This will hit a boiling point fast.
New York Judge Paul Engelmayer just forbade all political appointees — including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — from accessing Dept. of Treasury data, all based on Blueanon conspiracy theories!!
Those theories couldn't be challenged because the order was EX PARTE — meaning Trump's lawyers weren't warned, and couldn't weigh in. Only Democrat Attorneys General were allowed to argue.
The judge cites no law or logic to support this unprecedented order, because it defies both. The judge’s ruling is, in essence, that Scott Bessent simply occupies a ceremonial position without real power, like the King of England.
This is a grenade thrown into the functioning of the Treasury Department.
It forbids the elected government from accessing information about budget and finances. Instead, only the permanent, deep-state government can know what's being spent.
It means Scott Bessent's subordinates have far more power than Scott Bessent does.
Democrat pundits who whine about the Constitution are liars, and will shred it the first chance they get.
For now, the order is only for the next week, but if a court tries to make it permanent the Trump Administration should absolutely consider defying it.
Better yet, SCOTUS should bar this judge from ever hearing similar cases again, and every Democrat lawyer involved should be sanctioned.
I am looking forward to what Issues JD leans into after he is done helping to get Trumps cabinet nominees past obstructionist democrats and rinos. That's his focus now, i'm sure. But now that I think as i'm typing, he'll probably stay behind the scenes working to get repubs together on a spending bill.
JUST IN: Vice President JD Vance just issued a scathing new statement regarding activist judges hindering the Trump administration.
“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.
If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal.
Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.”
So I really wasn't aware that MAGA meant that you don't understand how our government works. We don't have a monarch in America.
This idea that the judges are stopping him from doing what he wants is hilarious. That's literally how the government is supposed to work. Maybe he should have tried to follow the laws when he started sending out waves of Proclamations.
Separation of powers yoshi. Judicial cannot dictate to potus how to run the executive branch. In your scenario judicial would have power over the other 2 branches.So I really wasn't aware that MAGA meant that you don't understand how our government works. We don't have a monarch in America.
This idea that the judges are stopping him from doing what he wants is hilarious. That's literally how the government is supposed to work. Maybe he should have tried to follow the laws when he started sending out waves of Proclamations.
Separation of powers yoshi. Judicial cannot dictate to potus how to run the executive branch. In your scenario judicial would have power over the other 2 branches.
Legislature does approve spending bills. The money then goes to the executive to execute which includes finding and eradicating fraud. We have a 36T and counting national debt and business as usual will not fix it. Don't be a moron about it due to your TDS. USAID was created under the executive branch via EO. POTUS has full control over the executive branch.Judicial branch is ruling that the executive orders potentially are illegal and they need to have hearings to judge. That's literally how it's supposed to work.
The Executive Branch doesn't have the power of the purse, that's the Legislature.
Did any of you actually take Government in High School?
They aren't serious about the deficit unless they cancel the windfall tax cuts that will explode the deficit beyond repair. USAID receives a negligible amount compared to that, but it's an easy boogeyman for them to pick to make you believe they're doing something constructive - a humanitarian organization of all things. We suck as a country right now.Legislature does approve spending bills. The money then goes to the executive to execute which includes finding and eradicating fraud. We have a 36T and counting national debt and business as usual will not fix it. Don't be a moron about it due to your TDS. USAID was created under the executive branch via EO. POTUS has full control over the executive branch.
They aren't serious about the deficit unless they cancel the windfall tax cuts that will explode the deficit beyond repair. USAID receives a negligible amount compared to that, but it's an easy boogeyman for them to pick to make you believe they're doing something constructive - a humanitarian organization of all things. We suck as a country right now.
You want to bitch Growls, here's your target
Trump Tax Cuts’ Cost Estimated at $5 Trillion to $11 Trillion
President Donald Trump’s tax cut wish list would cost the federal government between $5 trillion and $11.2 trillion in lost revenue over the next decade, according to a new analysis from a budget watchdog group.news.bloomberglaw.com
They are totally serious.They aren't serious about the deficit unless they cancel the windfall tax cuts that will explode the deficit beyond repair. USAID receives a negligible amount compared to that, but it's an easy boogeyman for them to pick to make you believe they're doing something constructive - a humanitarian organization of all things. We suck as a country right now.
You want to bitch Growls, here's your target
Trump Tax Cuts’ Cost Estimated at $5 Trillion to $11 Trillion
President Donald Trump’s tax cut wish list would cost the federal government between $5 trillion and $11.2 trillion in lost revenue over the next decade, according to a new analysis from a budget watchdog group.news.bloomberglaw.com
Where's the money coming from? It hasn't been appropriated so knowing Donald, you know they'll all be stiffed.