A Friday afternoon filing, 430 fallen trees over the weekend, and a federal judge who says the Trump administration has lost all credibility with her court.
“… that these dead shall not have died in vain– that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, not perish from the earth” (President Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863)
The government is supposed to be answerable to the people it serves, not to the president, not to any one person. The current administration has demonstrated over and over again that they don’t see things that way.
If one is a lawyer for a private citizen or corporation, they have a duty to act in the best interests of their client and the wishes of their client, within the limits of the law. They also have a concurrent duty of candour and honesty with the court, but the duty to the client sometimes allows for a bit of wiggle room to exploit gray areas and so-called loopholes.
Government lawyers, acting as they do for the people (all of them), have a greater obligation of fairness to all parties. Gamesmanship is tolerated to some degree for lawyers acting for a private citizen. Gamesmanship on the part of the people’s lawyers should not be.
When a judge requires notice but is silent as to how much notice is required, that does NOT mean one is free to provide as little notice as (in this case, 5 minutes before the court closed for the weekend). Implicit in the judge’s requirement of notice is that the notice must be EFFECTIVE: that it allows the judge to determine if the proposed action by the party should be allowed.
This was blatant bad faith gamesmanship.
And for the lawyer (the PEOPLE’s lawyer) to claim, on the record, to a judge, in open court, that 5 minutes notice was the best they could do, is outrageous. He or she should be subject to disciplinary proceedings for violating his duty to the court.
The damage that this administration is doing to the credibility of government lawyers, including the DOJ under Blanche, is incalculable.
Maybe if people started getting prosecuted for contempt charges, they would stop happening! Start with Trump I don’t know how many times he has been held in contempt of court. His ass needs to be thrown in jail! And he is not above the law. I don’t know why they think they cannot do it! Cutting down all those trees is a crime!!
Yeah there used to be a time that you get tar and feathered for doing things like this in America long time ago but I think we need to reconsider this is capture some of these contractors that are disobeying court orders and tar and feather them and their bosses subject them to public opinion in post their photographs of who they are so they can be shamed in public when they go to the grocery store go buy gas whatever the case may be something needs to be done to stop this crap.
Trump 2.0 has been bulldozing the limits of democracy since his inauguration. This was always the plan. A slap on the hand is not a consequence. The ploughing down of the trees is a perfect metaphor for how this administration operates.
Is it possible the judge can issue fines to each individual named in the chain of communication for failure to communicate and respond appropriately?? They are all padding their own pockets w these grifting schemes, private contractors that aren’t going thru formal bid process…… this could help repay the tax dollars stolen if we hold each of the persons mentioned in the article- follow the money - who would spend a Saturday cutting down trees without payment?
This will sound harsh, but I can find no evidence that they value people, so why would I expect them to value trees? They’re like nouveau rich, flashing their ability to disregard anything of meaning.
Maybe, just maybe, the courts have been too patient and deferential with this criminal enterprise for way, way too long. The courts have known for many decades who and what Trump is and yet he and his collection of criminals has received far too much patience. Contempt and a $1,000 fine is not going to change any behavior. Trump knows the road to meaningful penalties is so long that it’s a complete joke. Society has no way to protect itself
This administration has absolutely no respect for the law! It does exactly what it wants to do without Fail! If these people are not removed from office Soon , no one will think they have to follow the law!
The judge will do nothing. DOJ has learned that the court system is toothless—you can criminally violate court orders and treat the courts with disrespect and bad faith and no one will be punished by the courts. Yeah, the “little guys” will be punished but not anyone with the $ to push back. Our justice system is a joke.
We have been warned - this regime is destroy destroy - words from the Russians mouth - the Trump regime is the destroyers of what ever they choose - it’s time We The People stand up to this very corrupt Russian asset Trump krasnov and his KGB - it’s so obvious - when we revolutionize it will not be our fault - we must take a stand
“… that these dead shall not have died in vain– that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, not perish from the earth” (President Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863)
The government is supposed to be answerable to the people it serves, not to the president, not to any one person. The current administration has demonstrated over and over again that they don’t see things that way.
