BREAKING. Department Of Justice Is Headed To Court To Defend the Trump Executive Order

By streiff | 3:27 PM on February 04, 2017

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*Detail from "The Bench" by William Hogarth (1758) judge, judges, court, courts*

It is sort of sad that it is considered news that the Department of Justice will be going to court to defend a executive order of the president. But after the douchebaggery and asshattery we saw last weekend that resulted in the unceremonious firing of the acting Deputy Attorney General, I suppose it is necessary.

At the earliest possible time, the Dept. of Justice intends to file an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of @POTUS https://t.co/ioI6oBDrYa

— Trump Administration (@Trump_Admin) February 4, 2017

DHS statement says the department will "suspended any and all actions implementing the affected sections of the Executive Order." pic.twitter.com/2im01Am0Jt

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) February 4, 2017

As my colleague, Mickey White, points out there is a strong possibility that the judge simply was drunk by their own power, particularly because another federal judge, this one in Massachusetts, upheld the Executive Order.

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