The Justice Department is using a jurisdictional shadow docket decision to try and prevent rulings on the merits in lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions.
Shadow docket … the always granted DoJ “emergency” appeals … quick, hide the justice behind legalese and politics … ‘cause the boyz can’t miss another fishing trip.
It's what the Trump defense is always about: delay. Not because he can win on the merits, but the longer they can drag things out, that harder it becomes (he hopes) for the plaintiffs to bear the cost of continuing. With the legal costs of his position now being borne by the public treasury and no prospective penalties for failure, there's not reason not to.
Can they be blamed for trying? In terms of legal strategy, I suppose not. But morally and ethically, damn straight they can.
Thank goodness for the prescient opposing opinions of the liberals on the Court. I hope the Unctuous Five will eventually rue the day they bent over for their master.
One consistency about Tr*mp is that he never honors contracts. And a legal system that either won't or can't make contracts be honored is terrible for the economy. So the courts can own not only the deaths and disappearances (which ought to be the more important things) but the economy too. Since that seems to be the only thing most Americans care about.
Another superior explainer, Chris. Thank you for making the minutiae of the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision abundantly clear. The shadow docket seems to be another of those "items" in the judiciary that should be annihilated, in the service of equal justice.
Just depends where their allegiances lie. To be blunt, their allegiances is not to the Rule of Law or the Constitution if either of these trifling niceties get in their way.
Shadow docket … the always granted DoJ “emergency” appeals … quick, hide the justice behind legalese and politics … ‘cause the boyz can’t miss another fishing trip.
It's what the Trump defense is always about: delay. Not because he can win on the merits, but the longer they can drag things out, that harder it becomes (he hopes) for the plaintiffs to bear the cost of continuing. With the legal costs of his position now being borne by the public treasury and no prospective penalties for failure, there's not reason not to.
Can they be blamed for trying? In terms of legal strategy, I suppose not. But morally and ethically, damn straight they can.
Thank goodness for the prescient opposing opinions of the liberals on the Court. I hope the Unctuous Five will eventually rue the day they bent over for their master.
One consistency about Tr*mp is that he never honors contracts. And a legal system that either won't or can't make contracts be honored is terrible for the economy. So the courts can own not only the deaths and disappearances (which ought to be the more important things) but the economy too. Since that seems to be the only thing most Americans care about.
Another superior explainer, Chris. Thank you for making the minutiae of the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision abundantly clear. The shadow docket seems to be another of those "items" in the judiciary that should be annihilated, in the service of equal justice.
Curious how Alito and Thomas can be so picky about procedural niceties in some cases (AARP) and so cavalier in others.
Just depends where their allegiances lie. To be blunt, their allegiances is not to the Rule of Law or the Constitution if either of these trifling niceties get in their way.
Sweet Liberty 🗽 How far they've Fallen ⚖️ and then... !??
Well, shazam! Look who grew at least one stone.
Or did I misinterpret what you wrote?