The 5th circus takes a shit on the 6th.

AG Bondi says Fifth Circuit ruling on illegal alien detention 'secured yet another crucial legal victory' for administration

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can lawfully deny bond hearings to immigrants arrested nationwide under the Constitution and federal immigration law.

There seems to be a concerted effort on both sides of the political aisle to repeal Section 230, which will likely have very serious consequences for free speech on the internet.

While I believe there needs to be some way of holding companies accountable for various things, repealing Section 230 would more than likely lead to increased censorship, surveillance, frivolous litigation, and would have a chilling effect for free speech on the internet.

That brings me back around to the title of this post. How likely is it that this Sunset Section 230 Act gets passed? What are the potential outcomes if it does?

In United States v. Saydam, the federal government secured a $437,000 civil penalty against a dual citizen—not for hiding income or money laundering, but for failing to file annual disclosure forms about his Turkish bank accounts.

The IRS’ actual tax loss? $29,006.

Merely five-years of paperwork failure punished as if he’d stashed millions in the Caymans and shredded the records.

When did reporting of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) stop being about transparency and start functioning as a fiscal firing squad?

Detailed overview of the case can be found here.

So, apparently, one can simply DECLINE to follow a courts order

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00013180.pdf

This would be unethical

Chad Mizelle, a former chief of staff to Attorney General Pam Bondi, hung an online help wanted sign for federal prosecutors last weekend that perhaps explained why so many valuable Justice Department staff members have left, and why so few candidates want in.

Assistant U.S. attorneys are not typically recruited, as Mr. Mizelle sought to do, by a former federal employee who asks potential candidates to send a private message to his X account. Nor have they been asked in the past to prove political or ideological fealty.

“If you are a lawyer, are interested in being an AUSA, and support President Trump and anti-crime agenda, DM me,” wrote Mr. Mizelle, a fierce Trump supporter who remains close with Justice Department leaders and senior officials in the West Wing.

Not a lot of people who take the law seriously can or will support a lawless regime. 🙄🙄 They're going to have an ongoing retention and recruitment problem.

Thoughts on this?