Many pundits, including lawyer Robert Barnes, are harping on impeachment of these rogue judges. I think that has little, if any, hope of success.

Nor do I think defunding or changing the jurisdiction of the courts will work. We’re easily 20 votes in the House and 20 votes in the Senate short of either of those options.

But Trump is winning, and can continue to win, by other means, practical means, historically time-tested means.

First understand that TIME IS ON OUR SIDE. These agencies have been closed. People have been fired. Buildings are locked up. Some are sold already. Policies are already in place. Ownership is 9/10 of the law.

The longer it takes to get something “back” or to get people re-hired, the more we win. Federal employees can’t go without paychecks—even with unemployment—for long. Some will get other jobs. Some will move. With every single dropout, we win. Every dollar saved, we win.

So a judge orders grants to “green” turned back on? So what. The Secretary should already have new rules in place that, gee, now every grant must go through a re-review process of a 3-member panel, with its decisions reviewed by a 5- member panel. Sorry, that’s just the process. Those reviews should take as long as Charlie Manson’s parole.

New rules should require the Secretary to personally review every check on a grant and to countersign.

The “mail” needs to be really, really slow.

Think this can’t be done? Look at the South’s response to the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education order to desegregate “with all deliberate speed.” How’d that work out? Wasn’t til the late 1960s this was even remotely accomplished. Give Trump a 5 year window and this criminal government apparatus is finished.

Hold up staffing requests. Whenever possible rehire with MAGA people (the old “spoils system”). In reality, some of these jobs WILL be refilled with MAGA anyway.

Require physical signatures from judges on the order in accordance with the law before you comply.

Appeal, appeal, appeal.

Change the wording of the releases and closures ever so slightly to require an all new ruling.

In short, every day that goes by that agencies are closed and not spending money makes it LESS likely they will ever recover—regardless of what Justice Johnny and the Supes say.

LS