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applegrove

(132,256 posts) Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:38 PM Feb 7

Judges are hitting their stride, for these times:

Federal judge has blocked Trump from withholding the funding for NY rail tunnel

(Trump said heâ€™s agree to fund if Penn Station and Dulles airport were renamed for him)

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
— Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T14:45:46.662Z

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Judges are hitting their stride, for these times: (Original Post) applegrove Feb 7 OP

If the judges won't enforce their rulings, then they are worthless. Irish_Dem Feb 7 #1

The people downstream tend to follow the rulings on expenditures Fiendish Thingy Feb 7 #2

Irish_Dem

(81,335 posts)

1. If the judges won't enforce their rulings, then they are worthless.

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Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:41 PM

Feb 7

Fiendish Thingy

(23,257 posts)

2. The people downstream tend to follow the rulings on expenditures

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 05:43 PM

Feb 7

It’s the rulings on conduct by those upstream from the court where the difficulty lies most.

Let’s hope a stay isn’t issued by a higher court pending appeal.

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