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Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
AP ^ | Feb 10, 2025 | LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Posted on 02/10/2025 11:34:53 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

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To: where's_the_Outrage?

TYRANT!


21 posted on 02/10/2025 12:24:09 PM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Tell Judge Pound Sand that Nullification is a thing.


22 posted on 02/10/2025 12:29:45 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: butlerweave
Under penalty of the law, I demand you unlawfully launder that taxpayer money that congress had no idea it was appropriating, for who it was appropriating it for, or what purpose it was to serve, damn it!!!

-The Honorable and very wealthy Judge McConnell. (Who serves on many boards receiving those funds, as does his wife, children, and mistresses)

23 posted on 02/10/2025 12:31:05 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: PGR88

Trump has a great workaround against lefty judges. Just rescind whatever they were sued on.

Then reissue a new policy that isn’t subject to that judge.

Appeal and then get the higher court to say this is a new issue.


24 posted on 02/10/2025 12:40:06 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This is another opportunity. The Judicial branch of government is attempting a coup against the Executive branch - amounting to informing the Chief Executive he has no authority in the overseeing of his own departments and agencies. Trump needs to announce their order is DOA - null and void for that reason.

The worst possible scenario: declare a constitutional crisis, martial law and THEN REALLY extract the Deep State.

If this is not done, then the left WILL manipulate themselves back into power, and THEY will fabricate an opportunity for martial law. We are dealing with evil people with evil agendas. The Marquess of Queensbury Rules just ain’t gonna cut it.


25 posted on 02/10/2025 12:44:14 PM PST by rockwell torrey
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

We may see a record number of impeachments soon. I hope so, sprinkled with a good number of summary, dispassionate applications of rope.


26 posted on 02/10/2025 12:49:18 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Are you, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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To: butlerweave

“Judges now think they are more powerful than the US government and the President and can order them about like little people”

It worked in Brazil.


27 posted on 02/10/2025 12:52:46 PM PST by dljordan
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

If memory serves the funding freeze DID NOT INCLUDE LEGALLY OBLIGATED DISBURSEMENTS OR PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS SS OR SNAP BENEFITS. So it appears this judge wants Trump to unfreeze those funds which are not under the authority of Congress. Which means he is demanding that the agencies which are under the executive branch to defy a lawfully given directive from the head of that branch. How does that not create a constitutional crisis?


28 posted on 02/10/2025 12:54:17 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: MNJohnnie

That seems to be the obvious conclusion to me as well.


29 posted on 02/10/2025 12:55:37 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I am beginning to wonder if these judges were getting a kickback.


30 posted on 02/10/2025 1:02:52 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This brings up an interesting Supreme Court judicial question.

The Supreme Court ruled on what is and is not Presidential immunity. A President is immune for anything involving his Constitutionally granted duties. A President is not immune to any actions outside of the scope of his work that are personal in nature. Finally, for those things in between a jury must decide on the facts of the case and if those acts were broadly, within his duties, even if not specifically spelled out in the constitution.

I think that DOJ attorneys could argue that this lower court judge has not considered the recent Supreme Court Presidential Immunity decision and that Trump under both is Constitutional powers as President and his broader powers as President (not spelled out in the Constitution) has the ability to do what he did and that the lower court unless it abides by the Supreme Court ruling, needs to grant deference to the President in his actions.

If the lower court does not back down, then Trump can claim under Presidential immunity that he will ignore the judges ruling and the DOJ can ask for the Supreme Court to intervene.


31 posted on 02/10/2025 1:11:33 PM PST by Robert357
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To: butlerweave

“Judges now think they are more powerful than the US government and the President and can order them about like little people”

There are 890 federal authorized federal judgeships. If every individual federal judge has the power to arbitrarily issue orders to the president and Congress the government simply cannot operate effectively or efficiently.

It is long past time for the Congress, POTUS, and the States to push back on the imperial and unaccountable Judicial branch of government which has seized powers not enumerated in the Constitution.

Under the Constitution Congress can restrict the behavior and jurisdiction of the lower federal courts through legislation. POTUS can ignore overreaching orders declaring them to be a violation of separation of powers. The states can call a convention to ratify amendments to the Constitution.


32 posted on 02/10/2025 1:16:15 PM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I hereby bequeath a new name for hiz Honor.

Judge Whack-A-Mole


33 posted on 02/10/2025 1:35:31 PM PST by Gasshog
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To: bert

Too much water in your instrument air system.


34 posted on 02/10/2025 1:47:27 PM PST by NavyShoe
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To: MayflowerMadam
Do all Federal judges answer to him?

I don't believe so - but as Chief Justice he is nominally the head of the federal judiciary. He has a duty to speak out about the abuse of judicial power by federal judges, IMHO.
35 posted on 02/10/2025 1:48:49 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

How many tank divisions does this judge have?


36 posted on 02/10/2025 2:02:21 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It won’t be long now, President Trump will announce that he will follow the “Three C0-Equal Branches of our Government Doctrine” agreed upon by our Founding Fathers. It will go to the Supreme Court and they will uphold Trump because to do otherwise would mean their power would all but be wiped out. The rodents would go insane but Thune and Johnson would back Trump and the new way of governing will be established.


37 posted on 02/10/2025 2:19:05 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Robert357

I don’t believe immunity enters into this at all. If it did that means it could be argued whether the actions President Trump is taking are legal. They are obviously legal. To even allow a suggestion otherwise is to let the Dems decide the terms of executive orders and actions.

The judges’ rulings have no legitimate basis and should be (and I believe are being) challenged on that ground.


38 posted on 02/10/2025 2:28:34 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: lastchance

That is the point, Trump has Presidential immunity for things he is responsible for. The judge has no leverage over him and Trump can ignore the judge with no consequences.

Let’s hypothesize that Trump ignores the judges order. What can the judge do? Hold him in contempt? Fine Trump? The judge can’t because Trump has Presidential immunity or at least so says the US Supreme Court.

You are correct the judge’s ruling is beyond his legal scope. This is just another way of pointing it out.


39 posted on 02/10/2025 4:10:15 PM PST by Robert357
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