• TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id
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      1 year ago

      The gag order doesn’t apply to Judge Engoron. Both he and Judge Chutkan in the DC case specifically exempted themselves from being covered by their respective gag orders. The logic is that the 1st Amendment protects criticism of federal judges. He can’t, however, threaten federal judges, so it’ll be interesting to see how far he pushes it. Unfortunately, in the past he’s shown a surprising amount of restraint in skating just up to the line, but not actually crossing it.

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      1 year ago

      They don’t allow a judge to declare whatever they want. Trump is appealing one of his gag orders and will likely be successful in part.

      Judges can’t simply do whatever they want.

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          1 year ago

          They can’t stop him from saying just anything, gag orders need to be narrow and serve a justice purpose.

          That’s why part of the gag is likely to be changed as its overly broad.