OK, a roundup response to the "they won't follow the court orders" people.
First of all, you're wrong! The administration *is* following many of the court orders.
What's more, they're showing their understanding of the validity of court orders by seeking stays pending appeal when they lose.
First of all, you're wrong! The administration *is* following many of the court orders.
What's more, they're showing their understanding of the validity of court orders by seeking stays pending appeal when they lose.
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But, if DOJ is part of the problem or can't control their clients, then, yes, the courts will have to take action.
(Trump v US was about immunity *from criminal prosecution* not immunity full stop)
Thank you for the sanity check.
But, if your answer to every single ruling right now is "they won't follow it," you're not paying attention to what's actually happening — and you're helping to make that dark path a reality.
"and you're helping to make that dark path a reality."
#RunForSometing and throw them all out of every public office they hold for the next 100 years.
these people are not neocons. Neocons are, like, the Cheneys. Yes, Dick sucks too, yes he and PNAC and the Iraq war and ICE and all the rest helped bring us to this point.
But they did not steal the 2024 election. At the moment, they are even "Enemy Mine."
They are saying LAW is still a tool we can use in the effort we are making.
The cynical abuse of power is doing just fine without any outside help in that regard.
The fact that 𝘢𝘯𝘺 orders are being ignored along with how openly and flagrantly these people engage in illegal activity justifies preparing for the worst
Partly because of malfeasants.
Partly because of incompetence.
Random side note as an English major: can’t wait until the usage of “dark” to substitute for evil ends. Evil is just as many letters and there’s nothing wrong with darkness lol
As I said elsewhere — and write daily — things are bad and not getting better any time soon.
The point is that the fight is worth it. And part of that fight is in the courts.
My family is getting the **** out of dodge this summer, and I wish it was further than Canada.
That's kinda why we're here.
This 6-3 SCOTUS knows when to act, and when to asphyxiate.
NEVER SURRENDER.
I hope the Justice system doesn't buckle under.
THE FIGHT IS WORTH IT!
🔵 Dragging their actions into the light is worth it
🔵 The fact that a court rules something illegal is worth it
🔵 Courts forcing them to undo at least some (so far) of the illegal action is worth it
Don't give up your country.
KEEP FIGHTING! 💪
I like your work but won't share Substack content for obvious reasons.
Jan. 25 on the courts: https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-scotus-immunity-decision-and-trump-two
Feb. 11 on Trump and Musk: https://www.lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-elon-musk-democracy
Feb. 22 on litigation: https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-importance-of-being-litigious
Keep the faith. Keep fighting. And keep working with others to inform the rest of us about what's going on!
It's grim, and I get it.
But, I fight about this because it's worth fighting for.
I mildly disagree with you (not from understanding of US law, but from understanding of 1930s German history), but you certainly aren't a pollyanna.
You see the danger, absolutely. We just disagree about how advanced it is.
Can I trust our system enough to not prepare for any illegal outcomes?
PS: if I have to tell you which they are, you ain’t paying attention.
*looks at the rubble that used to be a building*
Fighting disinformation by posting disinformation doesn't help.
https://www.factcheck.org/2015/11/bogus-meme-targets-trump/
https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-5466940186
Multiple links to ward off the inevitable "Well, that source was wrong on {one random case out of 10,000, promptly corrected}!" replies from the Usual Suspects.
Yes, admin is following *some* orders. But he is also very clearly flipping off the courts on others. https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3ljsvlgqwpk2s
Definitely following you.
Also “many” is not a confidence-booster here.
The GOP has followed for most of my life a strategy of “delay, distract, divide” while they have single-mindedly ground ahead on this project.
To do what they are doing most need to believe they are operating within the constitutional order.
Because there's a mountain of evidence the SCOTUS will NOT blanket back them up? Starting with the 2020-21 election fraud cases they declined to hear.
We can throw him off his game further & make him more of a liability.
We might even have fun doing it & meet good people along the way.
Or, y’know, we can all sit at home alone bingeing uselessly in despair.
Isn't that the lesson of why he was not held accountable and was able to get back into office.
