Judge Loses Patience with Trump Admin Lawyers

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., engaged in an extensive dressing down of the Trump administration during a Tuesday afternoon hearing ...

Posted by qcp at 05:33 PM | 21 COMMENTS | permalink

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) February 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Comments

Throw them in jail.

It's the only thing that might work.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-26 05:48 PM

Not playing square with a federal judge is a great way for a lawyer to ruin their career and reputation. Not being able to argue a case in federal court is a black mark against a lawyer, and being held in suspicion by ANY judge is an easy way out of the profession. The attorneys who appeared run the risk of losing their job, or royally honking off the judge, in which case they lose in court, then lose their jobs. Remember: El Rey Dotardo II is not a trained lawyer, and his late pal Roy Cohn was a bully at all times, in all circumstances. Trump thinks all lawyers should act in a similar manner, not realizing how detrimental such actions can be to the case...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2025-02-26 06:09 PM

Awww

Too bad, so sad

#3 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-02-26 06:58 PM

@#2 ... Not playing square with a federal judge is a great way for a lawyer to ruin their career and reputation. ...

I would agree.

My view:

A lawyer is an Officer of the Court. Period. Full stop.

While the lawyer can, and should, represent the interests of their client, the bottom line is that the lawyer is an Officer of the Court, and prevaricating and/or dissembling is not something that a lawyer should do.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-26 07:01 PM

Fat Donnie Loser hires -------. A special kind of DEI.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-26 07:05 PM

@#3 ... Awww

Too bad, so sad ...

Some background ...

Trump's Lawyers Face Sanctions, Discipline, and Indictment " How Should the Legal Profession Respond? (2023)
www.justsecurity.org

... At the state and federal levels, the professional conduct of these lawyers is or has been at issue in disciplinary proceedings, in proceedings for sanctions, or is serving as a factual predicate for their criminal prosecutions.

It is possible that these attorneys or others may face similar exposure in additional proceedings, but the proceedings reviewed here illuminate some of the risks of representing Trump and other clients who advance spurious factual and legal claims regarding the 2020 presidential election.

Disciplinary Proceedings

Wood surrendered his license in Georgia, reportedly in exchange for dismissal of disciplinary proceedings against him. ...

So much more info in that article ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-26 07:08 PM

It's cute that the judge still thinks the law matters for republicans.

#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-26 07:16 PM

Rep. Andy Ogles

@RepOgles
INCOMING: NEW ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

I'm drafting articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali. Yet another PARTISAN ACTIVIST attempting to weaponize his position to block President Trump from cutting wasteful foreign funding.

Accountability is key.
5:21 PM Feb 25, 2025

#8 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-02-26 07:41 PM

Time to start coming after these unelected accountable to nobody --------

#9 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-02-26 07:47 PM

Not smart to talk about Elon Musk like that.

As for judges. If we don't vote for them, then, why are they on the ballots?

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-26 07:50 PM

@#8.9 ... I'm drafting articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali. ...

And the basis for that effort is ...

.... Time to start coming after these unelected accountable to nobody -------- ...

Now do Mr Musk.

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-26 07:51 PM

"Time to start coming after these unelected accountable to nobody --------"

When is the Day Of The Rope, exactly?
Asking for a friend.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-26 07:54 PM

@#12 ... When is the Day Of The Rope, exactly? ...

Like the gallows and noose that the J6 protesters set up for fmr VP Pence?

media.nbcwashington.com

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-26 08:27 PM

You're wanking your tiny crank to gay MAGAT porn, you poof.

#14 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-26 08:47 PM

Time to start coming after these unelected accountable to nobody --------

#9 | Posted by THEBULL

The ones doing nazi salutes?

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-26 11:22 PM

Ahhhh

Get bent -------- judge

Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Foreign Aid Release
Last updated
2 hours ago
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an order from a lower court that required the Trump administration to release approximately $1.9 to $2 billion in foreign aid funds by midnight. This action came after an emergency appeal from the Trump administration, highlighting a significant legal battle over executive powers and judicial oversight concerning foreign aid distribution.

#16 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-02-27 12:51 AM

@#16 ... Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Foreign Aid Release ...

... and this is A Good Thing?

Why?

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-27 01:00 AM

@#16

I also note there is no link in that post. A lot of vitriol, but no link.

Why?

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-27 01:04 AM

The Republican Party needs to get a spine. It's never bren more clear that Trump's values aren't America's. He acts and spesks ss if a miniature Putin is sitting in his shoulders telling him ehat to do to get control of the GOP, then the US government to drive America's democracy into crisis.

#19 | Posted by Augustine at 2025-02-27 03:23 AM

"The lengths to which the government is going to flout a court order, all for the goal of ending life-saving humanitarian assistance, is staggering," Allison Zieve, director of Public Citizen Litigation Group, which represents one group of plaintiffs, said in a statement.

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-27 10:29 AM

Classic Trump, refusing to pay his bills!

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily delayed a court-mandated deadline requiring the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion to contracted aid organizations for work they already completed. abcnews.go.com

Remember when Republicans thought people should be paid for the work they did?

Because I don't really remember it either. I remember Republicans being overjoyed to hollow out the American economy by shipping jobs to China.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-27 12:02 PM

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