Federal Judge blocks DOJ attorneys from fleeing 2020 Census Case

[Me.]

“Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was blocked from bringing in a new team of attorneys to argue the 2020 Census case — that the DOJ already lost at the Supreme Court.

On Monday, the DOJ attempted to bring in an entirely new slate of attorneys.
Judge Jesse Furman rejected almost all of the attempted move during an order released on Tuesday.

The judge said the motion by the DOJ was “patently deficient,” except in the case of two attorneys who were allowed to leave the case as they no longer work for the DOJ.

“Defendants provide no reason, let alone ‘satisfactory reasons’ for the substitution of counsel,” Furman wrote in his order.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/federal-judge-blocks-doj-attorneys-from-fleeing-2020-census-case-after-losing-at-the-supreme-court/

[ProudLib72]

1. I wish the judge would write

"Just give it up stupid shit-for-brains." That would make my day.

[Me.]

3. Would Make All Of Our Day

[COLGATE4]

8. That's exactly what he did. He was just polite. nt

[triron]

2. Good! Telling Barr to stick it up his butt.

[Me.]

4. +1

[Gothmog]

5. This will screw Barr's plans

[malaise]

6. Get thee to the greatest page

NOW - this is HUGE!

[spanone]

7. Could they refuse to return to the case?

[Me.]

9. MayBe, But Wouldn't That Land Them In Jail?

JUst supposing

[blaze]

12. From a twitter comment

The judge required that any renewed motion be accompanied by sworn affidavits from counsel seeking to withdraw explaining the reason for withdrawal.

That means each lawyer will have to say why she-he wants out - and they can’t lie about it for risk of committing perjury!

Link to tweet

[spanone]

14. Thanks.

[Me.]

15. How Long Do They Have To Comply?

[blaze]

18. Haven't seen any dates yet. nt

[Me.]

19. After Rooting Around, I Think, But Not Sure

3 days

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. that is a slap in the face from a federal judge

Think: "You will sit there until we're finished and you will NOT slow things down again!"

[Wounded Bear]

10. Trump is still operating like he's suing some sub-contractor in civil court...

In Federal Court, you don't get away with those kinds of shenanigans.

[Me.]

13. ...

[struggle4progress]

11. Federal judge rejects administration's bid to swap out lawyers (WaPo)

By Matt Zapotosky , Seung Min Kim and Tara Bahrampour July 9 at 5:58 PM

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied a bid from the Justice Department to replace the team of lawyers on the census citizenship question case, writing that its request to do so was “patently deficient.”

The department had earlier this week announced its intention to swap out the legal team on the case — without saying exactly why. A person familiar with the matter said the decision was driven in part by frustration among at least some of the career lawyers who had been assigned to the case about how it was being handled, though the department wanted to replace those in both career and political positions ...

“Defendants provide no reasons, let alone ‘satisfactory reasons,’ for the substitution of counsel,” Furman wrote. He also noted that a filing in the case was due from the department in just three days, and that the department had previously pushed for the matter to be moved along quickly ...

The Justice Department declined to comment ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-rejects-trump-administrations-bid-to-swap-out-lawyers-for-census-case-on-citizenship-question/2019/07/09/d12f811e-a24f-11e9-b7b4-95e30869bd15_story.html?utm_term=.9a9ac9769d3c

[Me.]

16. Thank You

Couldn't Get Past The Fire Wall...didn't want to pay

[Gothmog]

20. The judge is pissed

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Me.]

22. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Sneederbunk]

21. Question for Barr. When is the DOJ going to get its act together?

[Gothmog]

23. A second federal judge has refused to let attorneys withdraw

Link to tweet

[Me.]

24. I Saw That