Donald Trump just suffered a "very important" legal loss in a case you "probably haven't heard about," an ex-prosecutor said.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance published a Substack piece dated for Friday, highlighting the crucial legal matter and explaining how it will impact the president.
"I want to focus on a case you probably haven’t heard about, California v. Department of Transportation. It was brought by Democratic state attorneys general from across the country in the District of Rhode Island," Vance wrote, adding that, "District Judge John McConnell, Jr., dealt the Trump administration a major loss in the case, which will stymie its efforts to coerce states into supporting its immigration policies."
She then continued:
"The Judge entered a preliminary injunction that prevents the administration from withholding Department of Transportation funding from states that refuse to help the administration enforce its interpretation of immigration laws."
According to the attorney, in April, "Trump’s Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, issued the 'Duffy directive,' which requires states that are recipients of transportation grants to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations."
In the new order, she said, "Judge McConnell ordered the administration to stop enforcing the IEC and prohibited it from withholding or terminating federal funding on that basis."
"Of course, the Trump administration is free to and undoubtedly will appeal the injunction," the analyst added. "But Judge McConnell specifically noted that the court will retain jurisdiction to monitor the Trump administration’s compliance with this preliminary injunction. The Judge also denied the administration’s request to stay this Order."
