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This is what the Roberts Court did in the NIH grant cancellation cases, and the mass firing (RIF and probationary) cases too: allow the Trump actions to continue as the cases make their way through the courts. It’s a move to stay below the radar while the Court supports the Trump admin. 1/2

This Shadow Docket Slow-Walk is a standard move from the Roberts Court.

In the case of the probationary employee firings, the shadow docket slow-walk from SCOTUS worked. A judge ruled the firings illegal — and yet said too much time had passed and it was too late to return them to their jobs. www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...

Here’s the Roberts Court stay in that case www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Also this, about even yet *another* topic, Trump’s visa freezes. People can correct me if it’s wrong, but seems likely the district court didn’t issue an injunction while the court was deciding due to worries SCOTUS would intervene and issue a stay. Which wld mean SCOTUS enabled this long delay.

The linchpin of “there are functionally no laws that bind the president” while he destroys the government is John Roberts and his court.

Roberts wants Trump to do this stuff; Project 2025 is a joint project of the conservative legal elite and the MAGA world. They’re an integrated project. As an example, I heard #NIH has new political appointees. I was told: “Heritage Foundation lawyers.” Trump and Proj 2025 are coterminous.

The presidential immunity decision, Calais, and others were anything but quiet! Complete breaks from precedent and the dismantling of the VRA have been loud shots across the bow!!