Yes it is but it’s not permanent and it’s the first step. That wasn’t the point - it was the use of the term preliminary judgment. Let’s agree to disagree
Practicing lawyer, recovering human and one of the last voting Dems in Texas - I’ve been doing this way too long people ! Let’s keep our eyes on the prize and never surrender -
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Yes it is but it’s not permanent and it’s the first step. That wasn’t the point - it was the use of the term preliminary judgment. Let’s agree to disagree
Read the rule - both terms are included in Fed Rule 65 governing injunctions and restraining orders. A Temporary Restraining Order is usually the first step toward obtaining a perm net injunction which is always the goal.
Who could have predicted this outcome ? Oh wait - EVERYONE!
The term preliminary judgment has no meaning in Federal litigation. Preliminary Injunction does as does a TRO which is what litigants usually seek initially -
Two different things. A TRO is an order of temporary duration issued by a court with or without notice to the other side. A TRO cannot exceed 14 days. An injunction is typically an order of permanent duration issued by a court after an evidentiary trial on the merits. I was not being rude
Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples - The Wall Street Journal Long awaited price hikes resulting from Trump Tariffs are finally showing up and it’s clear that it’s Americans who will pay -
Only the best people
Hegseth Puts Up Painting of Confederate General With a Chilling Detail at West Point - The Daily Beast Performance and cosplay instead of leadership and professionalism - he’s playing to outrage 24 - 7
Gavin Newsom's "Amazing" Nickname For JD Vance Is Going Viral - BuzzFeed
In his mind, anyone with vowels in their surname should show more “appreciation” to the United States
Injunction follows a TRO
Trump revokes Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris - NBC News Not thin skinned at all is he ?
And to add his face to Mount Rushmore - supplicants gotta supplicate
Texas House OKs transgender bathroom ban after years of GOP attempts - Houston Chronicle Good to know that Texas pols are laser focused on serious issues affecting ordinary Texans…NOT
FAIL
This is whack - Hegseth honoring a woman who engaged in an insurrection
Ken Paxton launches probe into Texas school district for alleged antisemitism - Houston Chronicle Vultures, vultures everywhere -
Yeah - the guns are not a problem at all - mass killings are the now the result of gender dysmorphia - thank God Congress is doing its job
Dear God in heaven no
It’s 100% intentional
And where the fuck is Bill Cassidy?
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director - The Washington Post Kennedy’s new CDC toady
Well we do know how all that ended…
Key Republican Almost Annoyed Enough at RFK Jr. to Act - New York Magazine They have politicized EVERY fu**ing THING!
Commentary: Pick for Nevada prosecutor shows justice under Trump isn't blind — it's been perverted - Los Angeles Times She seems nice…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...? Yeah but drill baby drill
The Cabinet Is Kissing Trump’s Ass to an Insane Degree. It Signals Something Dangerous. - Esquire This 👆🏻
Texas enacts MAHA bills as RFK Jr. joins Gov. Abbott for signing ceremony - NBC News A match made in hell - Texans deserve better than this 👆🏻
POS
88’ was a fantastic year for music!
She pushed to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020. Now she’ll help oversee U.S. election security. - ProPublica Perfectly normal…
Anyone want to hazard a guess of how many millions of dollars this trash collection effort by the National Guard is costing US taxpayers ?
Yeah - because Trump is the embodiment of “unimpeachable probity” - WTAF
Only in America.
Don’t tell me — he’s moving to the all White community in Arkansas ?
It’s all theatrics - meanwhile all these thousands of NG men and women who have been deployed are having to leave their families, homes and jobs to do what exactly?
Wait - did he say crypto or grifto ?
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged - Rolling Stone In a World filled With gloom, doom and authoritarianism, some good news about nice people 🫶
IMO it’s not that he doesn’t hear - rather it’s that he doesn’t listen and moreover he is NOT interested in any narrative that collides with the narrative he’s crafted
France summons U.S. Ambassador Kushner over ‘unacceptable’ antisemitism letter - The Washington Post The nerve
This is wrong on so many levels -
Doggett: "If we want to save democracy in America and not let Trump do whatever he pleases, perhaps even postponing future elections, we have to do all that we can. And I commend in the strongest terms Gov. Newsom."
