Posted on 05/24/2025 5:13:54 AM PDT by vikingd00d
In a motion filed in federal court in Los Angeles, the Trump DOJ is moving to dissolve the ‘Flores Consent Decree.’ Attorney General Pam Bondi maintains the decree is incentivizing illegal immigration at the southern border.
The Flores decree has governed the detention and release of migrant children since 1997. The motion, filed by the DOJ and jointed by HHS and the Department of Homeland Security, asks a federal court in southern California to dissolve the decree.
However, the motion to terminate the Flores decree will be heard at a July 18 hearing before US District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles. Judge Gee has presided over the case for years, and it is unlikely she will agree to get rid of the Flores decree, setting up a possible battle before the federal appeals court, and ultimately the Supreme Court.
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Congress should bar new consent decrees involving the federal government and void all existing ones.
The key power Trump has over the Congress is the power to veto the tax cut extension bill. To retain power over Congress, Trump should only allow one year extensions.
The Congress is filled with cowards who would gladly put the judiciary in its place to save their own miserable hides.
We need to able to enforce the laws on the books.
Yes. An example of “Sue and Settle”.
Activists sue, then other activists in the Agencies “settle”.
Voila! new law, no act of Congress or signature by President needed!
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Consent decrees in cities and States, has led to the weakening of law enforcement. You could draw a direct line up from the decrees to crime rates.
Exactly, in the wake of BLM and antifa holding some of the town hostage, the consent decrees were born in Seattle.
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