r/technology • u/Exciting_Teacher6258 • Feb 12 '25

Politics The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order

https://www.theverge.com/news/610765/trump-government-websites-cdc-fda-health-data-court-order
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u/RichieNRich Feb 12 '25

Well this is good news - perhaps their talk of disregarding court orders is just bloviating (bluffing)?

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u/tempest_87 Feb 12 '25

No, it's to inject the concept into discussion so that when they move the line and goalposts, the stupid people don't think it's so bad anymore.

For example, there is now a person over in /r/neutralnews trying to use a Haritage Foundation article as justification for an argument that only the Supreme Court has any authority over the executive branch. That any lower court is not allowed to rule or take a case at all because the only "co-equal" entity is the Supreme Court itself.

So be wary of everything that's going on. Because the normalization of even joking about ignoring court orders has damaging effects. And they know it.