r/law • u/Imaginary_Cow_6379 • Feb 03 '25

Legal News DOJ Says Trump Administration Doesn’t Have to Follow Court Order Halting Funding Freeze

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-says-trump-administration-doesnt-have-to-follow-court-order-halting-funding-freeze/
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u/ElectricTzar Competent Contributor Feb 03 '25

Organizations that are technically under the DOJ, I imagine. But I would much rather, if they’re going to be completely lawless, we get that out in the open as quickly as possible so that the public is aware, instead of allowing the DOJ the pretense of lawfulness through judicial inaction.

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u/ElectricTzar Competent Contributor Feb 03 '25

I don’t disagree, but it not being a secret to people who put in the effort to stay informed and parse the workings of government systems, is not as good as it being well known amongst the general public.

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u/ElectricTzar Competent Contributor Feb 03 '25

Great. You can be useless defeatist if you want, but I don’t care to join you in your wallowing.

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u/ElectricTzar Competent Contributor Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Enforcing the law. The thing you just said you don’t think is worth attempting is called “enforcing the law.”

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u/thetburg Feb 03 '25

This is the scary part that people don't want to think about. Shit is at a tipping point where people just go along or it gets real messy.

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u/ElectricTzar Competent Contributor Feb 03 '25

If a judge doesn’t bother to issue contempt for noncompliance with previous orders, which is what you were advocating, there’s nothing there for the executive to do.

Anyhow, I’m done with you. Your combination of defeatism and poor reading comprehension is intolerably irritating.