Garrison Davis

Now, all of this is intended to take effect before the midterm elections, with the DHS instructed to establish the infrastructure necessary to compile, maintain, and transmit the state citizenship list within 90 days, though this executive order may very well be blocked by courts for being an unconstitutional breach of presidential power.

The fallout of this will be determined in the next few weeks as states and legal entities prepare lawsuits.

Let's talk about one other executive order.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that a key section of the executive order, ending taxpayer subsidization of biased media is unconstitutional.

In this order, Trump instructed all federal agencies to cut funding to PBS and NPR.

The judge in this case wrote that the president can criticize reporting from such outlets and fund programs that promote specific perspectives and impose limits on federal grants.

But under the First Amendment, the government cannot use the power of the purse to, quote, punish or suppress disfavored expression by others.

writing that both the Supreme Court and the D.C.

Circuit Court have repeatedly observed that one, quote, may not deny a benefit to a person on the basis that infringes his constitutionally protected freedom of speech, even if he has no entitlement to that benefit, unquote.

The judge writes that...

bars them from all federally funded programs.

It does so, moreover, without regard to whether federal funds are used to pay for the nationwide interconnection systems, which serve as the technological backbone of public radio and television, to provide safety and security for journalists working in war zones, to support the emergency broadcast system, or to produce or distribute music, children's, or other educational programming or documentaries, unquote.

Now, besides setting a good legal precedent, this ruling won't have much in terms of immediate effects because the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was dissolved last month after being defunded by the Republican-controlled Congress.

That's not being reversed.

But this ruling could make it less difficult for PBS and NPR to receive money in the future, either from Congress or some federal agencies.

What's that sound?

Oh no, it's someone desecrating the legacy of The Clash by singing their worst song with different lyrics.

Seriously, though, I'm still angry.

To be fair to my entrance music, The Clash desecrated themselves by making that song.

Yeah, the moment they released that song, Joe Strummer cried when they played that song during Desert Storm.