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

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  1. I genuinely wonder why I’m making plans past like… April. I have no faith the country even survives past then.

  2. As much as I appreciate Americans on here saying how bad they feel about how Canada – you guys are losing a lot more than a few points of GDP, and you didn’t vote for this either.

    We’re in this together.

  3. Lmao Trump like somehow just keeps getting Nat 20’s every time he rolls for persuasion. It’s just fucking insane.

  4. LivefromPhoenix on

    Maybe I was too harsh on leftists. I thought the “just do what you want and ignore the rules” stuff was performative bullshit from people who don’t understand how the government works but clearly *I’m* the fool. You really can just ignore checks and balances to do what you want.

  5. Zealousideal_Pop_933 on

    I don’t think this is as big as some are making it out to be. It’s bad, but I don’t think is what causes a constitutional crisis

    >Trump’s DOJ responded Monday to the order saying that since the Democratic states “only challenged the OMB memorandum,” the administration doesn’t “read the Order to prevent the President or his advisors from communicating with federal agencies or the public about the President’s priorities regarding federal spending.”

    >The plaintiffs’ lawsuit challenged the “OMB directive,” but their arguments addressed the action of a president freezing federal funds already allocated by Congress, alleging it violated the separation of powers outlined in the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act.

    >The Justice Department also claimed the order “contains several ambiguous terms and provisions that could be read to constitute significant intrusions on the Executive Branch’s lawful authorities and the separation of powers.”

    >The DOJ asked the court to “notify Defendants if they have misunderstood the intended scope of the Court’s Order,” and said federal agencies that aren’t defendants in the case don’t have to comply with the court’s halting of the federal funding freeze.

    I expect we’re gonna see a lot of stuff like this over the next four years.

  6. Here is a better headline.

    The Trump admin says the Trump admin doesn’t have to follow laws.

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