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Yeah, the Bible should not enter legal documents and a judge seemingly taking guidance from it should be disbarred.
Appeals courts will overturn. The patriotism of some of the district court judges does not seem to apply to higher courts. Or state courts for that matter fuck them all
This is, uh, this is not how judges normally sign off on opinions:
He's trying to add every single bit of gravitas to his order
It's amazing, tbh, one thing I didn't expect from this entire situation is that the judiciary starts to really flex their literary and theatrical muscles in their authority, because while most legal business is rote ritual, they take advantage of that with this, and allow their legal opinions and the weight of their urgency to be seen
It gives me a little hope
the date on the order is 2/31/2026..... 🤦
It only adds to the sense that he was quivering with barely restrained rage as he wrote the order, which also came through in the text quite nicely I thought.
The fuck?
How can you tell you’re in a republicans house? The bible still has shrink wrap.
That or the pages are littered with paragraph-long highlights, underscores, and "THIS!!!" in the margins but no critical thought or insights on the passages
And all those notes and the heavily-read pages are in the Old Testament portion, while the New Testament portion is barely touched.
It's game over when a judge quotes the Bible...
This is becoming Christians Sharia law
Judge Fred Biery was appointed by Clinton and actually blocked the 2025 state law that would otherwise have required displaying the 10 Commandments in public classrooms.
I see this as him pointing out to Trump’s supporters that the actions of this administration are not only inhumane but run contrary to core Christian teachings. If the “pro-Christian” administration isn’t being very Christian then call out their hypocrisy.