In reading oil this morning I see the media trying to advance the concept that Trump would ‘disregard’ judges and the courts in what would be wessentially a dictatorship coup….
THAT has NOT happened….
Some RightWingNuts have mumbled about ignoring ….
But even Trump’s Justice Dept. HAS stuck to following the path of the Law….
Even if the judges ARE slowing his roll with their orders that are actually shutting down just as wide swaths of government as Trump & Co.
The Trump administration is making an urgent push to end a court order barring top officials’ access to the federal government’s massive payment system operated by the Treasury Department, saying the “remarkable intrusion” is unconstitutional and should be “dissolved immediately.”
“Basic democratic accountability requires that every executive agency’s work be supervised by politically accountable leadership, who ultimately answer to the president,” Justice Department attorneys wrote in the 11-page filing, calling the order “impermissible” and “anti-constitutional.”
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Cept the RI Federal Judge…
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A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to comply with his order to unfreeze federal grants, after attorneys general for several Democratic states claimed the directive was not being fulfilled.
In a short order Monday, U.S. District Judge John McConnell directed the Trump administration to “immediately” end any federal funding pause until he decides whether to indefinitely block the freeze while litigation is ongoing.
The judge said specifically that the withheld funds that must be restored include those appropriated under two laws championed by former President Biden — the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — and those intended for institutes and other agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….
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All The Litigation
JOYCE VANCE
At least one federal judge isn’t intimidated by Trump cronies attacking federal judges who have ruled against the new administration during its first three weeks of operation. Those attacks have taken the form of Elon Musk posting that 1% of the constitutionally life-tenured jurists should be fired every year and Texas Senator Mike Lee claiming a judge who entered a brief TRO had fomented a “judicial coup.” But a Judge in Rhode Island was not impressed…
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Another Judge stays Trump admin cuts….
A judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration from making billions in NIH medical research cuts after California and 21 states sued.
The NIH says the cuts are necessary and target overhead. University leaders say the money is essential to operations.
The ruling applies to the 22 states who brought the suit, which alleged the cuts will lead to layoffs, clinical trial suspensions and lab closures.
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the Trump administration from making billions of dollars in NIH funding cuts hours after California and 21 other Democratic-run states sued, saying the action would hurt Americans who benefit from life-saving medical discoveries into cancer, diabetes and other major diseases….
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