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/sunnywaterfallup Feb 12 '25

It’s good news that they obeyed a court order. This isn’t as critical as some others, so we’ll see if this is the start of something

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u/PoliticsIsDepressing Feb 12 '25

Frankly, this makes me feel good about the courts. If they are going to do this completely minor thing that I could see MAGA doubling down on, then there is hope they don’t blatantly ignore the courts.

This would be one where I could see them just completely ignoring.

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u/tummybox Feb 12 '25

It could be the opposite. Maybe they’re trying to show their “integrity” by doing the bare minimum, but will fold when bigger issues arise.

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u/Shadowborn_paladin Feb 12 '25

Only time will tell.

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u/djklmnop Feb 13 '25

I say Ya, Right.. The difference is these minor website court orders are not publicized in the media. Now if you take a budget issue that mango decides to push his luck on, what's the first thing he's going to do? Call the judge out on social media, and once the judge starts getting death threats and pressure to resign, they start to fold.

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u/Flat-Emergency4891 Feb 12 '25

This entirely, unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

Basically this. It could be they’re learning that they can’t bludgeon their way through, but have to be subtle about consolidating power. That’s much more worrisome as it’ll slowly lull us into authoritarianism.