Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Court tosses Trump administration lawsuit against Maryland judges
The Hill ^ | 8/26/2025 | Ella Lee

Posted on 08/26/2025 9:36:48 AM PDT by Miami Rebel

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit against all 15 federal district judges in Maryland over an order slowing down speedy deportation efforts, calling the administration’s attacks on the judiciary “unprecedented and unfortunate.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen, an appointee of President Trump who sits on a federal court in Virginia, dismissed the lawsuit challenging a May standing order that automatically blocks the deportation of migrants in Maryland who file legal challenges over their detention for two business days.

The Trump administration had argued that the order, which was signed by the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, interferes with the executive branch’s powers and violate various rules.

“Fair enough, as far as it goes,” Cullen wrote. “If these arguments were made in the proper forum, they might well get some traction.”

But the judge explained that, instead of challenging the standing order through the proper channels, it chose a “different, and more confrontational, path entirely” by suing the entire Maryland bench.

In a footnote, he took it a step further.

“Indeed, over the past several months, principal officers of the Executive (and their spokespersons) have described federal district judges across the country as ‘left-wing,’ ‘liberal,’ ‘activists,’ ‘radical,’ ‘politically minded,’ ‘rogue,’ ‘unhinged,’ ‘outrageous, overzealous, [and] unconstitutional,’ ‘[c]rooked,’ and worse,” Cullen wrote.

“Although some tension between the coordinate branches of government is a hallmark of our constitutional system, this concerted effort by the Executive to smear and impugn individual judges who rule against it is both unprecedented and unfortunate.”

In tossing the lawsuit, Cullen said he agreed “nearly across the board” with the judges who argued the action must be dismissed because it amounted to a political dispute between two coequal branches of government. The judges also argued that because standing orders are quintessential judicial actions, they must be immune from the suit.

Cullen said that to rule any other way but dismissing the suit would “run counter to overwhelming precedent, depart from longstanding constitutional tradition, and offend the rule of law.”

Still, he said, the Trump administration is not without recourse.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: arrestthomascullen; enemieslist; enemyjudge; judge; judicialsedition; lawfare; maryland; miamimeatball; miamimeatballer; miaminevertrump; miamirino; nevertrump; nevertrumpingtroll; nevertrumpscum; thomascullen; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-31 last
To: FlingWingFlyer

Trumps one weakness is that he can’t find honest employees and associates. They all suck. Especially “judges”.


21 posted on 08/26/2025 11:17:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Vanity Fair. The Official Rag of Far-Left Liberal HATE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: FlingWingFlyer

Trumps one weakness is that he can’t find honest employees and associates. They all suck. Especially “judges”.


22 posted on 08/26/2025 11:19:57 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Vanity Fair. The Official Rag of Far-Left Liberal HATE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Bruce Campbells Chin

They have to follow the law...

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA


23 posted on 08/26/2025 11:24:48 AM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: fruser1

Please explain how this is a First Amendment issue.


24 posted on 08/26/2025 11:46:21 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Democrat = party of treason

Exactly. His argument is that the DOJ didn’t sue each judge over each incident but that suing the entire judiciary was somehow more “confrontational”. I really think there needs to be a deep dive into to the entire judiciary.


25 posted on 08/26/2025 12:00:23 PM PDT by liberalh8ter ( This tagline has taken the month off to attend the inauguration.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Miami Rebel

Right to petition government for redress of grievances.


26 posted on 08/26/2025 12:01:18 PM PDT by jpp113
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Miami Rebel

Genius Trump Enacts Plan To Dumb Down Chinese Population By Inviting Them To Attend American Universities


27 posted on 08/26/2025 12:31:07 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Miami Rebel

Men In Black close ranks to protect themselves from being lowered from being “Above The Law”.


28 posted on 08/26/2025 12:45:06 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aeneas2112
And while I of course agree with what the administration is trying to do, this would open a HORRIBLE precedent to have used against us..We’ll win it eventually.

Exactly. When people think it is good idea if Trump is able to do something, We should consider whether we'd want Obama, Biden, or maybe AOC to have that exact same power.

This was just a dumb case right from the start. Even one of his own appointees sitting on the bench torched it.

29 posted on 08/26/2025 1:33:59 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Miami Rebel

Thy are basically saying they have no right to challenge the court because it’s the court.

But the first amendment says you have the right to petition the government for grievances.

So the court seems to think you can only petition for grievances against congress and the executive (not the courts).

But courts are a branch of government...


30 posted on 08/26/2025 1:53:25 PM PDT by fruser1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: fruser1

There’s no “they.” It’s one judge, and he’s a Trump appointee.

Believe it or not, officers of the court are held to standards higher than Free Speech. Bad faith pleadings that violate law, practice, or decorum are frowned upon. The judge believe the government acted recklessly by pursuing a cause without merit.

“Free Speech” doesn’t mean a court has to agree with your pleading.


31 posted on 08/26/2025 2:51:55 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-31 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson