"Enough is enough. Your client should voluntarily dismiss this frivolous lawsuit today in light of last night's assassination attempt on President Trump. If your client does not dismiss the lawsuit by 9:00 AM on Monday, the government will move to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the case in light of last night's extraordinary events. We will state your position as opposed if we do not hear back from you by 9:00 AM on Monday."
"It does not seem to have occurred to any of the brain geniuses at the DOJ that the injunction had already been stayed by the DC Circuit, thanks to the appeal of Judge Richard Leon's order. (Or maybe they knew, and they decided to tweet nonsense anyway because Trump's DOJ is a PR shop, not a law firm.) This appeal had, of course, divested the trial judge of authority to modify his own ruling, even if he were so inclined."
"On the same day he entered his appearance, Stan Woodward docketed a shockingly inappropriate document that strongly resembled a Truth Social post tapped out by a demented octogenarian. ATL's Joe Patrice broke down the ungrammatical screed masquerading as a motion for indicative ruling. Shorn of its multiple references to "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME," the howlergram was a request for Judge Leon to tell the DC Circuit that, if he did have jurisdiction over the"
A high-profile DOJ matter involved an injunction blocking construction tied to the former East Wing. After an assassination attempt on President Trump, DOJ leadership sent a demand letter urging the National Trust for Historic Preservation to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. The government threatened to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the case if dismissal did not occur by a stated deadline. The injunction had already been stayed by the DC Circuit through an appeal of Judge Richard Leon’s order, which removed the trial judge’s authority to modify his own ruling. An Associate Attorney General then filed a document resembling a chaotic social-media post, seeking an indicative ruling from Judge Leon about the DC Circuit’s jurisdiction.
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