The subject line should surprise no one. The methods, however, should:
suing John Roberts.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-allies-sue-john-roberts-to-give-white-house-control-of-court-system
In a little-noticed lawsuit filed last week, the America First Legal
Foundation sued Chief Justice John Roberts and the head of the
Administrative Office of U.S. Courts.
The case ostensibly proceeds as a FOIA lawsuit, with the
Trump-aligned group seeking access to judiciary records. But, in
doing so, it asks the courts to cede massive power to the White
House: the bodies that make court policy and manage the judiciary's
day-to-day operations should be considered independent agencies of
the executive branch, the suit argues, giving the President, under
the conservative legal movement's theories, the power to appoint and
dismiss people in key roles.
...
"To the extent this lawsuit has any value other than clickbait,
maybe the underlying message is, we will let our imaginations run
wild," Peter M. Shane, a constitutional law scholar at NYU Law
School, told TPM. "The Trump administration and the MAGA community
will let our imaginations run wild in our attempts to figure out
ways to make the life of the judiciary miserable, to the extent you
push back against Trump."
...
Legal experts suggested to TPM that the FOIA piece is something of a
trojan horse. The Judicial Conference and Administrative Office's
denial of the FOIA request provides standing to sue, and thereby ask
a federal judge to declare that the two judicial bodies "are subject
to the FOIA as independent agencies within the executive branch."
In terms of importance, a judge finding that core parts of the
judiciary are independent agencies of the executive branch would
dwarf any FOIA material America First Legal might receive. The
lawsuit itself seems to acknowledge this. At one point, in language
channeling that of a protection racket, America First Legal observes
that "Federal courts rely on the executive branch for facility
management and security. Federal judges, as officers of the courts,
need resources to fulfill their constitutional obligations."
Lawsuit:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.279777/gov.uscourts.dcd.279777.1.0.pdf
Right off the bat it claims senators have "falsely" accused justices
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito of "ethical improprieties" so you can
smell the bias coming off the paper.
Elijah
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these people value Party Loyalty much more than the Constitution
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