It’s Not Over ‘Til It’s Over

If this:

The Department of Justice has issued an order permanently barring the United States from pursuing any tax claims or other legal actions against President Donald Trump, his family, his trusts, and his companies, according to a Justice Department document signed Tuesday by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

...isn’t blessed by the court, it goes away in 2029; sooner, if the next Congress acts. (Congress could override a court order, too; but that’s another matter.)

And it can’t be blessed by the court if DOJ insists it has removed the case from the court’s docket. As I’ve said, that’s why the court set a hearing for tomorrow: because a case with a single party came before it to dismiss the case, pursuant to a settlement. And the court said: “Not so fast.” I still don’t think anything has changed.

We’ll see if the court agrees with me.

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I just don’t think the court wants to tacitly bless this.