The Trump admin has often rushed to the Supreme Court this year. In the law firm cases, though, DOJ — even though it lost below — is moving the appeals as slowly as possible.
I get the desire to “cut to the chase,” but what you’ve written is not “the bottom line” of this article.
I've written plenty of articles about the law firm orders and how bad they are — and many of those articles are linked in here — as well as about the empty amorality of the law firms that capitulated to Trump.
This, however, is looking at the related — and I think important — issue of *how* DOJ is defending Trump’s actions. When, like here, they are doing as little as possible while maintaining their defense, and doing so as slowly as possible, I think it is worth looking at because it matters for how the cases are going to proceed. Here, and to your bottom line, DOJ has not “urged the courts” to do anything since June — other than further delay these appeals.
Trump habitually used delay to string out resolution of any cases involving his stiffing of contractors, subcontractors, and his suppliers. He had more money than they did to delay his cases. He’s now using the same tactic in his litigation as president.
It’s fairly clear Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice see their role as acting as Trump’s personal counsel, to defend his personal conduct as his personal counsel, and to cover up any evidence of Trump’s illegal behavior. Bondi’s had her little elves busy redacting any evidence implicating Donald’s wrongdoing in the Epstein filed, and Rep. Thomas Massie waived a copy of a document he had received from the Epstein files in which every line had been blacked out. I don’t usually agree with Massie about much, but I do agree with his call to release then unredacted files. The only things which should be redacted from the files are the names of the victims. The perpetrators’ names should not be redacted.
Oh, that canny DoJ—it certainly picks its “emergencies” doesn’t it?
To cut to the chase and the bottom line, the DOJ is urging the courts to legitimize Trump's attempts to blackmail law firms into bending to his will.
I get the desire to “cut to the chase,” but what you’ve written is not “the bottom line” of this article.
I've written plenty of articles about the law firm orders and how bad they are — and many of those articles are linked in here — as well as about the empty amorality of the law firms that capitulated to Trump.
This, however, is looking at the related — and I think important — issue of *how* DOJ is defending Trump’s actions. When, like here, they are doing as little as possible while maintaining their defense, and doing so as slowly as possible, I think it is worth looking at because it matters for how the cases are going to proceed. Here, and to your bottom line, DOJ has not “urged the courts” to do anything since June — other than further delay these appeals.
Trump habitually used delay to string out resolution of any cases involving his stiffing of contractors, subcontractors, and his suppliers. He had more money than they did to delay his cases. He’s now using the same tactic in his litigation as president.
I don’t think that logic applies here. In this instance, Trump has lost. Delay hurts him because he is blocked from doing what he wants.
I see your point. It’s not something which would benefit him.
It’s fairly clear Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice see their role as acting as Trump’s personal counsel, to defend his personal conduct as his personal counsel, and to cover up any evidence of Trump’s illegal behavior. Bondi’s had her little elves busy redacting any evidence implicating Donald’s wrongdoing in the Epstein filed, and Rep. Thomas Massie waived a copy of a document he had received from the Epstein files in which every line had been blacked out. I don’t usually agree with Massie about much, but I do agree with his call to release then unredacted files. The only things which should be redacted from the files are the names of the victims. The perpetrators’ names should not be redacted.