A federal appeals court panel in Washington, D.C. changed its mind on Monday and reinstated a lower court order they lifted weeks before, once again blocking President Donald Trump from carrying out a mass purge of banking regulators.And the judge who flipped to cast the deciding vote was appointed ...
  • ALQ
    108·
    6 months ago

    IAAL(BNYL). In very basic terms, here’s what happened:

    First court issued a ruling saying Trump admin can’t fire everyone.

    Appeals court said Trump admin didn’t need to follow the first court ruling (at this time).

    Trump admin tried to fire everyone.

    Appeals court has now come back and said Trump admin does need to follow first court ruling.

    Result: Trump admin is (legally) barred from firing everyone (for now).

    • AThing4String@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      6 months ago

      The amount of flip flopping, technicalities, and multi-front nonsense attacks is making this increasingly hard to keep up with or parse.

      Thank you VERY much for translating this shit into “burned out regular dumbass”-ese.

      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        10·
        6 months ago

        The amount of flip flopping, technicalities, and multi-front nonsense attacks is making this increasingly hard to keep up with or parse.

        That is exactly the point.

    • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee
      5·
      6 months ago

      Seriously, thank you very much for the translation. Legalese it such a dumb thing to have to read through.