If one is a lawyer for a private citizen or corporation, they have a duty to act in the best interests of their client and the wishes of their client, within the limits of the law. They also have a concurrent duty of candour and honesty with the court, but the duty to the client sometimes allows for a bit of wiggle room to exploit gray areas and so-called loopholes.
Government lawyers, acting as they do for the people (all of them), have a greater obligation of fairness to all parties. Gamesmanship is tolerated to some degree for lawyers acting for a private citizen. Gamesmanship on the part of the people’s lawyers should not be.
When a judge requires notice but is silent as to how much notice is required, that does NOT mean one is free to provide as little notice as (in this case, 5 minutes before the court closed for the weekend). Implicit in the judge’s requirement of notice is that the notice must be EFFECTIVE: that it allows the judge to determine if the proposed action by the party should be allowed.
This was blatant bad faith gamesmanship.
And for the lawyer (the PEOPLE’s lawyer) to claim, on the record, to a judge, in open court, that 5 minutes notice was the best they could do, is outrageous. He or she should be subject to disciplinary proceedings for violating his duty to the court.
The damage that this administration is doing to the credibility of government lawyers, including the DOJ under Blanche, is incalculable.
Maybe if people started getting prosecuted for contempt charges, they would stop happening! Start with Trump I don’t know how many times he has been held in contempt of court. His ass needs to be thrown in jail! And he is not above the law. I don’t know why they think they cannot do it! Cutting down all those trees is a crime!!
Yeah there used to be a time that you get tar and feathered for doing things like this in America long time ago but I think we need to reconsider this is capture some of these contractors that are disobeying court orders and tar and feather them and their bosses subject them to public opinion in post their photographs of who they are so they can be shamed in public when they go to the grocery store go buy gas whatever the case may be something needs to be done to stop this crap.
Trump 2.0 has been bulldozing the limits of democracy since his inauguration. This was always the plan. A slap on the hand is not a consequence. The ploughing down of the trees is a perfect metaphor for how this administration operates.
Is it possible the judge can issue fines to each individual named in the chain of communication for failure to communicate and respond appropriately?? They are all padding their own pockets w these grifting schemes, private contractors that aren’t going thru formal bid process…… this could help repay the tax dollars stolen if we hold each of the persons mentioned in the article- follow the money - who would spend a Saturday cutting down trees without payment?
This will sound harsh, but I can find no evidence that they value people, so why would I expect them to value trees? They’re like nouveau rich, flashing their ability to disregard anything of meaning.
Maybe, just maybe, the courts have been too patient and deferential with this criminal enterprise for way, way too long. The courts have known for many decades who and what Trump is and yet he and his collection of criminals has received far too much patience. Contempt and a $1,000 fine is not going to change any behavior. Trump knows the road to meaningful penalties is so long that it’s a complete joke. Society has no way to protect itself
We can’t be rid of these evildoers soon enough.
This administration has absolutely no respect for the law! It does exactly what it wants to do without Fail! If these people are not removed from office Soon , no one will think they have to follow the law!
No respect for anything at all besides themselves but especially no respect for any living creature.
The judge will do nothing. DOJ has learned that the court system is toothless—you can criminally violate court orders and treat the courts with disrespect and bad faith and no one will be punished by the courts. Yeah, the “little guys” will be punished but not anyone with the $ to push back. Our justice system is a joke.
We have been warned - this regime is destroy destroy - words from the Russians mouth - the Trump regime is the destroyers of what ever they choose - it’s time We The People stand up to this very corrupt Russian asset Trump krasnov and his KGB - it’s so obvious - when we revolutionize it will not be our fault - we must take a stand
Trump and his treasonous gang of thugs are all pieces of 💩 Throw them all in jail!!
I care about the trees.
As part of Tod Blanche sentence, when he’s convicted, we need to set him to work replanting trees, at Trump’s expense.