Firstly, given reality, any contempt proceeding is something of a dubious thing. So they’re doing DCCA dragging their feet as David reported, is IMO a huge so what.
As for the Roberts junta and DOE, maybe it’s me but reporting on anything like that maybe should note that the odds of the Democrats, if restored to power, doing anything about it — in this case, restoring it — is near zilch. (That’s presuming that the odds of that Democratic Party is a progressive one and not the alt-Republican failure we have now.)
Maybe it’s age; you just see too much bullshit repeat too many times…
I would hope the Democrats riding into power would restore the DOE to full staffing buts it's going to be a heavy lift since the Republicans as they always do, will clean out the pantries and empty out the coffers before they leave. We've seen them do that again and again. There aren't likely any Republican readers of TPM, but if there are I'd like to address them: FWIW, I HATE YOUR PARTY WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL and wish that with a few exceptions, the lot of them would voluntarily hand themselves over to life-terms in their own concentration camps. They truly, truly deserve such a karmic lesson. Maybe next lifetime they will be decent individuals.
That three-judge DC Appeals panel was an unfortunate turn of the draw, as only three of the sixteen judges are tRump appointees, and two got the call to rule on the Boasberg case(s). Rao and Katsas are rather hard-liners, largely standing up for tRump when en banc hearings are requested. Most if not all of the other jurists, whose appointments ranged from George HW Bush to Biden have come down hard on tRump cases, and as luck would have it, the immigrant deportation rulings by the district court got that door slammed shut by the tRumpy judges.
This shadow docket ruling on the RIF is a prime example of judicial cynicism. Perhaps it's the worst I've seen since I became a court watcher back in the Gideon v. Wainwright days. I'm not indulging in hyperbole in thinking that this may be the most cynical, despicable and partisan Court in American history and Chief Justice Roberts the worst Chief Justice. To cripple the DOE so that it cannot carry out its congressionally mandated duties while claiming it's merely upholding the executive's right to shrink departments to his liking is a prime example of turning a blind eye to real-world consequences and grounds for making reasonable people give up on this Court.
Firstly, given reality, any contempt proceeding is something of a dubious thing. So they’re doing DCCA dragging their feet as David reported, is IMO a huge so what.
As for the Roberts junta and DOE, maybe it’s me but reporting on anything like that maybe should note that the odds of the Democrats, if restored to power, doing anything about it — in this case, restoring it — is near zilch. (That’s presuming that the odds of that Democratic Party is a progressive one and not the alt-Republican failure we have now.)
Maybe it’s age; you just see too much bullshit repeat too many times…
I would hope the Democrats riding into power would restore the DOE to full staffing buts it's going to be a heavy lift since the Republicans as they always do, will clean out the pantries and empty out the coffers before they leave. We've seen them do that again and again. There aren't likely any Republican readers of TPM, but if there are I'd like to address them: FWIW, I HATE YOUR PARTY WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL and wish that with a few exceptions, the lot of them would voluntarily hand themselves over to life-terms in their own concentration camps. They truly, truly deserve such a karmic lesson. Maybe next lifetime they will be decent individuals.
One can hope.
Only so much reform could be realistically expected from the alt-Republican opposition-lite party, no?
M- I like to think I'm omniscient but it's only in my dreams. What is a salt-republican? What does "np" mean? Sorry, I'm getting old!
Fucking autocorrect is the answer to your question.
Will edit the comment.
Read. Agree. May the inventor of auto-correct burn in hello
That three-judge DC Appeals panel was an unfortunate turn of the draw, as only three of the sixteen judges are tRump appointees, and two got the call to rule on the Boasberg case(s). Rao and Katsas are rather hard-liners, largely standing up for tRump when en banc hearings are requested. Most if not all of the other jurists, whose appointments ranged from George HW Bush to Biden have come down hard on tRump cases, and as luck would have it, the immigrant deportation rulings by the district court got that door slammed shut by the tRumpy judges.
Regardless of the panel’s make up, nothing could be expected IMO.
Roberts is the worst
Chief Justice SCOTUS
has had in my lifetime.
The shadow docket is a
black mark on this court.
Southern states are
notorious for their lack
of good education in the
public school sector.
Most red states are.
Private school vouchers
are the big deal down
here. Look at the 7
billion being withheld for
after school care etc.
Where and who is this m
money going to? The elites?
Like water running into a pig trough. 💵💰🐖🐖🐖
This shadow docket ruling on the RIF is a prime example of judicial cynicism. Perhaps it's the worst I've seen since I became a court watcher back in the Gideon v. Wainwright days. I'm not indulging in hyperbole in thinking that this may be the most cynical, despicable and partisan Court in American history and Chief Justice Roberts the worst Chief Justice. To cripple the DOE so that it cannot carry out its congressionally mandated duties while claiming it's merely upholding the executive's right to shrink departments to his liking is a prime example of turning a blind eye to real-world consequences and grounds for making reasonable people give up on this Court.
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