A huge decision from Judge Amir Ali, meticulously reasoned and utterly scathing, finding that Trump’s foreign aid freeze is almost certainly an illegal and arbitrary abuse of power. He orders the immediate restoration of all international assistance. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25535268/aliorder.pdf
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NOW WHAT? 🤯
Thanks for the link.
Buckle up
This kind of response is just performative nihilism. It matters that the courts push back and support the rule of law. We can't just say "well, none of this matters because
If Trump fires the federal marshals then you have the full blown constitutional crisis where rule of law is gone and all that remains is raw power.
But we aren't there yet.
Which is all *technically* legal, but the obvious recourse under the constitution is impeachment. Failing that, the rule of law is dead and it's mass mobilization time.
(note: asking the question doesn't negate the undeniable positivity of a court upholding the rule of law. It's asking a question)
Not saying this poster was doing that, but when every win is met with "No that was a loss too!" that's a problem.
We all are asking ourselves that question because there’s been zero precedent for this flood of constitutional and legal law clusterfucks.
We genuinely want to know what happens when judge orders of this magnitude are ignored.
Does he know more than "Big Ballz"?
AMIR H. ALI
is bossing THEM around and forcing them to write judge ALI status reports to boot.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth over in the White House, Steven iller & Doge, + the new OMB guy
worry about
what trumpist
think.
People still don't understand this moment in time.
Law enforcement voted overwhelmingly maga.
Relying on the courts is foolish.
You are
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who will enforce the rule of law?
And how many believe there will be a presidential election in 2028
It is not up to the 🍊🤡 what money to send.
It’s up to Congress and it’s already been studied, debated and approved
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Who do they report to? Who is their “boss”?
Does it not categorically imply that it is legal?
If the order was intended to inflict harm on the plaintiffs and it is doing precisely that, the harm to plaintiff argument fails to support unenforceability
A TRO does not find the order illegal. The judge *cannot* say it is
How is this ruling enforced?
Which at this point is all of them because Trump hasn't done anything actually legal yet.
We already have multiple TROs against DOGE, some of which have been ignored, so contempt charges are very likely.
We have a TRO against the trans youth healthcare ban.
We have at least one fired AG reinstated.
You are
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If not, Judge needs to send warrants from bottom to top. Scare them into doing it and thinking again.