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This is actually pretty basic U.S. administrative law. A federal agency did an action without following procedures set forth by law, and the judge is ordering t
by gamblor956 2y ago
This is actually pretty basic U.S. administrative law. A federal agency did an action without following procedures set forth by law, and the judge is ordering them to undo that action.
It's irrelevant what the content is; the judge didn't rule that specific content needed to go back on the website. He undid the action itself.
Yes, to laypeople that distinction doesn't matter. But it matters a great deal to lawyers and to the agencies.
And note: this is not a win for Trump or his administration. It's egg on his face, because he could have accomplished this without the courts being able to undo it...if he had followed the procedures set forth in the APA (which would have required a few weeks). This injunction is likely to last longer than it would have taken for them to do things correctly the first time.
Republicans already control the 3 branches of federal government. They don't need PR wins any more.
- geye1234 2y agoThat makes sense, and I don't know why you got downvoted. IANAL, and still less an administrative lawyer. I'm just saying that Trump and Vought are going to make hay with the optics of this. It will seem bizarre to many that the content of a website can be matter for the courts.
- apical_dendrite 2y agoI would guess that a doctor saying that she's having trouble dealing with an STD outbreak at a high school because the resources she needs are suddenly no longer available, or she has to take time out of a patient appointment to try to figure out where to find information (which are the some of the injuries alleged in the suit) is a much more compelling issue for most people.