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Do we have an actual representative government anymore? Over 300 Fed judges and just ONE from a Fed court (8th district) can rule like a mafia boss on a matter of national importance.

I’m not even touching on the subject if the freeze is ethical or not, that’s irrelevant.

I asked grok what he , an artificial intelligence, thought:

“ A single district judge in Rhode Island just ordered the Trump admin to fully fund November SNAP benefits nationwide—$8B for 42M people—overriding a shutdown standoff. It prevents real hunger, but one unelected, Obama-appointed judge shouldn’t get to dictate national policy like a king. With 670+ federal district judges, nationwide injunctions let any one of them halt executive action everywhere based on personal ideology, bypassing Congress and elections. This chaos undermines representative democracy: policy should come from voters and their reps, not random benches.The Supreme Court’s Trump v. CASA (June 2025) already curbed “cosmic” injunctions, and bills like the No Rogue Rulings Act (passed House 2025) aim to limit relief to plaintiffs only. If appealed, this SNAP order could shrink to just the suing cities. Shutdowns suck, but judicial overreach is a deeper threat to self-government. (Source: Grok by xAI)”

1 posted on 11/07/2025 2:47:05 AM PST by Phoenix8
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President John J McConnell Jr

It has a nice ring to it, perhaps he should run for office?


2 posted on 11/07/2025 2:50:49 AM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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The judiciary has the power of the purse.


3 posted on 11/07/2025 2:55:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's mon)
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Let’s just let judges open the government. No need for a budget. Judges will just order what they want paid.


5 posted on 11/07/2025 3:07:57 AM PST by mmichaels1970 ( )
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why not... .i dunno... order the dems to not force the spending of taxpayer money on foreigners in the US illegally?

would that be too close to actually enforcing the law?


6 posted on 11/07/2025 3:08:50 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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The judge should order the US Senate to pass the CR. The judicial branch is superior to the legislative branch, so the senators would have to do as this judge says, right?


7 posted on 11/07/2025 3:14:35 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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America no longer has constitutional seperation of powers for the legislature, executive and judicial

The nation is now being run by a handful of unelected Kahgaroo court leftist judges who make up their own laws and order the president around like one of their illegal alien lawn-boys.

Why spend billions on presidential elections or our multi-billion dollar congressional greedheads when these out-of-control judges do it all for a fraction of the cost?


8 posted on 11/07/2025 3:15:44 AM PST by Iron Munro (Voltaire: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit astrocities" )
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Can you say “no Article III Constitutional Authority”?

I knew you could.

The “judge”, not so much.


9 posted on 11/07/2025 3:16:07 AM PST by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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Which was swiftly appealed to SCOTUS where Trump will likely win.
You can't have Democrats do a Shutdown, then the same Democrats demand that SNAP be paid in full.
Not going to happen.
10 posted on 11/07/2025 3:24:36 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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SCOTUS just recently ruled that these lower court federal judges can’t rule nationwide injunctions against us which is essentially telling President Trump he has the right to do what he has been doing. Or not to do.

Did Grok AI really say “Shutdowns suck?” LOL!


11 posted on 11/07/2025 3:25:42 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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The way they’re pulling out all stops to get SNAP funding uninterrupted, I wonder how much of SNAP is money being deposited into fraudulent accounts and used in a money laundering scheme to anti-American organizations and individuals.


12 posted on 11/07/2025 3:27:52 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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Food for the poor and travel for Thanksgiving.

Great job, GOP!


13 posted on 11/07/2025 3:28:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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No Kings!*

*This only applies to Donald Trump. Liberal judges and socialist mayors are allowed to rule by fiat.


14 posted on 11/07/2025 3:32:37 AM PST by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”.)
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McConnell ignores the SCOTUS, Trump should ignore this dirtbag.


15 posted on 11/07/2025 3:40:09 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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Alltis makes zero sense.
The Congress neglected to provide, as required by law, funding for the various operations of the government (ethical and moral, or not). Then a single Federal judge “orders” the executive department to fund specific portions of the PRIOR appropriations measure, which is no longer in force.
Time for this judge to be impeached, removed, and disbarred.

The inmates are truly in charge of the asylum...


16 posted on 11/07/2025 3:48:51 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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Funny, how come no district level judge has ordered the Democrats to open the government so the SNAP benefits can be paid?


17 posted on 11/07/2025 3:50:35 AM PST by PTBAA
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The SC already ruled no lowly judge has the authority
for the ridiculous demand .

Read about here

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-trump-citizenship-executive-order/

So just ignore the
Dem operatives demand .

The evil Judge has donated over
700,000.to the Evil DemonRat party .

Start impeachment proceedings against this evil thing.


18 posted on 11/07/2025 3:50:41 AM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil. )
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So in weeks we have judges saying Trump cannot do tariffs because money is Congress domain. But Congress shuts down government and this judge says Trump has to fund this.


21 posted on 11/07/2025 3:58:48 AM PST by pas
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I can’t see why President Trump does not throw these two ahos in black robes in jail until they are taught to stay in their lanes. Neither of these two POS received any votes. Neither were elected. Get them the hell out of our election. Sting ‘em up.


22 posted on 11/07/2025 4:05:45 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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If we have 42 hungry bass turds who are too lazy to feed themselves, why the hell did we let Joe Pedo and his RAT import 20 million foreign hungry bass of the same caliber? Worthless freeloaders. They should be forcing their own governments to buy them a sandwich.


24 posted on 11/07/2025 4:08:19 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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Tell the two hos we American taxpayers WE THE PEOPLE don’t have the money. Let them use the judiciary’s funds to feed these hungry eating machines. The worthless bass turds don’t work. Why do they need to eat? Most of them look like they could lose a couple hundred pounds. Especially their kids.


25 posted on 11/07/2025 4:12:04 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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