Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a coalition, including the nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, that challenged the ads and called them an illegal misuse of funds. She told the administration to cancel any remaining ads, including any set to air Sunday night, in granting a temporary restraining order.
“Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged advertisements” during the two-week duration of her order, the judge said.
Like it matters what a judge orders. Supreme Court already anointed him a king. They abandoned any authority and non-partisanship since Citizen United at least. Three of the sitting justices today lied to the Senate about Roe v Wade. The judicial branch is broken. As is Congress because none or very few of them seem to have a spine.
I’ll be surprised if there’s not another civil war or revolution of some kind within the next 3 decades.