I was living in Madrid in 2003 when one million people turned out to protest their government's support of the *impending* invasion of Iraq.
If court outcomes correlate with # of protesters on the streets, the US is cooked.
Peaceful protest is a key component in lasting social change
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
I tend to avoid people with the most radical takes, even when I may agree with some of their points and positions, simply because they are awful to talk to, so that's probably why I haven't seen that as much.
A week ago I read a thread about civil disobedience and the comments were overflowing with radicals saying the left needs to buy guns. Lots of guns. There's an element if truth to the horseshoe theory.
https://youtu.be/dfApvp7R1RM?si=SKsDeZVHssZo1Kpb
So like, you’re wrong! Please consider that there’s always more to read before making a statement. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/secretary-of-state-rubio-says-purge-of-usaid-programs-complete-with-more-than-80-of-agencys-programs-gone
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/transgender-women-prison-trump
"Lawyers fighting Trump’s directive say the court rulings prevented the transfers of 17 trans women who are plaintiffs in the cases, but others not included in the litigation are now facing placements in men’s facilities."
They follow the orders they choose to follow. That is not respect for the courts. That is playing with the courts.
I’ve seen several people more or less say they are ignoring all court orders when they are ultimately following a lot of them. Being factual matters.
They CLEARLY broke the law, and the system still can't handle it properly.
You're so lucky that they're morons.
They respect SOME court orders but not all.
Which is very shitty for everyone else who was transferred and absolutely a bad faith move as you say.
When 𝘢𝘯𝘺 adherance to a court's order is left to the caprice of the executive, even if they acquiesce to some others, the system has shown a critical failure.
Like the proverbial “donkeys can’t sleep in your bathtub”?
If those aren’t enforced, does it mean a complete breakdown of the law?
Just trying to see if your reasoning’s consistent.
Law is slow. And picky.
I’m thinking of the Zoom my Representative
Someone asked about Mahmoud Khalil being “disappeared.”
Part of the reply was that if we go from 0 to hyperbole, we’ve nothing left to describe a situation that’s even worse.
We aren’t at complete breakdown of law now.
Hyperbole just gives MAGAts something they can wank to.
I don't have as much hope as you do, but your reporting is important to the big picture.
There's plenty of hate here. Commentary I support, and provide plenty of my own.
To be sure I'm understanding, what specific factual incorrectness are you criticizing? It's possible or even likely I agree.
"Well, Trump IS following MANY of the court orders, so only about 70% of our Constitution and our Democratic Republic is collapsing."
Makes it all better, don't it?
Following ALL of the laws matters or NONE of it matters.
Have you noticed how most of them follow every rule on day one, but later on, maybe not so much?
Ever ask yourself why?
Same principal. They're simply choosing their fights carefully to manage their resources more efficiently early in the war.
Rinse and repeat.
Eventually, the courts will still be there, but only as a rubber stamp.
1930s Germany had courts.
I’m a “they have said very clearly that they shouldn’t have to follow court orders, and I wouldn’t put it past them to attempt to weaponize the US Marshall.” people.
but we can't deal with that until we get Musk out of government.
Bludgeon your opponent through the courts. Use the courts to rattle the cage. Be undeterred by any case lost, because another angle of attack is around the corner.
Do nothing until legally coerced.
Has DT paid E. Jean Carroll her $83 million judgement
Still dragging on.
Because rich people get away with murder.
They get to play golf and eat the world's finest foods and shit in golden toilets.
I’m assuming us taxpayers are footing the bill on both sides
In other news, the only real solution is to impeach and they need to start talking constantly about it.
Thank you so much for the information. I had no idea.
My friend was working with an agency that did aid for mothers in Africa.
That orgs are evaporated or diminished viz two months ago? That aid can't simply restart? That the admin can't un-terminate contracts?
Happy to explain but want to be clear on what needs explaining
2) You say they’re trying to find ways around the few court orders they are following. That’s another big problem.
3) There’s no consequences when they violate a court order. So it’s a question of when, not if, they are all broken.
Do better.
An economic catastrophe or the Military refusing an illegal order to clear peaceful protestors and locking The Felon up is how this keeps us from being Russia West.
