BearFan33 said:Get back from the ledge Sam, unlike Biden who ignored SCOTUS, Trump is fighting this unlawful ruling in court. If Musk's review leads to improper money going to this judge or immediate family members, he should be first in line to be arrested. A few appropriate arrests would stop 95% of this lawfare BS.Married A Horn said:
Trump's team files motion to dissolve the ex-parte illegal lawfare:
"At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2025, this Court issued an exparteTemporary Restraining Order that purported to limit access to a vast swath of Treasury systems to only "civil servants," while prohibiting "all political appointees" from doing the same.
On its face, the Order could be read to cover all political leadership within Treasuryincluding even Secretary Bessent.
This is a remarkable intrusion on the Executive Branch that is in direct conflict with Article II of the Constitution, and the unitary structure it provides.
There is not and cannot be a basis for distinguishing between "civil servants" and "political appointees."Basic democratic accountability requires that every executive agency's work be supervised by politically accountable leadership, who ultimately answer to the President.
A federal court, consistent with the separation of powers, cannot insulate any portion of that work from the specter of political accountability.
No court can issue an injunction that directly severs the clear line of supervision Article II requires. Because the Order on its face draws an impermissible and anti-constitutional distinction, it should be dissolved immediately.
At minimum, the Court should either clarify or modify its Order, so as to avoid its most direct constitutional and practical hazards.As written, the injunction is markedly overbroad.
There is no sound reason that it should extend to Treasury's leadership, who are charged with overseeing and administering the Department without interruption.
To the extent the Order applies to senior political appointees at Treasury, it is an extraordinary and unprecedented judicial interference with a Cabinet Secretary's ability to oversee the Department he was constitutionally appointed to lead. Interfering with those basic functions, even for a day, will cause irreparable harm to the government.
By contrast, Plaintiffs have not even attempted to show how they would suffer any irreparable harm as a result of Treasury's political leadership being excluded from the temporary injunction.
If the Court is unwilling to grant relief from its Order, the United States respectfully requests that the Order be stayed pending the disposition of any appeal that is authorized, or at a minimum that such relief be administratively stayed for a period of seven days to allow the United States to seek an emergency, expedited stay from the Court of Appeals.
To be clear, notwithstanding the Order's defects, Defendants are in compliance with it. As described below, Defendants have taken what they believe to be all necessary steps to comply with the Court's Order. But this is not a durable status quo.
To remedy the serious problems beget by the Order's breadth, the Court should immediately dissolve, clarify, or modify the Order while this matter is being briefed, argued, and decided on the merits."
Sam: quick on the draw to point out any potential microscopic Trump infraction. Can't see decades of major fraud and lawlessness by the left.
