Thread by @ryanjreilly

BREAKING: Federal judge halts Trump’s law enforcement commission, which was set to issue a report just ahead of the presidential election. huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…

“Especially in 2020… one may legitimately question whether it is sound policy to have a group with little diversity of experience examine, behind closed doors, the sensitive issues facing law enforcement and the criminal justice system in America today.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…

DOJ is on a REALLY tight timeline here if they want to appeal and get this out before the election, but if they say they want to get this out before the election it sort of gives away the game. huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…

.@NAACP_LDF, says a George W. Bush appointed judge, "is entitled to injunctive relief requiring defendant Barr to ensure the Commission has a fairly balanced membership.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…

“...the Court will order that Commission proceedings be halted and that defendants may not submit, publish, or rely on any report or recommendations produced by the Commission until the requirements of FACA are satisfied.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…

As HuffPost reported last month, an elected prosecutor quit one of the commission’s working groups, saying he worried it was “intent on providing cover for a predetermined agenda” and would “only widen the divisions in our nation.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…

"all eighteen Commissioners are current or former law enforcement… This is precisely the type of imbalance that FACA sought to prevent… FACA aimed to ensure there would not be all law enforcement officials on a DOJ commission studying the broad subject of policing in America.”

"the Court is hard pressed to think of a starker example of non-compliance with FACA’s fair balance requirement than a commission charged with examining broad issues of policing... that is composed entirely of past and present law enforcement officials.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…