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Court’s order restraining any closure of East Potomac Park golf course case) is out.
First sentence sets the tone: “The Department of the Interior has progressed from removing the trees to removing the
people from East Potomac Park.” https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.289401/gov.uscourts.dcd.289401.159.0_1.pdf #LawFedi 1/
Judge Reyes calls b.s. 3/
Realized I should add that apart from not believing the Trump Dept of Interior, Judge Reyes ruled that the rushed and arbitrary decision to close the park violated at least two federal statutes. 4/4
@heidilifeldman Only 2? Trump can do better than that! 🤣
@heidilifeldman May every other federal judge in a similar position going forward follow her lead. Amen.
Basically, the judge has concluded that the Interior Department made up a lie to close the park because in fact it wants to work on building a golf course Trump wants, but for which the Trump regime has not followed the law in proposing. DOI can’t cop to the illegal golf course plan so it is giving a “pretextual” reason for closure. 2/