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They literally just killed someone again today... it's not doomerism to see that this administration ignores the law...the fuck have you been.
Murdered. Shot in the back.
It looked like those liveleaks you see of roadside executions in the Congo or by cartels or something. I would've expected every American standing at their doorstep with a firearm at this point, what with all the bluster they spout. Boy was I wrong.
%100 correct.
They?
The ICE officers who killed a man today are not the same people as the US Justice Department lawyers involved in the lawsuits mentioned in the OP.
Two things can be true at once.
They, the ICE officers, killed a man today because they're untrained white supremacists who are given license to do violence under the color of law.
They, the US Department of Justice, have been court ordered to do things like end the National Guard Deployment and return Garcia to the US and they have complied.
They... being the DOJ were also ordered to release the Epstein files....and they... aren't.
Stop acting like rule of law is being followed here. It's not, strongly worded judgements aren't stopping the fascist.
Oh, I didn't know that. Please provide the link the court order where a judge ordered this and I will retract my statement.
?????
https://time.com/7355932/epstein-files-release-doj-independent-monitor-house-investigation/
The fuck are you talking about. Congress passed this and the turnip signed it....and the DOJ has said naa fuck you.
That is a law, not a court order. Laws are written by Legislative branch and court orders are written by the Judicial branch.
The law defines a date when the documents should be released but also, conveniently, did not include any penalties or enforcement mechanisms. They are in violation of the law, a law that was written with no penalty for violation.
There has not been a court case about enforcing this law, if there was then a court order would be written and, then, if they decided to ignore it then you would have a point.
A law and a court order are documents from two completely different branches of government.
Stop playing around. They said the DoJ was ordered to release the Epstein Files. They didn't say if it was a bill or a court order, but you are splitting hairs. His point was that the rule of law isn't being followed, and you want to parse the irrelevant details.
This is a person relying to my comment, where I was talking specifically about court orders.
Their response was not about court orders. If they want to reply to what I said then reply to what I said instead of attacking a strawman position that looks like the commenter doesn't understand the difference between branches of government in the US.
A law passed by Congress and signed by the president. Is higher than what a judge gives a verdict on. Period. A judge interprets the law, a law is what they interpret and not just something they make up...stop acting like a law is just, meh, it's just a law...we need a judge to really tell us what it means.
Bro judges have no power anymore. None of their orders have been enforced by legal officers. They just hand out verbal warnings. They have literally 0 power.
No power?
If the judges have no power then why is Abrego Garcia not in CECOT? Why are there not National Guard soldiers in California?
That's only the high profile cases, the cases regarding funding and people's firings being overturned don't make the news.
Here's all of the court cases involving the Trump administration: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trials-of-the-trump-administration/tracking-trump-administration-litigation as you can see the vast majority of them are Trump losing and then losing on Appeal.
If they can ignore it so can we