The Supreme Court gave the first glimpse into how it will handle a second Trump administration last week by narrowly ordering the State Department to disburse $2 billion in congressionally appropriated funds to USAID contractors for work they had already done. Though the ruling was merely preliminary, it suggested that at least five justices were not willing to give Trump carte blanche.

  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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    Not a “surprising legal tactic”, just another new tactic…

    For all the collective stupid that comprises Chump’s legal team, I gotta say they are inventive in fabricating ever new and novel ways to circumvent the laws as written.

    Illegal and non-nonsensical as those means and methods may be, they are inventive.

    🤷‍♀️ 🤦‍♀️

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      A while back, I discovered why America is a loophole paradise. To quote, “the law code does not cover what is legal; it only defines what is illegal.” Also, fixed the headline and added a quote.