Trump Allies Sue John Roberts To Give White House Control Of Court System

[In It to Win It]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-allies-sue-john-roberts-to-give-white-house-control-of-court-system

Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the White House control over much of the federal 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.

Multiple legal scholars and attorneys TPM spoke with reacted to the suit with a mixture of dismay, disdain and laughter. Though the core legal claim is invalid, they said, the suit seems to be a part of the fight that the administration launched and has continued to escalate against the courts over the past several months: ignoring a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of a wrongly removed Salvadoran man, providing minimal notice to people subject to the Alien Enemies Act, flaunting an aggressive criminal case against a state court judge.

The executive branch has tried to encroach on the power of the judiciary in other ways too, prompting a degree of consternation and alarm unusual for the normally-staid Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. As TPM has documented, DOGE has already caused disorder at the courts and sent out mass emails to judges and other judiciary employees demanding a list of their recent accomplishments. Per one recent report in the New York Times, federal judges have expressed concern that Trump could direct the U.S. Marshals Service — an executive branch agency tasked with protecting judges and carrying out court orders — to withdraw protection.

[malaise]

1. Every so called lawyer involved should be disbarred

That is all

[aocommunalpunch]

3. That's a good start. n/t

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Hey CJ Roberts,

remember this, you and your idiots on the SC unleashed this monster on the American people and the people of the world, maybe it's time to revisit that ridiculous immunity ruling.
If not now, then when?

[badhair77]

4. If this happens we are finished.

I’m in my 70s and I will just pray for God to take me. Sounds like I’m giving up but this is a gut punch. In about an hour I’ll change my mind and get back in the fight, but this is a real blow.

[milestogo]

5. What the actual fuck?

This is totally ridiculous.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. IKR?

Hey Been A Dick Donald, just who do you think will be ruling on the Constitutionality of such an illegal proposal?
I foresee every court in the land just ROTFLTAO.

[2naSalit]

6. The last straw?

Maybe?

[dpibel]

8. Nosferatu's shop

This "legal foundation" was founded by Stephen Miller.

Need we say more?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. America First is the PAC lead by that NAZI Miller

The courts have been the only thing stopping trump. We cannot let Miller's group or trump have any control here