trump OK'd Strikes on Iran but Called Them Off Abruptly When Planes Were Already in the Air: NYT | thedailybeast.com | | Donald Trump approves military strikes against Iran but abruptly decides against launch, says report | independent.co.uk | | Trump Calls Off Strikes on Iran | nytimes.com | | AP Source: US was planning to launch retaliatory attacks against Iran Thursday night but abruptly called them off | apnews.com | | Trump approved Iranian strike before pulling back: report | thehill.com | | Donald Trump Decided to strike Iranian middle system, then changed his mind | newsweek.com | | 'Step back from the brink of war': Democrats slam Trump on report he ordered Iran strikes | politico.com | | Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, but Then Abruptly Pulls Back | nytimes.com | | Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, Then Cancels Military Action | nymag.com | | Trump's decision making 'a clear risk' amid confusion over airstrikes against Iran - live updates! | independent.co.uk | | Donald Trump 'called Iran airstrikes off at the last minute' | news.sky.com | | NYT: Trump approved strikes on Iran but pulled back from launching them | msnbc.com | | Trump abruptly calls off military strikes against Iran after approving them | edition.cnn.com | | US-Iran: Trump 'pulls back after approving military strikes' | bbc.co.uk | | Trump orders limited strike on Iran but then calls it off | cbsnews.com | | President Trump ordered military strike on Iran, but reversed at last second: Sources | news.yahoo.com | | Trump ordered attack on Iran for downing drone, then called it off | washingtonpost.com | | Trump Almost Started a War With Iran on Thursday Night | news.vice.com | | Iran: U.S. Military Assets on 72-Hour Standby for Strike, Says Report | thedailybeast.com | | Trump Reportedly Orders Strike On Iran, Then Calls Off Attack Plan | npr.org | | Schumer pushes for vote to make clear Trump needs congressional approval for Iran War | rollcall.com | | Trump: US was 'cocked and loaded' to strike Iran but he stopped the attack after being told people would die | wtop.com | | Trump: US was 'cocked and loaded' to strike Iran but he stopped the attack after being told people would die | washingtonpost.com | | Trump Stopped Strike on Iran Because It Was 'Not Proportionate' | nytimes.com | | Trump says he pulled back from Iran strike because it didn't seem 'proportionate' | politico.com | | Trump Says Strike On Iran Was 'Cocked And Loaded' Before He Called It Off | npr.org | | Trump confirms US military was 'cocked and loaded' for retaliatory strike against Iran | thehill.com | | Trump says US was 'cocked and loaded' to strike Iran be | amp.cnn.com | | President Trump said the U.S. military was "cocked and loaded" for a strike against Iran but he called it off when told 150 people would die. | nytimes.com | | Trump: US was 'cocked and loaded' to strike Iran | apnews.com | | Trump says he stopped Iran strikes when told '150 people' would die | theguardian.com | | Trump says he was 'cocked & loaded' to attack Iran, but called off strikes 10 minutes before | nbcnews.com | | Trump confirms he called off a military strike on Iran | vox.com | | Trump says he called off Iran strike with 10 minutes to spare after general said attack would kill 150 civilians | nydailynews.com | | Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike on Iran to spare Iranian lives | reuters.com | | George Conway urges Trump to resign over aborted Iran strike | thehill.com | | Trump's Iran strikes U-turn underscores war and peace dilemma | cnn.com | | Trump Claims He Called Off Iran Strike After Learning How Many People Would Die | motherjones.com | | Fox News Host: If Obama Had Called Off Iran Strike Like Trump, 'Every Republican Would Be Losing Their Mind' | newsweek.com | | Pelosi says White House did not tell her about Iran strike plan | washingtonpost.com | | Trump says he called off Iran strike 10 minutes before it was supposed to happen because he was told 150 people would die | businessinsider.com | | Trump says he had not given final approval for Iran strikes, no planes were in the air | nbcnews.com | | Trump speaks with Saudi crown prince after calling off Iran strike | thehill.com | | Pelosi Statement on Aborted Iran Strike | speaker.gov | submitted by /u/PoliticsModeratorBot [link] [comments] |
| Supreme Court Decisions 6/21/2019 Discussion Thread Posted: 21 Jun 2019 05:25 AM PDT Opinions begin at 10:00am EST. A link to a live blog of SCOTUS rulings can be found here on SCOTUSblog
There are many cases to potentially be decided by ruling today, including: Department of Commerce v. New York Issues: (1) Whether the district court erred in enjoining the secretary of the Department of Commerce from reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 decennial census on the ground that the secretary's decision violated the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 701 et seq; (2) whether, in an action seeking to set aside agency action under the APA, a district court may order discovery outside the administrative record to probe the mental processes of the agency decisionmaker -- including by compelling the testimony of high-ranking executive branch officials -- without a strong showing that the decisionmaker disbelieved the objective reasons in the administrative record, irreversibly prejudged the issue, or acted on a legally forbidden basis; and (3) whether the secretary's decision to add a citizenship question to the decennial census violated the enumeration clause of the U.S. Constitution. Lamone v. Benisek Issue: In case in which the plaintiffs allege that a Maryland congressional district was gerrymandered to retaliate against them for their political views: (1) whether the various legal claims articulated by the three-judge district court are unmanageable; (2) whether the three-judge district court erred when, in granting plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, it resolved disputes of material fact as to multiple elements of plaintiffs' claims, failed to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, and treated as "undisputed" evidence that is the subject of still-unresolved hearsay and other evidentiary objections; and (3) whether the three-judge district court abused its discretion in entering an injunction despite the plaintiffs' years-long delay in seeking injunctive relief, rendering the remedy applicable to at most one election before the next decennial census necessitates another redistricting. Rucho v. Common Cause Issues: (1) Whether plaintiffs have standing to press their partisan gerrymandering claims; (2) whether plaintiffs' partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable; and (3) whether North Carolina's 2016 congressional map is, in fact, an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. Flowers v. Mississippi Issue: Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in how it applied Batson v. Kentucky in this case. Kisor v. Wilkie Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co., which direct courts to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own ambiguous regulation. Iancu v. Brunetti Issue: Whether Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act's prohibition on the federal registration of "immoral" or "scandalous" marks is facially invalid under the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
UPDATES: Flowers v. Mississippi Held: All of the relevant facts and circumstances taken together establish that the trial court at Flowers' sixth trial committed clear error in concluding that the State's peremptory strike of black prospective juror Carolyn Wright was not motivated in substantial part by discriminatory intent. North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust [shout out to anybody studying for REG] Held: The presence of in-state beneficiaries alone does not empower a State to tax trust income that has not been distributed to the beneficiaries where the beneficiaries have no right to demand that income and are uncertain to receive it. Rehaif v. United States Held: In a prosecution under §922(g) and §924(a)(2), the Government must prove both that the defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm. Knick v. Township of Scott "The Court holds that the government violates the Takings Clause when it takes property without compensation, and a property owner may bring a lawsuit to challenge the taking under Section 1983 at that time. The property owner does not need to go to state court first." - Amy Howe, SCOTUSBlog submitted by /u/JonAce [link] [comments] |
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