They can, actually, the issue is the vehicle they use (Marshals) falling under the Executive Branch. And Bondi being likely to forbid them from taking action. However, there are other creative options judges can take. However, we haven't had a single contempt order filed yet so this is - ThreadSky

bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social • 1 day ago

They can, actually, the issue is the vehicle they use (Marshals) falling under the Executive Branch. And Bondi being likely to forbid them from taking action. However, there are other creative options judges can take. However, we haven't had a single contempt order filed yet so this is

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bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social•1 day ago

(conveniently, for doomers) unfalsifiable until then.

Aaron is not saying "don't worry". His posts are filled with worry! But you're fundamentally misunderstanding how Trump's admin works.

They are not openly defying court orders in the conventional sense. It would almost be preferable I'd they

bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social•1 day ago

were as this would result in many more people taking to the streets. They're doing the illegal things they're doing via plausible deniability, i.e. attempting to find ways to comply by using "alternative" interpretations of the law as a shield. Make no mistake...they are still breaking the law.

bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social•1 day ago

But they have been following many court orders where it simply isn't possible to hide it. People who have been unlawfully termed, then restored, have reported that they did get their jobs back, for example. Others, like USAID, have continued to not pay people using invalid reasoning, knowing

bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social•1 day ago

It will take forever to unwind in court. This fires up political junkies like us, but the average non-voter or low info voter, this looks like "garden variety political squabbling".

We need these people if we want to fight back. How we get these people is forcing the government to wear the fascist

bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social•1 day ago

hat. To finally be put in a corner where they can do nothing but comply or openly admit, without any plausible deniability, that they operate outside the law, that they are the law. So even if judges find themselves unable to enforce laws - it's important to still use the legal system. And it's

bojacksoncentipede.bsky.social•1 day ago

Important to actually know what the law IS. Which is what Aaron is doing.

P.S. lawyers for the DOJ could be disbarred if they are found to be knowingly making bad faith statements in court. And there is nothing Trump could do to stop it. You can't pardon disbarment.

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