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NEW: Chief Justice Roberts Orders Fired Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger to Respond to Trump Emergency Appeal to Supreme Court
Gateway Pundit ^ | February 18, 2025 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 02/18/2025 11:33:28 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man

On Tuesday Chief Justice Roberts ordered fired Biden holdover Hampton Dellinger to respond to the Trump Administration’s application to the Supreme Court.

Hampton Dellinger must respond by Wednesday.

President Trump on Sunday filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court after corrupt Obama judge Amy Berman Jackson reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel.

President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (not to be confused with a special counsel hired as a federal prosecutor) a couple of weeks ago.

Trump appointed Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to take over Dellinger’s job as the Special Counsel.

Shortly after the firing, Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, issued an administrative stay, and allowed him to keep his job.

“Trump must allow Dellinger to continue to have “access” to the agency’s resources and cannot “recognize the authority of any other person as Special Counsel” while the order remains in effect, Jackson wrote,” according to Politico.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amybermanjackson; biden; boiesschillerflexner; dellinger; dougcollins; hamptondellinger; hunterbiden; johnroberts; osc; roguejudges; scotus; specialcounsel; supremecourt; trump
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Wow, Chief Justice Roberts has gotten involved.
1 posted on 02/18/2025 11:33:28 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

So… Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I’m confused.


2 posted on 02/18/2025 11:37:16 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
This doesn't sounds like particularly good news... Biden judge, Biden Special Counsel...

Why would Roberts do this except that he's working for the other side... as many believe...

3 posted on 02/18/2025 11:37:41 AM PST by OKSooner (Communists gonna communist.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Wow, Chief Justice Roberts has gotten involved.

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And even better.... He made the right ruling.


4 posted on 02/18/2025 11:37:50 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man; Red Badger; Liz; LS; SunkenCiv

Unbiased judge responding to appeal, or appealing itself, or representing the governmentduring the appeal??
Seems like a circular circuit judge.


5 posted on 02/18/2025 11:39:27 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Given that TROs are rarely appealable this confirms how extreme court’s order was and important separation of powers issue.

Looking good.

6 posted on 02/18/2025 11:43:24 AM PST by bertmerc1 (Conservative Buddhist)
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To: OKSooner

or his ego does not allow him to just accept a lower court judge to get to do what He should have the right to enjoy.


7 posted on 02/18/2025 11:43:28 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Responsibility2nd

... He made the right ruling.“

He did? This looks to me like he is giving the scumbag a chance to provide cover to rule against Trump.


8 posted on 02/18/2025 11:44:47 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: NFHale

Too confusing for me!


9 posted on 02/18/2025 11:47:26 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: NFHale
So… Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I’m confused.

Me too.

It does give Justice Roberts an immediate means of ruling on the issue after Dellinger files a response.

If Roberts rules against Dellinger, all of the current Democrat lawfare is dead.

If Roberts rules for Dellinger, the Trump administration is dead from a thousand cuts by injunctions from every one of the Democrat judges in the Federal Courts. Or Trump can simply refuse to obey any of the Court rulings.

We will all know pretty quickly how this is going.

10 posted on 02/18/2025 11:47:35 AM PST by flamberge (The times, they are a' changing.)
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To: iamgalt

Maybe. But at least Roberts didn’t just ignore Trump’s appeal and let ABJ’s order stand.


11 posted on 02/18/2025 11:53:39 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Did Roberts have to do anything? Couldn’t he just sat, and the guy would have kept his job?


12 posted on 02/18/2025 11:54:54 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: Responsibility2nd
And even better.... He made the right ruling.

I believe that's yet TBD.

13 posted on 02/18/2025 11:56:45 AM PST by JesusIsLord
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Why pick this case?

That bothers me.

Out of all Trump has done that has met legal challenges, this one does not seem the one that legal precedence should be set on.

In general I trust the court, but the court is no longer Roberts court.

I fear he may using his power as Chief Justice to frustrate the will of the court which he no longer represents.


14 posted on 02/18/2025 11:59:33 AM PST by Biblebelter
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To: flamberge

Roberts knows right now that if he holds against Trump, he is validating judicial interference against the executive branch on a permanent ongoing basis. We’ll see how much authority he is willing to steal.


15 posted on 02/18/2025 12:00:07 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The judicial branch only has the authority to hear and decide legal questions, not political ones.
Legal questions are deemed to be justiciable, while political questions are nonjusticiable.
Roberts better send a memo around to every judge in the federal judiciary, in that all his democrat district courtg judges must have been napping during Con Law II, as eagerly as they have allowed themselves to become involved in disrupting the operation of the executive, a co equal branch of government.


16 posted on 02/18/2025 12:02:07 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Roberts is compromised- we’ve pretty much discussed that to death here over the years.
Never know what Trump knows.


17 posted on 02/18/2025 12:05:21 PM PST by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet )
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To: Sgt_Schultze
There is the matter of Roberts adopting children from a particular county in Ireland with specific physical characteristics that may have been in violation of Irish law. This matter was discussed at the time of his promotion to Chief Justice. If there is any substance to this matter, Roberts knows that the Department of Justice will find some skeletons he may not want exposed. Blackmail is a two way street, which is likely why most of the RINOs in the Senate are behaving.
18 posted on 02/18/2025 12:07:18 PM PST by Wallace T.
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To: Macho MAGA Man; All

It is obviously a good thing for Roberts to do this.

If he didn’t want it to happen, all he had to do was nothing.

When the court takes action like this, it is a good sign they think the ruling or injunction is questionable.


19 posted on 02/18/2025 12:09:34 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Sgt_Schultze

“validating judicial interference against the executive branch on a permanent ongoing basis. “

Then Trump can validate executive branch interference against the judicial branch on a permanent ongoing basis. Turnaround is fair between branches.


20 posted on 02/18/2025 12:14:05 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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