Monday brought another legal setback to President Trump and his administration. And there are all the indications that it adds more fuel to the fire of Maga's complaints against the judiciary.
The problem was the federal spending and the new president's desire to freeze the huge strip of it.
US District Judge Judge John McConnell accused the administration of effectively ignoring previous orders from him and tranches of Grant and other funds.
The first order, made at the end of January, was that the Trump administration immediately determined that funding could not be “suspended, frozen, obstructed, blocked, cancelled or terminated.”
In Monday's ruling, McConnell tried to downplay Trump and his allies for trying to downplay his authority with a “sweep” suspension, which he said would “violate the plain text” of his previous order. It attacked the allies. He insisted that the administration must quickly recover its funds.
O'Connell's ruling is one detail on a much larger canvas.
The courts have emerged as the most path of resistance to Trump's aggressive agenda. The result was unrestrained rage from the president and his allies.
On his way to the Super Bowl on Sunday, Trump targeted a judge who slowed down his movements, like US District Judge Paul Engelmeyer. Leading by Elon Musk.
Trump uses a similar phrase in his infamous speech on January 6, 2021 about the ellipse in front of the Capitol, and if the judiciary stops what the judiciary characterizes as a search for fraud and waste. It “a country that claimed it would mean we don't have.”
The president also argued that “frankly, we should not be allowed to make such a decision,” and that doing so was a “stigma.”
Previously, Musk himself responded to a key post about Engelmeyer's ruling from conservative commentator Glenn Beck by claiming this was an example of a “corrupted judge protecting corruption.” . Mask added that Engelmeyer should be fired up immediately.
The bluff each is now the only way to get rid of judges and is also filled with mask complaints. In another social media post, he proposed that the worst 1% of appointed judges be fired each year, as determined by the elected organizations, which is the most corrupt and eliminate the least capable ones.”
Vice President Vance has also joined Pyleon to counter the judicial overreach. Or, as critics see it, helped the president pursue his agenda and “work the bibliography.”
In a Sunday morning social media post, Vance wrote: If a judge attempts to order the Attorney General about how he uses his discretion as a prosecutor, that is also illegal. ”
“The judge” and Vance concluded that “we are not permitted to control the legitimate power of executives.”
His argument left an obvious, loose end – the question of what constitutes the use of legitimate or illegal enforcement.
This is a question that courts often rule. In fact, during former President Biden's tenure in the White House, it was an authority that encouraged Republicans to use it repeatedly in courts.
Last November, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a press release celebrating the filing of his 100th lawsuit against the “Biden Harris administration.” Current leadership. ”
In any case, the current rage from Trump's side has been pointed out in particular because of the number of initiatives that the court has suspended.
Trump's attempt to abolish birthright citizenship, proposed acquisitions of federal workers, fundraising issues adjudicated by Engelmeyer, and all of the cries from USAID have been suspended by the court. , it's probably not just short.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that “more than 40 lawsuits” were recently filed by the state attorney general and others trying to put the brakes on Trump's agenda.
Meanwhile, Democrats and other Trump critics have tried to control the court against Trump's verbal attacks on the team.
Pete Battigeg, who served as transport secretary under Biden, wrote on social media that “even great countries would not leave much if they lost the rule of law.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote Sunday that he is “prideful” of the Democratic lawyer general “to strengthen and defend American rights,” according to the Treasury Department, writing Sunday. We welcomed to constrain Doge from access to the system.
Warren added, “We are not helpless.”
In fact, one reason there is such a pitched fight over the courts is because many of the other opposition to the president is confused.
Democrats are in minority in both the House and Senate, and are still upset after former Vice President Kamala Harris' defeat in the election last November. The leadership leader is even more confused by a shift to the right and conflict with the way forward between major blocs, including young and non-white voters.
To date, at least, progressive activists have not been able to replicate the energy or crowds they came out into town in 2017 when Trump began his first term.
And liberals include the number of high-tech titans that are doing well with Trump, the feeling that some media are being pressured to move on the president easily, and the increased corporate vigilance about what's coming out. There are more broad cultural changes that make you feel uneasy. I was overly “waking up.”
For now, it looks as if the court was the last groove in Trump's resistance.
And it also explains why the president and his most enthusiastic supporters are eager to bring them to the heels.
The note is a reported column for Niall Stanage.
