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Appeals Court Delivers MASSIVE Blow To Activist Judges
NEW: Appeals Court Delivers MASSIVE Blow To Activist Judges
The Trump Administration secured a massive legal victory with far-reaching implications on Saturday, when the D.C. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that could grant the administration relief in several ongoing cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Saturday granted a stay on a...
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The Trump Administration secured a massive legal victory with far-reaching implications on Saturday, when the D.C. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that could grant the administration relief in several ongoing cases.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Saturday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that had mandated the reinstatement of over 1,000 Voice of America (VOA) employees who had been let go by the Trump Administration, which has moved to largely gut United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). A lower court judge had previously ordered the reinstatement of all employees and a full return to previous VOA operating standards.
“This is a huge victory for President Trump and his Article II powers granted in the United States Constitution. It’s also a victory for US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and VOA,” Kari Lake, who has been serving as a senior advisor to the USAGM for the Trump Administration, told Fox News after Saturday’s ruling was handed down.
The decision will allow the administration to continue its planned cuts and restructuring to the USAGM, including its subsidiaries like the VOA and Radio Free Europe.
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The court’s 2-1 ruling could have far-reaching implications for the dozens of legal challenges to the president’s authority launched by low-level federal judges across the country, as the majority emphasized the judiciary’s deference to executive authority in matters concerning federal employment and contractual decisions.
The court noted that the lower court likely lacked jurisdiction to interfere with the executive branch’s personnel and funding decisions, particularly regarding grant agreements with non-federal entities such as Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
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The VOA case encompasses the core issue at the heart of the Trump Administration’s with activist judges, many of whom have issued rulings that directly contradict the president’s authority. Saturday’s ruling paved the way for a potentially definitive ruling from the Supreme Court on lower courts’ ability to dictate personnel and funding policy to the executive branch.
“Majority rules lower court had no jurisdiction, which means grantees must go to different court to litigate a contract dispute and employees must use the administrative personnel dispute process to fight about being fired,” Judicial Watch founder Tom Fitton posted on X after the ruling was handed down. “If upheld, this push back on judicial activism could largely destroy the Left’s judicial coup against Trump’s effort to restore political control of the administrative state.”
Commentary:
Wasn’t Trump supposed to be the one who defies the courts? Now watch as district court judges ignore a ruling made by a higher court.
Despite the bragging by the Leftists on the USMB, and the Quisling Media bias, the Trump Administration has been legally working to stop Marxist Democrats shopping for activist judges.
A few judges see that they don’t want to sabotage the judicial system’s credibility as the Marxist Democrats and Quisling legacy media has.
The credibility of the legal system has been significantly diminished by the Marxist Democrats use of lawfare.
