Breaking The Law At Least Once A Week -- Digby

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https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/20/breaking-the-law-at-least-once-a-week/

A lesson in what happens when you elect a criminal:

From the start of his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration signaled a willingness — even a desire — to flout the law in their quest to overhaul the federal government.

And while the wheels of justice turn slowly, less than two months later a procession of judges have already ruled the administration has done exactly that.

In more than a dozen cases — and in three major rulings this week alone — a federal judge has ruled that the administration either has violated the law or has probably done so.

The total works out to one such finding about every four days.

And the pace is speeding up.

The most interesting thing about this is, as I posted yesterday, this is coming from liberal, centrist and conservative judges, across the board. Just as it was in the post 2020 election period he’s not finding any joy in court. Yet, anyway. I suppose that’s why the threats against judges are picking up:

Elon Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to Republican members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by President Trump, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.

Mr. Musk has given what had been until recently the legal maximum hard-dollar donation — $6,600 — to the campaigns of seven Republicans who have either endorsed judicial impeachments or called for some form of “action” in response to recent rulings against the Trump administration, including a weekend decision by Judge James E. Boasberg of Federal District Court in Washington.

On Saturday, Judge Boasberg ordered the administration to turn around planes carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador and return them to the United States. The administration did not comply with that order, prompting concerns about a constitutional showdown.

Mr. Trump subsequently said on social media that Judge Boasberg should be impeached.Mr. Musk contributed on Wednesday to Representatives Eli Crane of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin and Brandon Gill of Texas. He also donated to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, according to two of the people briefed on the matter.

He’s playing the refs (or nobody told him how impeachment works) but it is stupid. Judges know as well as we do that they don’t have the votes to convict. But I think Elon’s in his feelings right now and just wants to thank his friends.