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Ms. Toad

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14. Yup.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:23 PM

Mar 2025

Not to mention that shutdowns don't typically last for longer than the operating reserve federal courts have. One under Clinton was 21 days, and the last one under Trump was 35 days. People are already angry enough (including Republican congress critters - a few of whom are waking up) that I don't think this one would have lasted very long.

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Federal Courts keep ruling... thank you Senator Shcumer for preventing the government shutdown [View all] question everything Mar 2025 OP

Meh, the performative anger at Schumer seems to be mostly done, he's back to doing actual work. tritsofme Mar 2025 #1

All of those cases would almost certainly still have been issued. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #2

And after the "2-3 weeks?" They were going to keep the government shutdown for as long as they wanted question everything Mar 2025 #3

Umm Hmm. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #9

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I believe the anti deficiency act would have allowed the courts to continue to operate after the 2-3 week period. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #4

Doesn't the Antideficiency Act exist to prohibit the spending of funds outside of what was appropriated by Congress? tritsofme Mar 2025 #5

It provides for the continuation of the court's essential work related to the safety of Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #6

That doesn't necessarily mean the courts would have been able to hear challenges to Trump's actions tritsofme Mar 2025 #8

If the government is shut down, what makes you think... yowzayowzayowza Mar 2025 #12

I'm not sure how that makes sense in this context. tritsofme Mar 2025 #15

Dismantle the courts too based on whatever... yowzayowzayowza Mar 2025 #17

You are probably correct - Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #11

Yes. Though I'm thinking it's not worth the effort to try to convince some here of that. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #13

Yup. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #14

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Indeed. Histrionics is not an effective governing philosophy. n/t yowzayowzayowza Mar 2025 #10

That's the way I see it, too... Mahalo! Cha Mar 2025 #16

It was a lose/lose scenario for the Dems drmeow Mar 2025 #18

If the Federal Government was shutdown, musk/trump would have been free to shut down everything LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #20