Trump appointee: throw me a bone here, give me something to work with DOJ: absolutely the fuck not - ThreadSky

rincewind.run • 4 days ago

Trump appointee: throw me a bone here, give me something to work with

DOJ: absolutely the fuck not

Judge Bennett: Is it your view that if the president simply invokes the statute, gives no reasons, provides no support, and there is nothing that appears to justify it, the court still has no role? No role at all, even with no reasons, no facts?

DOJ: That is correct. Unreviewable.

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tugrim.bsky.social•4 days ago

DOJ lawyer to judge: Sorry, you just ain't shit

rbrbndgrl.bsky.social•4 days ago

And yet when you read the rest of the thread, it sure sounds like they're going to rule unanimously in Trump's favor.

passwordismiket.bsky.social•4 days ago

Darkly funny how FedSoc invested so much money and energy to methodically rewire the internal workings of federal law while maintaining the respectable interior, and now the Trump administration is just saying, “Eat shit and just say we win, nerds!”

passwordismiket.bsky.social•4 days ago

*exterior

meddlesomecleric.bsky.social•4 days ago

DOJ: Respectfully your honor, my “Bend the Knee” shirt is raising a lot of questions answered by the shirt itself

jonficke.bsky.social•4 days ago

on some level, I do admire the commitment to the bit. I wish the bit were less evil, of course, but boy howdy are they committed to it.

aubreygilleran.bsky.social•4 days ago

I won't rest easy until they rule but I don't think either Trump appointee is going easy on DOJ here.

aubreygilleran.bsky.social•4 days ago

These people didn't work their entire lives for lifetime appointments to see their powers go up in smoke.

josephmorrison11.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hopefully someone finds the backbone to protect their own self interests, we have shockingly been lacking them as of recent.

goldenslowpoke.bsky.social•4 days ago

The bone is "Declare Trump King."

kbspangler.com•4 days ago

Historian: What saved the United States during the mid-Trumpacine?

Student: Fear of irrelevance and spite.

cantard.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think the "we should take the executive's word for it" standard should be tossed out in evaluating the constitutionality of executive actions. This "unreviewable" standard is hot shit which it's in such obvious bad faith.

jordansmed.bsky.social•4 days ago

For what it’s worth, all 20 something votes against his confirmation came from republicans mad that he had upheld some gun stuff in Hawaii 🤷‍♂️

aubreygilleran.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, Bennett was also one of the few Trump I appointees to get blue slips from his senators (in this case, Hirono and Schatz), but this was before Grassley stopped honoring blue slips. Already in his late 60s when appointed, he's kind of a throwback nominee.

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