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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • 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!



  • 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.