No. The consent decree will be agreed to ahead of time, and a judge will interpret and police it. It isn't an arbitrary delegation of authority to the executive branch.
We'll have to wait and see what the consent decree says to evaluate it further.
Good point, we'll just have to wait and see if the people with the proven history of bad faith and process subversion will subvert it this time, too bad there's no way to know ahead of time!
A distinction with out a difference because this is entirely about whether Columbia agrees to do whatever the White House says it has to do.
No. The consent decree will be agreed to ahead of time, and a judge will interpret and police it. It isn't an arbitrary delegation of authority to the executive branch.
We'll have to wait and see what the consent decree says to evaluate it further.
Good point, we'll just have to wait and see if the people with the proven history of bad faith and process subversion will subvert it this time, too bad there's no way to know ahead of time!
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A very important detail: Who picks the judge?
The court district itself, but generally: it's random (within the district).
If we could listen into the consent degree negotiations, I would expect something like.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZKUozrBl4