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SeldomKate
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An upside-down American flag, which is a sign of distress.
June 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Adorable Cavapoo resting on top of a blue pillow on a white couch.
June 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Thank you, Judge Lamberth, for highlighting the facts and the appropriate process.
“But the defendants have not followed that process here.”
This Opinion, and the related one in Widakuswara, reflect my best and most sincere efforts to fulfill my constitutional duty to dispassionately apply the law, as I understand it, to the set of facts the parties have placed before me. In short: The current Congress and President Trump enacted a law allocating funds to the plaintiffs. Under the Administrative Procedure Act, actors within the Executive Branch do not have carte blanche to unilaterally change course, withhold funds that the President and the Legislature jointly agreed to spend, and functionally dismantle an agency that the President and Legislature jointly agreed to support. If the Executive wishes to withhold or reallocate these funds, there is a statutory rescission process in place for them to seek the approval of Congress to do so. This process assures that the will of the people, expressed through their elected representatives, is borne out. But the defendants have not followed that process here. As I see it, if the defendants are aggrieved by these decisions, their problem is not with the Court, but with Congress and the President, and it is with them that the defendants should seek redress. Reasonable people can reach different conclusions in complicated legal disputes such as this. That is why we have the Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court: to hear challenges to judicial decisions, and reverse them if they go astray. It is also why we have Congress, which— except where the Constitution itself commands otherwise—is free to change the law after a court has ruled.
April 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I literately want my tax dollars to support national parks, science, education, conservation, mental health, and helping marginalized people. In case that wasn’t clear.
April 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Well said.
“We dissent not out of opposition to the administration, but because we have dedicated our lives to making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous,” it reads. “The current trajectory endangers American lives, weakens our global standing, cedes influence to authoritarian competitors, and undermines our economic dominance. We urge a course correction before irreparable damage is done to U.S. leadership, security, and moral authority in the world.”
March 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #757,301!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #757,301, SeldomKate ‪@seldomkate.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 27, 2023"
September 20, 2024 at 4:18 AM