HOLY COW! YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS JUDGE’S ALMOST VICIOUS TAKEDOWN OF THE DOJ OVER THEIR SUBPOENA REGARDING PUBERTY BLOCKERS!
The setup: The DOJ served a supoena on a Rhode Island hospital, demanding records related to puberty blockers.
[NOTE: In writing this up and digging into the court records, I discovered something very dark. I struggled with how to reconcile in one post writing about this incredible, eviscerating order, and the dark thing that I discovered. I decided that this post will let Judge McElroy’s light shine, and I’ll write about the dark thing separately, so watch for another post, if not today, then at the beginning of the week.]
[SECOND NOTE: Thank you to colleague and friend Jordan Parker for bringing this to my attention!]
Ok, so the DOJ serves this subpoena, a very lengthy “give us everything *including* the kitchen sink” subpoena. And the petitioner in this court action, an advocate for children who is working with the hospital, is moving to quash it. To quash something in the legal context means to 86 it. (Sorry, no seashells.)
(Notes from the Front members, the subpoena will be included in the *followup* post to this, it’s part of the dark force.)
I would like to bring to your attention that the Motion to Quash was filed on May 4th, and Judge McElroy’s Order was issued *on the 13th*!! That is *lightening speed*! And boy is she pissed; she rips the DOJ a new one!
(Notes from the Front members, the 24 glorious pages of Judge McElroy’s basshole-ripping order are included for you.)
Right on the first page Judge McElroy says that we put immense trust in the DOJ and that, and I quote:
“DOJ has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case.”
OUCH!
She then points out all of the ways that the DOJ has lied, obstructed, and generally been basshats, and then observes:
“And when its attorneys came to this Court to explain their conduct, the senior attorney – who was present at many of the events that took place in this case – sat silently by as his counterpart, a junior attorney who has been practicing law for approximately six months and had no relevant information, was forced to answer questions about DOJ’s blatant disregard for the proper course of negotiations.”
Of course the senior attorney probably had no relevant information either. In fact, the senior attorney probably was thinking “There is no way I’m going to risk my reputation trying to defend these basshole actions, let’s send in the new guy, who can be excused for not knowing anything on account of being.. you know… new.”
Ok, one more and then I’ll let you guys who want to get to the full thing, while I start on the dark stuff:
“…the discrepancy between the honorable conduct expected of federal prosecutors and DOJ’s tactics in this case is unsettling. The Court cannot help but share the sentiment that “[t]he presumption of regularity that has previously been extended to [DOJ] that it could be taken at its word – with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds.”
YOW! Judge McElroy saying the quiet judicial part out loud!
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P.S. If you actually read all the way to the bottom please leave a comment that includes the word “quash” or “basshat”, your choice, use it in a sentence. :~) It will show me that my efforts aren’t in vain and that people actually *do* read these things, and it will drive those who just skim crazy wondering just why everyone is talking about quashing and hats for fishes! ;~)
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