Once Again, Idiotic McMahon / Trump Lawyers Think "Bare Naked Promises" To "Stop" Their Unlawful Conduct (Already Completed) Against Harvard U... Will Mean Anything? Nope.

Overnight, and into this morning, in one of the Harvard University suppression of free speech and association cases, Tangerine 2.0 and Secy. McMahon tried to say that they made a nakedly banal "offer" to stop violating clear federal law -- and thus the case should not proceed.

That's not how this works, kids.

How stupid are these lawyers? This same (lame-brained) approach was laughed out of court repeatedly, in Tangerine 1.0. So too, it will be in Boston, next week:

. . .[Tangerine 2.0 & the WWF Wife offered to agree] that the May 22 letter will not be used to revoke Harvard’s SEVP certification or Exchange Visitor Program designation. Defendants are currently following the procedures under 8 C.F.R. §§ 214.3, 214.4 and 22 C.F.R. Part 62.

[Trump] Defendants proposed this stipulation to Plaintiff in an attempt to jointly simplify the case. Defendants also made clear that they were open to counterproposals and a meet and confer.

[Harvard] did not accept. . . .

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Specifically, Trump 1.0 tried this same gambit as to plainly lawless "confidentiality agreements" he made 1600 Penn staffers sign last time around. He and Melania were soundly thrashed in that effort. [It failed as well in the BLM Portland protest cases.]

He also tried it in 2019 -- whilst separating families at the southern border, and was told by both trial and appellate federal judges that agreeing to stop violating the law does not undo the injuries already inflicted.

Again, he will lose in Boston -- as justice would have it.

Onward, resolutely.

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