I think we can accurately say much of the trump agenda is on pause. This is worse.

The fact that he was elected doesn't give him the right to exceed the authority of the office of POTUS.
How has Trump exceeded his authority?

The fact that Judge McConell was appointed doesn't give him the right to exceed the authority of a federal judge. Ordering the executive to spend billions of dollars is far in excess of his authority.
 

Judge Rules the White House Failed to Comply With Court Order


A federal judge on Monday said the White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants, marking the first time a judge has expressly declared that the Trump White House was disobeying a judicial mandate.

The ruling by Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in Rhode Island federal court ordered Trump administration officials to comply with what he called “the plain text” of an edict he issued last month.

Judge McConnell’s ruling marked a step toward what could quickly evolve into a high-stakes showdown between the executive and judicial branches, a day after a social media post by Vice President JD Vance claimed that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” elevating the chance that the White House could provoke a constitutional crisis.

Already, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration, challenging Mr. Trump’s brazen moves that have included revoking birthright citizenship and giving Elon Musk’s teams access to sensitive Treasury Department payment systems. Judges have already ruled that many of these executive actions may violate existing statutes.


Violating existing statutes in pursuit of enacting various EO's is one thing. Violating a recently issued court order is another kind of animal.

The most litigious prez ever to occupy the WH, resulting from the personal commission of crimes, is on course to have his admin spend much of its time defending its actions against lawsuits and judicial orders. Which, frankly, is going just as some of us expected.
Judges don't control the purse strings.

Duh....
 
I get the feeling you aren't so much saying Dontard shouldn't comply with a federal court order as subtly boasting about trump's ability to ignore it if he chooses to. Which means you are unwittingly giving tacit approval to the very kind of authoritarian abuse of power we Dem's have been warning about.
They knew it was coming and welcome it.
 
They knew it was coming and welcome it.
Yes, we knew that there would be more lawfare and more attempts to use the federal courts - particularly judges appointed by Obama - to stop the president from taking over the executive branch.

We knew Trump would not take it lying down.
 

Judge Rules the White House Failed to Comply With Court Order


A federal judge on Monday said the White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants, marking the first time a judge has expressly declared that the Trump White House was disobeying a judicial mandate.

The ruling by Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in Rhode Island federal court ordered Trump administration officials to comply with what he called “the plain text” of an edict he issued last month.

Judge McConnell’s ruling marked a step toward what could quickly evolve into a high-stakes showdown between the executive and judicial branches, a day after a social media post by Vice President JD Vance claimed that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” elevating the chance that the White House could provoke a constitutional crisis.

Already, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration, challenging Mr. Trump’s brazen moves that have included revoking birthright citizenship and giving Elon Musk’s teams access to sensitive Treasury Department payment systems. Judges have already ruled that many of these executive actions may violate existing statutes.


Violating existing statutes in pursuit of enacting various EO's is one thing. Violating a recently issued court order is another kind of animal.

The most litigious prez ever to occupy the WH, resulting from the personal commission of crimes, is on course to have his admin spend much of its time defending its actions against lawsuits and judicial orders. Which, frankly, is going just as some of us expected.
Doesn't git any more Orwellian than how Obama used
both Newspeak and Doublethink in an effort to
micromanage public sentiment.
Like how he gave his Philadelphia mock " Martin Luther King "
style speech to evade problems he was having during his 2008
Campaign.Where his Pastor Jeremiah Wright got outted as
rather Unamerican.The Obama's sat in Reverend Wright's
Trinity Baptist Church for 20 years and married the two and
baptized the Obama children.
Of course Oprah Winfrey also was a member of the Trinity
Baptist Church under Reverend Wright.
 
Yes, we knew that there would be more lawfare and more attempts to use the federal courts - particularly judges appointed by Obama - to stop the president from taking over the executive branch.

We knew Trump would not take it lying down.
Trump if nothing else has strong perseverance.
Not likely to fold.Nor bend.
 
Yes, we knew that there would be more lawfare and more attempts to use the federal courts - particularly judges appointed by Obama - to stop the president from taking over the executive branch.

We knew Trump would not take it lying down.
That is, as usual, not related to what I said.
 
This is just a ruling that Trump did not comply with the court order. The legal explanation for the court order would be in the court order, not this ruling.

How will the judge enforce this, you think?
Well we do know one thing about those who think it cute
to use Lawfare.That Includes Pops Biden.
Plus Alvin Bragg.Have their Security Clearance removed.
 
Doesn't git any more Orwellian than how Obama used
both Newspeak and Doublethink in an effort to
micromanage public sentiment.
Like how he gave his Philadelphia mock " Martin Luther King "
style speech to evade problems he was having during his 2008
Campaign.Where his Pastor Jeremiah Wright got outted as
rather Unamerican.The Obama's sat in Reverend Wright's
Trinity Baptist Church for 20 years and married the two and
baptized the Obama children.
Of course Oprah Winfrey also was a member of the Trinity
Baptist Church under Reverend Wright.
Their chickens are coming home to wreck this decades long NARRATIVE.
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That's what dictators do when they try to forgive student loans.

Even after the courts repeatedly told them to stop.

If they didn't matter for Biden, it's only fair they don't matter for Trump.
Dictators? student loans? Jesus you’re nuts
 

Judge Rules the White House Failed to Comply With Court Order


A federal judge on Monday said the White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants, marking the first time a judge has expressly declared that the Trump White House was disobeying a judicial mandate.

The ruling by Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in Rhode Island federal court ordered Trump administration officials to comply with what he called “the plain text” of an edict he issued last month.

Judge McConnell’s ruling marked a step toward what could quickly evolve into a high-stakes showdown between the executive and judicial branches, a day after a social media post by Vice President JD Vance claimed that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” elevating the chance that the White House could provoke a constitutional crisis.

Already, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration, challenging Mr. Trump’s brazen moves that have included revoking birthright citizenship and giving Elon Musk’s teams access to sensitive Treasury Department payment systems. Judges have already ruled that many of these executive actions may violate existing statutes.


Violating existing statutes in pursuit of enacting various EO's is one thing. Violating a recently issued court order is another kind of animal.

The most litigious prez ever to occupy the WH, resulting from the personal commission of crimes, is on course to have his admin spend much of its time defending its actions against lawsuits and judicial orders. Which, frankly, is going just as some of us expected.
Court orders do not need to be followed...

..and who taught us that?

🤔
 
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