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In reply to the discussion: Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants [View all]GiqueCee
(2,823 posts)33. Read one note's...
... very concise explanation of the legal premise for the decision. As unspeakably despicable as Trump's actions regarding scientific research and everything else that evil sonofabitch does it appears that the fault lies not with the judge, but with the plaintiff's lawyers, who should have known better than to bring the case before a judge who has no legal jurisdiction in a case of this sort.
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Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
OP
Lets just say I'm a lot more inclined to believe in the corrupting power of the TrumPutin tentacles
AZJonnie
Thursday
#19
Or maybe she just happens to think it's in his constitutional boundaries to do so, even if she happens to disagree
Polybius
Thursday
#14
Funny how the constitutional boundaries are mostly in the Trump Crime Syndicate's favor.
Irish_Dem
Thursday
#17
Do you know if there is any further news on the administrative fee cap (from your related article)?
AZJonnie
Thursday
#5
When I was looking for any threads associated with the OP's case (which I couldn't find - it was filed in D.C.)
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
#11
Fair enough. But if the regime wins on the 15% cap case as well, I think we'd be looking at a HUGE hit to funding
AZJonnie
Thursday
#13