Biden Judge Invokes the Mythical Irrational and Imprudent Clause to Block Trump

<![CDATA[At some point, the Supreme Court is going to get pretty tired of this nonsense. Until then, we are living under a Constitutional framework that says the President gets to run all of Article II agencies and departments...unless a federal judge determines the actions of that president aren't cool and slaps down a nationwide injunction to stop it. It's no longer a functional democratic republic in which we're residing, but a kritocracy. The country will not be able to withstand whim of law by partisan district court judges for very long. On June 7th, 2023, Judge Loren Alikhan, a Joe Biden appointee for a U.S. District Court judgeship in the District of Columbia, appeared in her confirmation hearing, and had to run the John Kennedy gauntlet. Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, has become legendary for his unassuming line of questioning of Biden left-wing judges, but questions that have elicited peculiar responses to say the least. Here is a key exchange of Kennedy with Judge Alikhan.     She doesn't have a political point of view. Her political opinions will not make up the basis for any of her decisions, she promised. She cleared Senate Judiciary by a 11-10 party-line vote. When her nomination came to the floor of the Senate, then managed by Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, Vice-President Kamala Harris had to come break a 50-50 tie.  Late morning on Tuesday, Judge Loren Alikhan issued an indefinite injunction against the Trump administration, barring the elected leader of the Article II branch from freezing grants and loan payments as part of their effort to cut waste, fraud, and abuse.  Did she find in her ruling that Trump's actions violated the Due Process Clause in the 5th and 14th Amendments, citing capricious and unfair treatments at the hands of DOGE or agency heads? Why no, no she did not. Did she invoke the Commerce Clause as a backdoor into finding that the President of the United States can't actually rein in agencies of which he is Constitutionally responsible? Nah. She invented the Irrational and Imprudent Clause. ]]>