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Didn’t they self proclaim that they are the most transparent administration ever? 🤔
16 upvotes, 5 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Didn’t they self proclaim that they are the most transparent administration ever? 🤔"
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Anonymous 3w

If I understand their argument, it’s that the law doesn’t provide an enforcement mechanism in case DOJ doesn’t obey the law, so Congress needs to pass an additional law to enforce the original Epstein transparency act law

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Not saying ur wrong, just trying to understand bc I thought that’s what they were voting on like a month ago? Like they were voting to pass the bill that would enforce that? This whole case is confusing because I see the information so fragmented😂😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

I only know what i read on this staring-rectangle, in this case, from https://meidasnews.com/news/doj-moves-to-block-independent-monitor-in-maxwell-case-says-courts-cannot-force-epstein-file-disclosures

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

“Even more fundamentally, prosecutors maintain that the Act provides no cause of action at all. Where Congress has not explicitly authorized judicial enforcement, federal courts are barred from inventing one. As the DOJ puts it, courts “cannot reach out to award remedies” where neither the Constitution nor a statute authorizes them…

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

…In short, the government’s filing makes clear that—absent new legislation explicitly authorizing court enforcement—the DOJ believes no court can force it to produce the Epstein files, regardless of public pressure or congressional intent.”

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