VBass
@vbass.bsky.social
@statesunited Sr. Advisor. Co-host Yahoo News' Skullduggery podcast. Author Electoral Dysfunction. Contributor to This is What Democracy Looked Like.
It’s also the year the Federal Reserve System was established
April 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s also the year the Federal Reserve System was established
Should be the same judges.
March 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Should be the same judges.
No idea when but they have a pretty aggressive briefing schedule so it won’t take forever.
March 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
No idea when but they have a pretty aggressive briefing schedule so it won’t take forever.
So same case just different levels of court. (The 4th circuit stay came down after I wrote the original post).
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So same case just different levels of court. (The 4th circuit stay came down after I wrote the original post).
Right. What they did was “stay” the district court’s PI. So the lower (district) court initially issued a PI. Now it has been appealed to the 4th circuit which has stayed (or suspended) the PI while it considers the case.
March 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Right. What they did was “stay” the district court’s PI. So the lower (district) court initially issued a PI. Now it has been appealed to the 4th circuit which has stayed (or suspended) the PI while it considers the case.
It stayed that PI. So not a reversal. The 4th Circuit will now hear the fully briefed case and decide whether to uphold or not.
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It stayed that PI. So not a reversal. The 4th Circuit will now hear the fully briefed case and decide whether to uphold or not.
By my count there are 16 PIs...Here we go.
March 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
By my count there are 16 PIs...Here we go.
Transferring trans women to mail prisons also leads to PI. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Transferring trans women to mail prisons also leads to PI. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Firing people you’re not allowed to leads to PI. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Ok actually this was just an I not a PI)
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March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Firing people you’re not allowed to leads to PI. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Ok actually this was just an I not a PI)
That effort to terminate refugee resettlement — PI in place. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
That effort to terminate refugee resettlement — PI in place. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ok…it’s getting late, and we might want to got to dinner and then eat some pie. Here are some more.
March 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok…it’s getting late, and we might want to got to dinner and then eat some pie. Here are some more.
...because of the “imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials, disrupting the development of innovative medical research and treatment, and shuttering of research facilities, without regard for current patient care…” YIKES
March 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
...because of the “imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials, disrupting the development of innovative medical research and treatment, and shuttering of research facilities, without regard for current patient care…” YIKES
When HHS tried to cap costs paid by the National Institutes for Health to scientific researchers, a judge issued a PI...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
When HHS tried to cap costs paid by the National Institutes for Health to scientific researchers, a judge issued a PI...
And another judge had some things to say when he issued another PI barring the funding freezes. The Administrations arguments and justifications: “ignores both logic and fact,” “strains credulity” and “disingenuous” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
And another judge had some things to say when he issued another PI barring the funding freezes. The Administrations arguments and justifications: “ignores both logic and fact,” “strains credulity” and “disingenuous” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The court was not buying the Admin's position. “Defendants offer an unbridled view of Executive power that the Supreme Court has consistently rejected—a view that flouts multiple statutes whose constitutionality is not in question, as well as the standards of the Administrative Procedure Act."
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The court was not buying the Admin's position. “Defendants offer an unbridled view of Executive power that the Supreme Court has consistently rejected—a view that flouts multiple statutes whose constitutionality is not in question, as well as the standards of the Administrative Procedure Act."
Another judge issued a PI about an effort to freeze foreign aid — including failing to reimburse grantees for money they had already spent relying on the grant they had in place.
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Another judge issued a PI about an effort to freeze foreign aid — including failing to reimburse grantees for money they had already spent relying on the grant they had in place.
When a Rhode Island court issued a PI about the funding freeze the administration tried to implement, it found it “difficult to perceive any rationality in this decision—let alone thoughtful consideration of practical consequences…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When a Rhode Island court issued a PI about the funding freeze the administration tried to implement, it found it “difficult to perceive any rationality in this decision—let alone thoughtful consideration of practical consequences…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
There was another PI, where the court was not happy at the prospect of DHS officers raiding houses of worship. So it blocked them from conducting raids at the places of worship run by the people who brought the lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There was another PI, where the court was not happy at the prospect of DHS officers raiding houses of worship. So it blocked them from conducting raids at the places of worship run by the people who brought the lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge in Maryland also issued a PI. This one is about the anti-DEI order that the court said had provisions that “squarely, unconstitutionally, ‘abridge[] the freedom of speech .’” You can read it here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A judge in Maryland also issued a PI. This one is about the anti-DEI order that the court said had provisions that “squarely, unconstitutionally, ‘abridge[] the freedom of speech .’” You can read it here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And in another, the judge was pretty clear that DOGE has to comply with transparency (FOIA) laws and do it pronto. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
And in another, the judge was pretty clear that DOGE has to comply with transparency (FOIA) laws and do it pronto. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In one, the Court ordered DOGE to step away from any Treasury Department payment record & systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees
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March 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In one, the Court ordered DOGE to step away from any Treasury Department payment record & systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees
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There are two PIs relating to DOGE
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March 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There are two PIs relating to DOGE
You can find the birthright citizenship PI decisions
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March 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You can find the birthright citizenship PI decisions
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