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Our Founders gave Congress the constitutional power of impeachment for a reason. If any judge can weaponize their power to usurp the president's legitimate Article II authority, then we no longer have a Constitutional Republic."
Republican Georgia Representaive Andrew Clyde posted on X
The Trump administration has committed to at least trying to comply with judicial orders to reinstate probationary workers. This is a welcome development, especially with our nation on the verge of a constitutional crisis over Trump's open malice for a judge whose orders his administration appears to have violated in another case related to the deportation of immigrants. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a mild rebuke of the president over all that, but it's unclear if Trump will step back from the brink."
Civil rights attorney V. James DeSimone told Newsweek
The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.”
Vance adapted an apocryphal quote attributed to Andrew Jackson
He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,
he said onlineI think he had a great, long-standing career, did a lot of great things, but I’m afraid that it may be time for the Senate Democrats to get a new leader,
Ivey’ ... Ivey told a town hall last night
There are no threats or anything direct like that, but come on. When you get a call from the governor, or anyone around them, in this sort of context, it’s a message-sender,
said one lobbyistThe crowd of about 800 people at a high school auditorium in Prince George’s County, home to many federal workers near Washington, D.C., burst into applause.”
Bobic reports
That limited deal fell far short of what the White House had forecast in recent days, and it now confronts Trump with a dilemma,
The Atlantic’s Jonathan Lemire writes_(cropped).jpg)
I never did defy a court order,
he told Laura IngrahamJudge blocks Trump’s effort to ban transgender troops,
The latest MAGA rage points ... by POLITICO’s Kyle CheneyIncreasingly, other forecasters see trouble ahead,
Victoria notesBut she did not say whether Schumer should still be the Democrats’ leader, instead saying what Democrats ‘have to do now is get focused on this tax fight.’
He addsHowever, we have bad judges,
On the other hand ... Trump saidThe cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed—some risking their lives—to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them,
Reyes wrote in her ruling
Unelected rogue judges are trying to steal years of time from a 4 year term. It's the most egregious theft one can imagine: robbing the vote and voice of the American People."
Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on TuesdayAt this juncture, EPA Defendants have not sufficiently explained why unilaterally terminating Plaintiffs' grant awards was a rational precursor to reviewing"
Chutkan wrote in her orderWe have bad judges, ... I think at a certain point you have to start looking at, what do you do when you have a rogue judge?”
Trump said, later adding
Thank you again. Won’t forget it.”
When Trump reached Roberts, Trump patted his arm and saidI thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING!”
After the exchange lit up social media, with many observers believing Trump was expressing gratitude for the immunity decision, Trump himself postedI’ll tell you what, it’s not going to happen like this anymore.”
After a San Francisco-based US district court judge issued a preliminary decision against a Trump’s first-term asylum policy, the president denounced him as an “Obama judge” and added to reporters