The DOJ lawyer might as well be saying "what are you going to do about it?" - ThreadSky

ddayen.bsky.social • 2 days ago

The DOJ lawyer might as well be saying "what are you going to do about it?"

HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge who ordered the unfreezing of USAID contract spending is voicing frustration as a Trump administration lawyer repeatedly refuses to say whether they have actually taken any steps to implement his 12-day-old order.

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shelleybwoke.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-24-trump-coup-has-failed/

cathsterner.medsky.social•1 day ago

Where the hell is Congress??

zeesmama.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hey judge — take the dare and jail him. It's your courtroom!

algerianhiss.bsky.social•2 days ago

Quote Andy Jackson: “you’ve made your ruling, judge. Now enforce it.”

scottmccaskill.bsky.social•2 days ago

I didn't realize that was an option.

genwil.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup exactly. If Repubs disobey legal rulings and nothing actually happens, do the laws actually apply to them?

skiskamp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Contempt of Court? Jail them until they answer?

Or can the Court only wag its index finger while being presented a middle finger?

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

#Fire-the-Fascists

During a House Democratic Caucus press conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Representative Crockett what she would say to Musk if she could speak to him directly.

"Fuck off!”

https://www.rawstory.com/jasmine-crockett-elon-musk/

radialaf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Answer: nothing

rolodexpropaganda.bsky.social•2 days ago

The answer is “issue an order to show cause, bring Elon fucking Musk in here to testify under oath, and issue a warrant for his arrest for contempt if he refuses. And if you blow me off, call it a constitutional crisis on the record.”

akajuhlz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Serve a contempt warrant on them, arrest them, and throw them in jail.

petit-a.bsky.social•2 days ago

“That’s a nice black dress that you’ve got there judge.”

gwpda.bsky.social•2 days ago

Criminal contempt has a nice sound to it.

daniel-wipert.bsky.social•2 days ago

Correct, these are fascists. They don’t believe in law, just violence.

wanderingvoron.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yup, but hey, the trump coup is over, amiright?

larryjsimon.bsky.social•2 days ago

It appears we are going to learn sooner rather than later whether this separation of powers, rule of law, checks and balances thing lives up to its historical billing. Not looking good at the moment.

roosays.bsky.social•2 days ago

As if there is a chance they’ll listen to the courts. No chance. Here we are.

larryjsimon.bsky.social•2 days ago

I am stunned by alacrity of it all but at least believing what I am seeing. More stunning are the educated folks who refuse to believe what they see. I hope for heroes in surprising places; it appears we have a very narrow window to set things right through elections, protest, civil disobedience.

mcgilvraym.bsky.social•2 days ago

The DOJ lawyer can’t justify the government’s cruelty and hate

tatere.bsky.social•1 day ago

that's the relevant question

roosays.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gosh, I wonder if they’ve taken steps to obey the order 🤔 If only there were some way to know… here we are, folks, the constitutional crisis we’ve all predicted.

kkdithereens.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder if people are going to keep kicking that "crisis" down the road. "No no, this is just approaching a constitutional crisis, but we are not there yet" for 4 years as Trump just barrels through court orders.

beachless.bsky.social•2 days ago

RIGHT ---what are you going to do about it ????

Supreme Court has given Trump Presidential Duty Immunity. He can do what he wants, and the country is defenceless.

Rogue Presidency ='s no protections

Only defence - Republicans need to Impeach and vote to Convict. Thats it , that is the only path.

yournamehear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Treat the administration lawyer the way the protestor was treated in Idaho. Zip ties, manhandling, arrest.

jmnsho.bsky.social•8 hours ago

*opposition candidate

which makes the whole thing that much more sinister

leeroy-jenkins.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't think you are thinking this through. Who enforces judicial rulings?

gwpda.bsky.social•2 days ago

At the bench, that would be Court Security Officers. Perfectly qualified to take people away and put them behind bars while serving their contempt sentences administered by the Judge whom they offended.

leeroy-jenkins.bsky.social•2 days ago

US Marshals are controlled by the DOJ, not the courts

gwpda.bsky.social•1 day ago

Court Officers are not US Marshals.

petit-a.bsky.social•2 days ago

Courts enforce orders through the US Marshal’s Service — under Pam Bondi.

The realization of a coup is the realization that the reality that you were expecting to arrive — will not arrive.

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