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SunSeeker

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8. He had to. That is its legal name. The judge's ruling must be legally accurate.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:14 PM
15 hrs ago

Trump’s stupid executive order does not change its legal name. Only Congress can do that.

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Link to beautifully scathing order here: Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #1
Thank you LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #3
I like that he ignored the EO "renaming" the DoD to DoW. nt SomewhereInTheMiddle 1 hr ago #23
I have skimmed this opinion and it made me smile LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #2
I would love to see Hegseth get sued by Kelly. Harassment, frivolous and malicious prosecution, defamation. Midnight Writer 15 hrs ago #4
Note the Judge stated BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #5
He had to. That is its legal name. The judge's ruling must be legally accurate. SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #8
MS NOW is covering this LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #6
K & R SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #7
It is going to be a battle over civilian justice vs the UCMJ The Grand Illuminist 15 hrs ago #9
That is the thing angrychair 9 hrs ago #21
If it went to military court.... The Grand Illuminist 6 hrs ago #22
PERFECT ammunition for a bluestarone 14 hrs ago #10
The Should Each Sue the Trump Administration MissouriDem47 13 hrs ago #12
Yep bluestarone 13 hrs ago #13
Exactly as I expected ScratchCat 13 hrs ago #11
So is this the end of it? I sure hope so but you never know with these idiots. Katinfl 13 hrs ago #14
3-judge Panel w/ 2 Trump Appointees scheduled to overturn the ruling in maxsolomon 13 hrs ago #15
I'll bet against you on that one. onenote 9 hrs ago #19
And this is the exact odins folly 12 hrs ago #16
Good. mdbl 11 hrs ago #17
Pete Hegseth handed loss as GOP-appointed judge blocks move to reduce veteran Dem's rank LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #18
"Hegseth has radicalized the most conservative partisanly Republican judge not appointed by Trump I've ever met" muriel_volestrangler 9 hrs ago #20
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