Comment by cherry_tree
9 days ago
>A consent decree doesn't give the White House binding control over Columbia; it gives a federal judge that control.
It’s gives the judge control to enforce the White House’s decree. What meaningful distinction are you making?
The distinction between Article III and Article II of the Constitution? A randomly-chosen SDNY judge is overwhelmingly likely to be a Clinton, Obama, or Biden appointee?
I still think this will be a shitshow, but the headline that "the White House is seeking binding control via a consent decree" is misleading; that's not how a consent decree works.