So, four… FOUR supreme court justices think it is okay for the US government to fail to pay it’s debts to an AIDS prevention organization for work they had ALREADY DONE!
What the fuck happened to this country?
As a side note, how long before Trump starts calling SCOTUS illigitimate if they keep ruling against him?
That’s interesting. The vast majority, about 83%, of their shareholders are large institutional shareholders like Vanguard and JP Morgan Chase. Would those be who voted in this?
He also probably thinks that he is going to get a cushy job for his sacrifice. Hopefully Trump refuses to pay in the end, like normal, and this guy speaks out after getting screwed.
I can’t imagine this is a legal way to get rid of federal employees. Hell, I doubt this is a legal way to get rid of ANY employees.
It has nothing to do with the jusldge’s feelings.whats the point in issuing a Temporary Restraining Order 21 days after the fact when it is moot 30 days after? A TRO on day 1 would have made sense. A TRO on day 21 does nothing but add to the chaos. They are still going forward with other legal arguments but the TRO served no purpose at this point.
The judge needs a motion in front of them to consider. Waiting 21 days to ask for a temporary restraining order in an action that would take effect after 30 days shows a lack of urgency on the part of the plaintiffs and the burden was on the plaintiffs to show urgency in the case.
This is like a little kid watching their brother eat their candy for five minutes, then complaining to their parents when the candy is almost gone.
Don’t get me wrong, Trump’s actions here were illegal, but the plaintiffs needed to bring their motion for a TRO fast enough that it wasn’t nearly moot by the time they did.
I think the point is, the plaintiffs are telling the judge “this is of the utmost urgency” 21 days after the fact. The judge feels that, if the plaintiffs really felt that it was that urgent they should have acted with urgency themselves. So the judge is giving their request the same level of urgency that they did themselves.
If they had made a similar motion the day after the firing took place, their motion might have been granted, but this seems like a case of “too little too late”.
This man needs to go to prison for this. He is allowing unvetted people to gain access to sensitive information about former and current government employees. As a former federal employee whose information was leaked in the last OPM data breach, I am beyond irate about this. I will be contacting all of my representatives to make it ABSOLUTELY FUCKING CLEAR that this is unacceptable and needs to be stopped and result in incarceration for everyone involved including the security guard who was “just doing his job” by NOT DOING HIS MOTHER FUCKING JOB!
I wonder what things are slipping by while we’re all distracted by this insanity…
Loren AliKhan
She.
Also, yes, she blocked it for a week. She blocked it immediately because it has a significant chance of causing harm if it were to take effect immediately. This gives her time to consider the issue and give a real ruling. The fact that she blocked the order from going into effect so quickly indicates that she thinks that she is likely to block the order altogether.
You’re right, it’s not a “major loss” for Trump yet, but it is shaping up to be one. I expect she will block this, it will get appealed to the DC Court of Appeals who will affirm, then SCOTUS will decline to hear the subsequent appeal.
But, but, I thought he didn’t need this because he has never served two CONSECUTIVE terms! /s
All it took is for one woman to say “have mercy” because that sentiment could only be political and was never part of Christianity.
It sounds to me like Musk, acting as a goverents representative, is making wild threats against our allies. Maybe he’s trying to sew division between us and our allies to help Russia and China?
I haven’t read the study yet but hope to later. As a Democrat, this seems suspicious, though. It isn’t as bad as on the right, but I certainly see plenty of bullshit coming from the left, too.
One example of a news source that frequently bends the truth or lies to make rage bait is RawStory. They drive me nuts since you don’t need to lie to make Trump and his ilk look bad.
Here’s the thing. Even if the terrifs, somehow, didn’t directly cause inflation, the fact that we are taking about inflation means that companies can raise prices and gouge just like last time.
Soon, Mike Johnson will bringing his son to classified congressional briefings to make absolutely sure they don’t miss any of one another’s porn usage.