#(judges

That's how the government works...

It's called checks and balances

Your president has broken multiple amendments of the constitution and the judges are stopping him.

Trump is breaking the law.

again

and again

and again

August 2-9 2024

The Department of Interior announced the largest investment since 1979 in outdoor recreation and conservation projects. The $325 million will go to support State, territorial, DC, and tribal governments in buying new land for parks and outdoor recreation sites. It also supports expansion and refurbishment of existing sites.

The EPA announced that Birmingham Alabama will get $171 million to update and replace its water system. The city of Birmingham is 70% black and like many black majority cities as struggled with aging water systems and lead pipes causing dangerous drinking water conditions. This investment is part of the Biden-Harris administrations plan to replace all of the nation's lead pipes.

The Department of Energy announced $2.2 billion in investments in the national power grid to help boost resiliency in the face of extreme weather. The projects will add 13 gigawatts of capacity, support 5,000 new jobs and upgrade 1,000 miles of transmission. Major projects will cut power outages in the west, drive down energy prices in New England, add off shore wind, and enable the development of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s wind resources.

The Justice Department won its massive anti-trust case against Google. A federal judge ruled that Google was an illegal monopoly. The DOJ has an ongoing antitrust suit against Apple, while the Federal Trade Commission is suing Facebook and Amazon for their monopolist practices

The US Government announced $3.9 billion in direct aid to Ukraine. The money will help the Government of Ukraine make up for massive budget short falls caused by the war with Russia. It'll help pay the salaries of teachers, emergency workers, and other public employees, as well helping displaced persons, low-income families and people with disabilities.

The Department of Energy announced $190 million to improve air quality and energy upgrades in K-12 schools. The grants to 320 schools across 25 states will impact 123,000 students, 94% of these schools service student bodies where over half the students qualify for free and reduced lunch. In the face of climate change more schools have been forced to close for extreme heat. These grants will help schools with everything from air filtration, to AC, to more robust energy systems, to replacing lighting.

USAID announced $424 million in additional humanitarian aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Due to ongoing conflict and food insecurity, 25 million Congolese are in need of humanitarian aid. This year alone the US has sent close to a billion dollars in aid to the DRC, making it the single largest donor to the crisis.

Arizona judges pause order giving election denier more control over Maricopa County elections

By Jacob Knutson

June 18, 2026

Arizona judges blocked a lower court order that took election duties away from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and assigned them to county Recorder Justin Heap, an election denier who has pushed conspiracy theories about voting in the state.

The emergency stay issued Thursday should pause a long-simmering legal feud between board officials and Heap that ignited uncertainty about how the upcoming primaries and November midterm elections would go forward in the county.

In particular, the dispute threatened early voting drop box locations across the county, with Heap objecting to the board’s approval of sites last month. Now, voters can expect the drop boxes to be available and for the election to be administered more predictably.

In a statement, Kate Brophy McGee, a Republican who chairs the Maricopa County Board, hailed Thursday’s stay as a victory for voters and election workers.

“Voters can expect a consistent, high-quality voting experience, and election workers will have confidence they can follow established, lawful and proven procedures,” she said. “Put simply, this court order averts potential chaos at the polls.”

In their ruling, the appeals judges said the lower court’s order set off “serious administrative confusion” in the county. As such, they stayed it under the Purcell Principle — the idea that courts should not change voting or election rules too close to an election to avoid confusion and chaos.

“The practical impacts of these changes … all demonstrate that this is no mere backroom dispute over accounting principles or organizational charts,” the judges, one appointed by former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and another appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), wrote.

“It is, by everyone’s assessment, a live conflict hurtling toward real-world consequences in elections about to begin,” they continued, adding that the board will likely win its appeal of the lower court order on the merits.

Another Q playing Judge and hoping the human will reciprocate his love someday.