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0rganism

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13. What prevents F47 et al from simply ignoring said injunction?
Thu May 22, 2025, 03:09 PM
May 2025

In the end, without a means to enforce a ruling against the very set of institutions tasked specifically with enforcement of such rulings, injunctive relief amounts to a legalistic version of Sen. Schumer's "strongly worded letter".

For any of this to have impact, SCOTUS will first need to declare openly and in very certain terms that public employees who've taken the oath of service must not obey unlawful orders, and any protection offered them for "just following orders" becomes vacated if those orders are found to be unlawful. This is not in itself a solution, but I see it as a prerequisite to re-establish institutional legitimacy in America.

At this point, any potential foreign students smart enough to get in to Harvard should be looking for other schools anyway. The risk of coming here is simply too "great."

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Seems illegal to me, not a lawyer though... wcmagumba May 2025 #1
How does a president prove that he can do anything that he wants? markodochartaigh May 2025 #2
Cantaloupe Caligula The Corpulent... GB_RN May 2025 #11
What prevents F47 et al from simply ignoring said injunction? 0rganism May 2025 #13
The Courts Have Options... GB_RN May 2025 #22
Abuse of power at highest level nowforever May 2025 #3
If only the people who run Harvard knew some lawyers. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 #4
I smell a big, beautiful lawsuit in the making. Vinca May 2025 #5
Harvard's graduate programs do so much to spread democracy and good governance in FailureToCommunicate May 2025 #6
Here's the press release from Truck Stop Hooker Barbie. mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 #7
"brazenly" ..??? Who is writing this stuff? delisen May 2025 #10
Low IQ rethugs don't know "counsel" from "council" -- and of course, don't care. Dock_Yard May 2025 #17
Noem can't figure out what Very Tas means. C_U_L8R May 2025 #8
The law suit from this is going to be epic Johonny May 2025 #9
Norm!! [RIP] Dock_Yard May 2025 #18
Post removed Post removed May 2025 #12
How is this even legal? Hekate May 2025 #14
Fuck Nazi Wannabe Mump. Keep your GD Nose Out Cha May 2025 #15
Trump destroys national treasures without a second thought. creeksneakers2 May 2025 #16
Make America Stupid Again IronLionZion May 2025 #19
None of the executive branch's business Warpy May 2025 #20
Lawsuits can take years. LisaL May 2025 #21
The DHS Press Release is straight out of Dr. Strangelove muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #23
Thanks for this. Looking at the course timelines, many are due June of this year to complete. Looks like they have Evolve Dammit May 2025 #24
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