Swammerdami
Squadron Leader
Judges are issuing injunctions against illegal behavior by the Trump Administration, and Trump has been ignoring the Injunctions. I've been wondering when Judges will find Trump's officials in contempt and dispatch marshals with hand-cuffs to arrest some of the criminal henchmen of Trump and other fascists.
The House of Reps just passed, by a 215-214 vote, a bill that would curb this judicial power.
Two GOPsters opposed the bill containing the anti-judicial provision. IIUC, they aren't opposed to fascism; their problem is that this omnibus legislation, which includes more than a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid and related programs, did not cut such programs enough!
Acts of Congress acquire official names and nicknames. The Budget Reconciliation Act of 2022 for example is known officially as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The Reconciliation Act of 2025 is the "Big Beautiful Bill" and will apparently become "The Big Beautiful Bill Act" if/when it is enacted into law. This Bill is about 1000 pages long, and was sprung at the last moment, and passed without any Representative having time to read the Bill.
It is now known that this 1000-page bill contains hidden provisions which will subvert American democracy if they come into effect. Below I mention one provision which would destroy judicial power and is making headlines. Probably there are other hidden provisions just as insidious in this 1000-page fascist proposal.
To understand this attempt to subvert the judiciary, know that Rule 65(c), in order to reduce frivolous requests for injunctions, allows a court to require that movant post a bond before an injunction be issued. However the "amount the court considers proper" is almost always set to zero; i.e. no such bond is requested. Can a court "cover its ass" by requesting a $1 bond? I don't know but the Big Beautiful Bill applies to injunctions "issued prior to [BBB's] enactment," so all PAST injunctions will become void (except for the very rare cases where a bond was posted).
The House of Reps just passed, by a 215-214 vote, a bill that would curb this judicial power.
Two GOPsters opposed the bill containing the anti-judicial provision. IIUC, they aren't opposed to fascism; their problem is that this omnibus legislation, which includes more than a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid and related programs, did not cut such programs enough!
Acts of Congress acquire official names and nicknames. The Budget Reconciliation Act of 2022 for example is known officially as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The Reconciliation Act of 2025 is the "Big Beautiful Bill" and will apparently become "The Big Beautiful Bill Act" if/when it is enacted into law. This Bill is about 1000 pages long, and was sprung at the last moment, and passed without any Representative having time to read the Bill.
It is now known that this 1000-page bill contains hidden provisions which will subvert American democracy if they come into effect. Below I mention one provision which would destroy judicial power and is making headlines. Probably there are other hidden provisions just as insidious in this 1000-page fascist proposal.
To understand this attempt to subvert the judiciary, know that Rule 65(c), in order to reduce frivolous requests for injunctions, allows a court to require that movant post a bond before an injunction be issued. However the "amount the court considers proper" is almost always set to zero; i.e. no such bond is requested. Can a court "cover its ass" by requesting a $1 bond? I don't know but the Big Beautiful Bill applies to injunctions "issued prior to [BBB's] enactment," so all PAST injunctions will become void (except for the very rare cases where a bond was posted).
Big Beautiful Bill said:
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 65(c) said: