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Federal Courts keep ruling... thank you Senator Shcumer for preventing the government shutdown [View all] question everything Mar 31 OP
Meh, the performative anger at Schumer seems to be mostly done, he's back to doing actual work. tritsofme Mar 31 #1
All of those cases would almost certainly still have been issued. Ms. Toad Mar 31 #2
And after the "2-3 weeks?" They were going to keep the government shutdown for as long as they wanted question everything Mar 31 #3
Umm Hmm. Ms. Toad Mar 31 #9
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I believe the anti deficiency act would have allowed the courts to continue to operate after the 2-3 week period. Scrivener7 Mar 31 #4
Doesn't the Antideficiency Act exist to prohibit the spending of funds outside of what was appropriated by Congress? tritsofme Mar 31 #5
It provides for the continuation of the court's essential work related to the safety of Scrivener7 Mar 31 #6
That doesn't necessarily mean the courts would have been able to hear challenges to Trump's actions tritsofme Mar 31 #8
If the government is shut down, what makes you think... yowzayowzayowza Mar 31 #12
I'm not sure how that makes sense in this context. tritsofme Mar 31 #15
Dismantle the courts too based on whatever... yowzayowzayowza Mar 31 #17
You are probably correct - Ms. Toad Mar 31 #11
Yes. Though I'm thinking it's not worth the effort to try to convince some here of that. Scrivener7 Mar 31 #13
Yup. Ms. Toad Mar 31 #14
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Indeed. Histrionics is not an effective governing philosophy. n/t yowzayowzayowza Mar 31 #10
That's the way I see it, too... Mahalo! Cha Mar 31 #16
It was a lose/lose scenario for the Dems drmeow Mar 31 #18
If the Federal Government was shutdown, musk/trump would have been free to shut down everything LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #20
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