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'It is not complicated': Judge lectures DOJ lawyer over 'inaccurate interpretation' of court order barring Trump admin from firing government workers during shutdown

Colin KalmbacherOct 18th
Judge drags Trump admin into court for emergency hearing after 'credible sources' say layoffs will continue despite restraining order

Colin KalmbacherOct 17th
'Cannot be tolerated': Astonished judge tears into DOJ attorney over firing government workers during shutdown, says union layoffs are 'illegal and in excess of authority'

Colin KalmbacherOct 15th
'Bookmark not defined': Trump admin files error-filled motion in case about federal worker layoffs during government shutdown

Colin KalmbacherOct 11th
'Intrudes on its plenary power': DC Circuit shreds Trump admin for attempting to cut Congress 'purse strings' by concealing spending data, demands that it be made public

Chris PerezAug 10th
Citing 'constitutional prerogatives,' Trump admin ratchets up court fight in DC Circuit after federal judge's command to 'stop violating the law!'

Matt NahamJul 24th
'Stop violating the law!': Federal judge blasts Trump admin's 'extravagant and unsupported theory' for hiding spending decisions from the public

Matt NahamJul 21st
'Nationwide slash-and-burn campaign': States sue Trump admin over use of 'subclause buried in federal regulations' to cut federal funding for congressionally-approved projects

Colin KalmbacherJun 24th
'Turned the constitutional structure upside down': Trump admin asks SCOTUS to halt 'indefensible' court order and permit mass termination of federal workers

Jerry LambeJun 2nd
'Arguments are unavailing': Trump's efforts to mass fire federal workers fall flat before 9th Circuit – court rubbishes government claims as 'flatly contradictory to the record'

Colin KalmbacherMay 31st
'A slap in the face to hardworking federal employees': Federal judge tears into Trump admin over 'baseless claims' about government workers

Jerry LambeApr 10th
'Blatant overstepping of judicial power': Trump admin lambastes 'unelected' judge for blocking executive order targeting law firm in defiant memo

Jerry LambeApr 9th
'Their expressed choice to develop no argument': Acerbic appeals court rejects Trump admin motion to stay district judge's injunction on 'categorical' spending freeze

Colin KalmbacherMar 27th
'Remarkably swiftly': Judge calls out 'unusual secrecy' of DOGE in order to hand over FOIA documents requested by watchdog group

Marisa SarnoffMar 11th
'Usurped by the Executive': Federal judge angrily extends ban on 'categorical' spending freeze, offers Trump administrator 'critical civics education lessons'

Colin KalmbacherMar 6th
'Remarkable — and unfathomable': Judge says Trump admin's funding freeze flunks rationality test in issuing injunction

Jerry LambeFeb 25th