Randolph Moss

United States District Judge

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The Court does not doubt that political violence is on the rise and that it poses a grave threat not just to the targets of the threats but to the country as a whole. But the enormity of that problem does not change the meaning of Plaintiff’s speech, which by any reasonable measure merely advocated for the President’s impeachment and removal from office — that is, ‘to throw [him] out,
The President cannot adopt an alternative immigration system, which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted,
It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the president does not like and seeks to squelch,
The message is clear: NPR and PBS need not apply for any federal benefit because the President disapproves of their ‘left-wing’ coverage of the news,
But that does not end the matter because the Executive Order sweeps beyond the CPB,
Issues that are so fundamental to the rights of tens of thousands of individuals (and that ⁠will guide how organizations and lawyers present their claims to the BIA) ought to be considered and addressed before—rather than after—a rule takes ​effect,

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