Judge Theodore Chuang, who ordered the administration to rehire the entire fired staff of USAID and not dismantle it, is enjoining Jeremy Lewin. Marco Rubio appointed Mr. Lewin as Deputy Administrator and COO of USAID.
Chuang is now making staffing decisions, placing himself above the Secretary of State, who was confirmed by the Senate.
He used the excuse that the injunction applies to Lewin. The judge decided that Elon Musk’s work and DOGE likely violated the appointments clause of the Constitution because the Senate did not confirm Mr. Musk. Therefore, they had no right to shut down USAID.
Mr. Musk or DOGE never employed Mr. Lewin, but he was USAID’s DOGE team lead. Therefore, according to the judge, Lewin can’t be in charge. This Article 3 judge thinks he can tell an Article 2 acting agency head to whom he may or may not delegate authority. Telling the Secretary of State Marco Rubio he can’t appoint a head is insane. Basically, the judge has appointed himself as the personnel manager with superior authority to the Secretary of State.
They can’t hire anyone tied to DOGE in any way.
President Trump will undoubtedly file an appeal for emergency relief from the Supreme Court, and the court might ignore it or delay it as they have been all along. Meanwhile, we live in a judicial oligarchy, and the media is framing it as President Trump attacking judges.
The lawyer for the plaintiffs is the far-left Norm Eisen, who has dedicated his career to taking down Donald Trump.
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What’s next, the Department of Education. Judges have to protect “the kids”.
He’s a member of the same secret club that John Roberts is part of.
Along with
James Boasberg (President),
Ketanji Brown Jackson (Vice President),
Judge Amit Mehta,
Judge Beryl Howell.
Full blown traitors.
This could be benign, but understanding how political judges and lawyers have been ever since contesting the election, and the backlash against anyone supporting legal action, we can correctly assume there is considerable talk about politics. Given that backlash, we can also assume there to be concerted efforts to prevent the administration from succeeding, not only in lawyer circles but also judicial. Some of the truly asinine rulings sure seem to reflect that.
However this all turns out it does set a precedent, if allowed. The left very well may rue the day when it turns on them.