The Supreme Court just needs to start taking up these cases and putting out one page decisions that amount to “you’re wrong, just stop, you’re embarrassing”
Federal judge casts doubt on Bondi’s move to sideline DC police leadership
A judge on Friday weighed limiting the power of the Trump administration to assume control of the police department in Washington, D.C., after suggesting the appointment of Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole to assume the police chief’s duties was illegal.
Judge Ana Reyes gave lawyers for the Department of Justice and the D.C. government until early evening to reach a deal that would limit Cole’s authority, or she would issue a temporary restraining order.
Reyes, a Biden appointee, said broader questions over President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order declaring a crime emergency in the nation’s capital would be addressed in a court hearing next week.
In the immediate future, the Trump administration will still largely have control over the Metropolitan Police Department regardless of whether it reaches a deal with the D.C. government or becomes subject to a court order.
Is Reyes familiar with the Home Rule Act? Is she familiar Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution, which established the District Of Columbia, and gives the federal government ultimate control of it? I mean, again
the Home Rule Act grants the President authority to federalize the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under “emergency conditions”. Though rarely contemplated, this represents an ultimate check on local authority.
It’s pretty specific.
The hearing was a small setback for the administration, as Reyes indicated that Cole must go through Mayor Muriel Bowser to give any further directives to the police force.
These leftard judges just do not care what the law actually says.
The judge made clear she did not plan to immediately rule on whether there was a crime emergency, as Trump stated in his executive order, but that some temporary resolution was still needed.
That is not up to her. It’s not in her power. It’s power delegated to the Executive Branch per duly passed Legislative Law. If Reyes wants to rule against it then she kills the entire Home Rule Act, and the entire DC government collapses and reverts to straight Legislative Branch control.
For Democratic party judges, Party is the only metric, not law.