Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland

BREAKING: Judge enters order ruling on Trump's motion to vacate. 1/

Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland

2/ Order here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609.28.0.pdf

3/ In short, Judge split baby in half saying "senate confirmed" Treasury folks could have access to databases but not other political appointees or special DOGE employees. In so ruling, though, Court reveals nonsense of case. Here's reasoning why senate-confirmed folks get access

4/ But then she just says for political appointees and DOGE sound factual basis. BUT WHAT? Still nothing in record showing barred by law. Why would senate confirmation matter? And how is there risk of hacking when read-only access?

5/ And how are these Plaintiffs suffering risk of imminent harm? They aren't. Also, how is court avoiding constitutional question when she bars political appointees who can be very high up from accessing merely b/c not Senate confirmed?

6/6 Question now is will Trump seek to appeal now/seek mandamus or wait for PI? Given limiting political appointees other than Senate confirmed, I'd recommend appeal.

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