Reader’s Links for July 30th, 2024

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Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

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  2. Biden and Harris Propose Abolishing Supreme Court as Independent Branch of Government

    WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden’s call on Monday to fundamentally abolish the Supreme Court’s independence, destroying its status as a separate branch of government shielded from political pressure, with specific features that are so clearly unconstitutional they could only be done by changing the Constitution itself. And conservative leaders are calling out the Biden-Harris scheme for what it is.

    The Washington Post published an op-ed from Biden, pushing three structural changes to America’s basic safeguards for liberty found in the Constitution’s separation of powers. And Democrats’ new torchbearer — Kamala Harris — publicly embraced Biden’s agenda, thereby making it an issue for the presidential campaign.

    First, Biden argues that Supreme Court justices should serve 18-year terms, so every two years, there will be a vacancy that the current president would fill. It would abolish lifetime tenure, which all federal judges at every level have had since the Constitution was ratified in 1789.

    Any such law would be unconstitutional because the Constitution says all federal judges continue to hold their offices “during good behavior.” Unless they are convicted of a felony, they serve until they retire or die in office.

    Second, Biden called for the Supreme Court to be bound by an “ethics code” imposed by Congress. As previously explained in detail, this is nothing more than “reverse court-packing.” Instead of adding seats the Supreme Court, Democrats seek to create a list of rules that would routinely recuse conservative justices from key cases, leaving a liberal majority to render decisions with which far-left politicians like Harris agree.

    This too would be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is created by the Constitution, not by Congress, and lawmakers can no more impose a code on the court than the justices could impose a code on the House and Senate. Lower courts are created by Congress and therefore can be regulated by Congress, but the Supreme Court is a coequal branch of government.

    Third, Biden wants to strip presidents of the immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts as recognized by the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States. Despite the fact that the Trump decision merely made official what most legal scholars — and certainly all presidents — always assumed existed, it has become a point of rage on the Left.

    The bottom line is that each of those three reforms would require a constitutional amendment. And the first two would abolish the Supreme Court’s status as a branch of the government that is independent from political interference, while the third would cripple the institution of the presidency because future presidents would worry if opposition-party prosecutors will pursue them for the rest of their lives after leaving office.

    Harris piled on, posting that “there is a clear crisis of confidence facing the Supreme Court as its fairness has been called into question after numerous ethics scandals and decision after decision overturning longstanding precedent.”

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/29/biden-harris-propose-abolishing-supreme-court-independent-branch/

  3. Athletes are ditching Paris’s Olympic village for greener pastures after being forced to deal with “vegan-friendly” food, cardboard beds, no air conditioning, cramped rooms, and long commutes to their competitions.

    Team USA tennis star Coco Gauff revealed over the weekend that her entire team has gone to a hotel after having to share two bathrooms amongst ten competitors, the Daily Mail reported.

    A TikTok posted by Gauff shows her teammates packed into their small living quarters with dismayed looks on their faces before they eventually left the village:

    https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/07/29/vegan-food-cardboard-beds-athletes-ditch-failing-olympic-village-hotels/

  4. Africa is NOT Poor Because of Colonialism: Here’s Why. – Magatte Wade

  6. “Third young child dies after horrific mass stabbing at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, UK” by Isabel Keane – July 30, 2024
    https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/world-news/third-child-dies-after-horrific-mass-stabbing-at-taylor-swift-themed-dance-party-in-southport-uk/

    Leanne, the yoga teacher, who tried to save the lives of the children in Southport, England, is currently in critical condition in a hospital.
    Amir Tsarfati – July 30, 2024
    https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/36492

  8. Too hard and too costly. That sums up the reason Air New Zealand has abandoned a goal to cut its carbon emissions by 2030, blaming a range of difficulties Tuesday for the decision.

    Delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and the affordability of alternative jet fuels were the two key factors in the surprise move.

    The move makes it the first major carrier to back away from such a climate target, the BBC reports.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/07/30/air-new-zealand-scraps-promises-to-cut-carbon-emissions-by-2030/

  9. The new leftist Labour Party government in Britain announced plans to slash winter energy benefits for around 10 million pensioners while preparing massive tax hikes to fund soaring spending driven largely by mass migration.

    In her first major address to Parliament on Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves — the head of the Treasury Department — confirmed the high-tax, high spending agenda of the new Labour government.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/07/30/leftist-labour-govt-cuts-winter-energy-aid-to-millions-of-pensioners-preps-mass-tax-hikes/

  10. U.S. Judge Mark C. Scarsi ordered the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Monday to come up with a plan to protect Jewish students from antisemitic encampments on campus, and to protect them from discrimination as well.
    The order requires UCLA to work together with the lawyers for the Jewish plaintiffs in the case, who are represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Clement & Murphy PLLC, and to submit the proposal by August 5.

    As Breitbart News reported, UCLA tolerated a large encampment on campus in April, at which Jewish students and others had their civil rights violated when their access to public areas of campus, including classrooms, was blocked.

    https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/07/29/federal-judge-orders-ucla-to-submit-plan-to-protect-jewish-students/

  11. The ban on children being prescribed puberty blockers was upheld as lawful on Monday, rejecting challenges from a pro-transgenderism group.

    In a blow to the woke transgender movement, the emergency legislation introduced by former Health Secretary Victoria Atkins in May to prohibit children from being given life-altering drugs designed to stunt puberty was upheld by by Britain’s High Court, the BBC reported.

    The decision came after a legal challenge from the progressive campaign group TransActual UK, which argued that the government had wrongfully used emergency powers to enact the ban and that it did not carry out the proper consultations with patient groups before making a decision.

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/07/30/uk-ban-on-puberty-blocking-drugs-for-children-ruled-lawful/

  14. Yucki Israel has killed the Hezbollah commander who ordered the missile strike, will the Druze accept this as enough blood or will they require more, if more how much more?

    • The Druze have the courage that’s been AWOL among Israelis for decades.

      The fight against Iran and her proxies will be excruciating. Depleted weapons supplies, tarred as a pariah state, weak diplomatic support by the USA at the UN. Amos Hochstein has been relaying intelligence to Iran. Risks to joooz in the Diaspora are soaring.

      But there is no alternative.

      There are about 100,000 displaced persons from the line of combat north and south. Arson has ruined the harvest. Kids can’t go to school, lives have been destroyed. Taking the battle to the enemy should’ve been done months ago.

      The media ignores incessant missiles aimed at civilians throughout the country.Where are the college protests?
      It should’ve been done months ago. They know nothing about history. We pay attention, there’s nothing new under the sun.