🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Trump Administration files Emergency Motion to Vacate TRO which prohibits political appointees from accessing Treasury Dep't databases. 1/
2/ Main focus is outrageous interference on Executive oversight by political appointees, but also highlights fact that contractors also have access to databases that everyone was screaming would be at risk if Musk had access to.
🚨🚨💀BREAKING (and hilarious): Trump Administration files supplement asking for more permission from court to review payments "flagged" by system, because the TRO & supplemental order was absolute!! 1/
🚨🚨BREAKING: Trump Administration files Emergency Motion asking Rhode Island federal judge to rule whether it can w/h funding noting Court threatened criminal contempt but Court of Appeals refused to stay TRO b/c it was sure RI Court would rule expeditiously. 1/
3/ So Trump Administration wants Court to say whether or not it can withhold funding to FEMA based on concerns of the funding. (More on declaration shortly.)
3/ In short, Judge split baby in half saying "senate confirmed" Treasury folks could have access to databases but not other political appointees or special DOGE employees. In so ruling, though, Court reveals nonsense of case. Here's reasoning why senate-confirmed folks get access
🧵of current federal cases challenging Trump Administration actions with links to free docket at Courtlistener.
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2/ State of NY v. Trump, First Circuit Court of Appeals: Appeal from RI District Court case in which ~20 blue states challenged OMB Directive to freeze federal funding. courtlistener.com/docket/6962770…
3/ State of NY v. Trump, Rhode Island District Court, Lawsuit filed by ~20 blue states challenging OMB Directive to freeze federal funding. courtlistener.com/docket/6958599…
3/ Several take-aways: First, everyone should read the first section of the filing that illustrates how outrageous the order was and the blatant usurpation of the Executive's powers.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Trump Administration files motion to stay in Rhode Island District Court out of abundance of caution, as you have to seek stay in lower court before appellate court and it sought one, never separately. That motion highlights HUGE problems with TRO. 1/
2/ For instance, TRO said that agencies could still act to cancel grants if authorized by statute, regs, or grant, but now says nope, you can't do anything you have authority to do if it means canceling a grant.
3/ This paragraph perfectly captures the structural problems with TRO. And by "structural" I mean completely contrary to our constitutional structure.