Posted on 02/08/2025 3:51:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
This ruling, concocted without legal precedent or constitutional justification, is nothing short of judicial sabotage. Worse, it was issued ex parte—meaning Trump administration lawyers weren’t given notice, weren’t allowed to argue, and weren’t even in the room. Only Democrat attorneys general were heard, ensuring a predetermined outcome.
Engelmayer’s order is legally indefensible. He cites no statutory basis because none exists. He offers no constitutional rationale because the Constitution directly contradicts him. Instead, he fabricates a fiction: that the duly appointed Treasury Secretary is nothing more than a ceremonial figurehead, akin to a powerless monarch, while unelected bureaucrats—who answer to no voters—control the nation’s finances. This is judicial tyranny masquerading as jurisprudence.
The implications are staggering. By stripping the executive branch of access to its own financial data, this ruling effectively transfers control of the federal purse to the permanent bureaucracy—the so-called “deep state.” That is a direct assault on the Constitution’s separation of powers, which vests executive authority in the elected President and his appointees, not in career government employees.
This is lawfare at its most brazen: a raw, partisan power grab dressed up in legalese. If allowed to stand, this decision sets the precedent that any left-wing judge can unilaterally strip the President of his authority and hand it to the administrative state. That is not democracy. It is not law. It is judicial dictatorship.
While the order is currently set to last only a week, no serious person believes this won’t be extended if the courts think they can get away with it. The Trump Administration should treat this for what it is—an unconstitutional usurpation—and consider defying it outright. No judge has the authority to cripple the executive branch and hand power to unelected bureaucrats.
Beyond that, the Supreme Court must intervene and overturn this blatant violation of constitutional governance. Judge Engelmayer should be barred from hearing any future cases related to executive authority, and every Democrat lawyer who enabled this attack on the Constitution should be sanctioned.
This is not a legal dispute—it is a coup by the judiciary against the elected government. And it cannot be allowed to stand.
Just ignore him. Do the Andrew Jackson.
To paraphrase Andy Jackson, “He has made his decision. Now let him enforce it”.
Have DOGE check the judge checked for USAID for payments.
Agree. Ignore him.
Isn’t Brazil run like this?
And the Joe Biden. How many times did he ignore Supreme Court rulings and forgive student loans.
Trump can go down himself and look at it with Besset and some staff. Take all the media with him. Let him block that!
bttt
This judge is truly evil:
Trump’s ‘conscience rule’ for health providers blocked by federal judge
Washington Post ^ | November 6, 2019 | Yasmeen Abutaleb
Posted on 11/6/2019, 1:27:55 PM by rdl6989
A federal judge on Wednesday voided the Trump administration’s “conscience rule” that would have allowed health-care providers to refuse to participate in abortions, sterilizations or other procedures they disagree with on religious or moral grounds.
Go and arrest him for Sedition, a quick trail and hang him at sunrise..
Arrest this tyrant for usurpation of power.
George Castanza has spoken.
The figurehead Treasury Secretary can seize his paycheck for failure to pay his taxes.
Yep.
Who in the hell is running this country, the duly elected President and his administrative assistants or a gaggle of Marxist-appointed lower court judges? This is absolutely scandalous and the Attorney General should request the Supreme Court to conduct an expedited hearing to stop this travesty before it triggers a second civil war. By God enough is enough of this Communist assault on our Constitutional Republic!
Throw him jail for sedition until he proves his innocence. Isn’t that how democrats think of the accused?
If nobody has access, I guess nothing can be paid.
Same judge:
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system
2/8/2025, 10:34:13 AM · by kevcol · 188 replies
wtop.com ^ | February 8, 2025
Federal judge strikes down rule allowing clinicians to object to abortions for moral or religious(TR
11/7/2019, 5:26:28 PM · by bkopto · 56 replies
NBC News ^ | 11/6/2019 | elizabeth chuck
Heil, Obama. The guy looks like a leftover from the SS
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