We May See That Preposterous Monroe, Louisiana Injunction Stayed (Set To The Side) By Monday Night, July 10, 2023

The federal government / Biden Administration has -- as we said -- appealed all this, as of the evening of the Fifth. As of last night, it had moved for an interim stay, for very good reason:

Aside from the substantive errors of law we've mentioned, the Administration pointed out that the states (Mizzou, and Louisiana) waited over 40 days to even ask for an injunction, then took a year to "gather evidence." Then, after more than a year, USDC Judge Doughty decided this was all a burning emergency (coincidentally on July 4 itself), and drove to the office -- and issued the prelim. injunction, as an extraordinary measure. Where was the exigency, for a. . . full year, folks?

So, yes, a stay of this nonsense is plainly. . . warranted:

. . .Defendants respectfully request an administrative stay of the preliminary injunction for seven days to allow time for the Fifth Circuit to consider an emergency motion to stay and request for administrative stay. Defendants respectfully request that the Court rule on this motion by 12 p.m. CT on Monday, July 10, 2023 so that Defendants may promptly seek appellate relief, if necessary. . . .

We shall see, but if the states have anything sensible in opposition, they must answer by 8 a.m., Bayou time, Monday. So there should be some scrambled Sunday night filings from those red states, and likely dripping with overwrought drama (of the political, not legal, sort) to boot, out of Mizzou's -- and Louisiana's -- AGs. Hilarious.

Off now, to put baby girl on an overnight British Airways flight to Heathrow. . . smile.

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