The Chris Christie TV hit that prompted Trump to threaten to prosecute him: "Donald Trump sees himself as the person who gets to decide everything, and he doesn't care about any separation."
Retrial on damages only ?
Frustrated, Trump signals pause in his Ukraine peace effort - The Washington Post TACO !
When it comes to Trump there simply is NO accountability - zero.
Texas Republicans approve new congressional maps as partisan redistricting race escalates - CNN This is just WRONG!
Trump repeatedly pointed finger at Bolton in the days before raids - The Washington Post This is not how a democracy is supposed to function
We always said the Department of Justice was the only cabinet agency named for a virtue. Revenge is just the opposite.
Watch out when the government starts tipping the scales by picking market place winners and losers
Jina
We ? Remember the tarmac meeting with Clinton ?
Opinion | FBI raid targeting Bolton crosses a line in the Trump revenge campaign - The Washington Post Ruh rho…Jeffrey is in trouble now
Blue States ?
It’s worse than that - he extorted the shares from Intel after threatening its CEO
Trump Says Intel Will Give 10% Stake To U.S., Becoming Third-Largest Shareholder - Forbes Trump engineers a US financial shakedown of a publicly traded company just weeks after threatening its CEO
Another segment of the economy he just pulled out of his ass
So Trump threatens and they just hand it over ?
America is the new China
Yeah - she planted a vegetable garden at the WH and she was mocked mercilessly
So effing un American
Naah - SCOTUS is prone to ignoring legal precedent when it finds even its own rulings inconvenient
Trump Says U.S. Will Take Nearly 10% Equity Stake in Intel - The Wall Street Journal America acting like China here - why isn’t this being called out for what it is ?
Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America - Esquire This 👆🏻
Of course he did - when they don’t like the news they just fire the messenger
It’s naked retaliation and an abuse of power on multiple levels
Anyone who disagrees with him is lying
If “we” think….
So the standard of probable cause is now out the window for anyone who criticizes Trump or his minions ?
Black Shirts is more like it
The next Marvel hero !
FBI raids home of former Trump national-security adviser John Bolton - The Wall Street Journal Can’t wait to read the affidavit in support of the SW and to find out who the affiant is
Shaggy was alone and scared on the streets of Thailand. To see him now in America will make your heart melt...
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John Bolton, 12 days ago: “ I think he's already come after me… it is a retribution presidency.”
Straight up abuse of power by Trump, Patel and Bondi
Trump says he wasn’t briefed on FBI raid of John Bolton’s home – live updates He lies about everything
Here we go…
Florida man orders beautification of America after gold-plating the White House - The Verge Says a lot about the priorities of the president
Hispanic voters in Texas are starting to turn on Trump - The Wall Street Journal This 👆🏻
Straight up Authoritarian behavior
Damn straight. Remember: in 2014, every NATO country was cutting defense spending and the US was pulling out all of its tanks and most of its forces to pivot to Asia. So, Russian aggression was when the military threat to them was declining. What did threaten Russia? EU embracing new Ukr govt
There isn’t always two sides - this is straight up abuse of power
How do you say “fail” In Russian ?
Bloviating blimp of a man
Nope - it’s being appealed though. The opinion is a piece of mangled legal garbage
That is to b determined
Trump administration reviewing 55 million U.S. visa holders for potential deportation violations - Axios So let’s just torpedo the US job market…so effing short sided
Can’t use non criminal conduct to detain or make an arrest —- that’s boot strapping reasonable suspicion and probable cause
Oh gross 🤮
“.. Judge Matthew Brann said Thursday that Habba “is not lawfully holding the office of United States Attorney” and has been in the position without legal authority since July 1.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
You go girl!
Here, fixed it.
Ding Dong…
The man will never be held to account
Trotting out the new and improved Kellyanne Conway