My goal here isn't comfort: Things are awful and don't look like they're getting better any time soon.
My point is that giving up the fight is bad and wrong and nihilism is one way people — particularly on here — are doing it.
“Lynch him! Lynch him!”
“But surely he deserves a fair trial?”
“OK, we’ll give him a fair trial - then we’ll lynch him!”
This is how the "34*felon+" has escaped consequences of his actions which directly lead him to where he is now.
Yes, they are getting stays but no funding has been restarted and no illegal firings have been reversed.
Courts can't enforce anything so I ask you, when do we start agreeing that what the courts do is meaningless? Or is that too pessimistic?
We have THREE Co-EQUAL Branches of Government.
also, we're 60 days in dude. they still got 3yr and 10 months
Obviously the courts won’t by themselves stop fascism. But we need those judgments against them, it’ll make throwing them all in prison forever much more compelling down the road.
https://go.bsky.app/6dCw92a
Genuinely, appreciate seeing good info on the feed
They need SCOTUS.
They cannot afford to alienate the justices on SCOTUS by ignoring lower court judges.
SCOTUS just proved this in the USAID funding case, albeit 5-4.
Like "here's are these 5 court orders, increasingly blunt and specific, telling me to pay this bill ASAP, please put in writing why none apply."
First of all, Musk needs to GTFO, but I also hope that if/once he does, we don't all just let it go because now the dramatic cuts are legit
Resistance within the framework of the law is always easier than absent court guidance
The talk about "this is a con crisis if ..." just keeps redrawing their red lines further and further back as each is crossed.
down to the funding getting back into the right hands
And the detainees released
Fired fed workers who have been reinstated & are working again
Funding that is truly accessible as originally intended
Bc those are all wins for democracy & should be known
Like the block of the birthright EO you posted - that's a WIN
What they are doing is to cause chaos at all levels (the people, Congress, government, and courts).
This is not normal. Period.
It very obvious and the World is noticing the collapse of the US.
It may not be "Ignoring", but we need to call it what it is.
Two people almost didnt go to jail for ignoring congress. We were very close at that not happening.
At minimum the desired effect is happening during the delay in overturning action or opposition.
But I am confused. These are the people who have been planning to ignore the courts for a long time. They wrote it down as a plan of action 🧵
✅crippling the judicial system then
✅ flooding the court with lawsuits caused by their illegal/unconstitutional actions, they then
✅ignore the courts
✅continue to litigate and stall for as long as possible
I'm only confused and concerned because that is what the people in charge now, have stated they will do. And they are mostly just going down the list checking off all the stuff🧵
I will also try to invest a little more time into your writings. Thank you for challenging and informing. 🦋
The law, the courts, checks and balances... these ALL assume that voters won't put a lying, criming, authoritarian douche in the White House.
WE were the firewall. Stop blaming others.
Media? Helooo.
For lawyers, after 1 ignore, there’s contempt of court and ordering jail sentences-and other creative orders. If the executive branch doesn’t jail, there’s more contempt of court.
Thanks for this.
I needed this information.
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They will break the dam when it benefits them most. And they are testing our resolve.
Saying you're following orders while at the same time making it extremely cumbersome if not impossible for those orders to actually be followed is not following orders.
The fight is important and the fatalism is realistic.
As Theodin said: “if this is to be our end, let it be such an end as to be worthy of remembrance.”
2) It’s less of a question of tactics along the way, but rather they will follow the court orders AFTER they’ve finished their procedures and appeals.
I don’t think you are fore-fronting, or even acknowledging the real issues.
The administration (DOJ and/or client) is acting to hobble the courts’ ability to do their jobs. That is far more significant that what you fore front.
That’s part of why we have norms for how to signal something is part of a thread.
There are ways to communicate that in the first post (e.g., “1/“ and “🧵”).
That’s not surprising to me because for now that’s the Bluesky client I have settled on. But I keep looking for others that might be better. It sounds like that could be a really useful addition.
You do know that there’s a range of Bluesky clients out there, right.
Oh. Maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re not the expert in all things that you think you are. Have you reviewed a range of Bluesky clients?