DJT Orders that Plaintiffs Against His Regime Should Post Bonds

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Donald Trump signed an executive order stipulating that when plaintiffs seek to file a lawsuit against his regime, judges should ask them to post a bond large enough to cover the government’s costs and damages if the plaintiffs do not prevail.

Judges are not obligated to require the bonds. However, if they do, the bonds could be so large that they pose a nearly insurmountable barrier to holding the government accountable.

Department of Justice attorneys already requested bonds in some of the more than 100 lawsuits that have been filed against Trump’s regime so far. In a case against Trump’s blanket freeze of $3 trillion in federal loans, grants, and financial aid federal District Court Judge Loren AliKhan declined to require a bond, saying it would “defy logic” to “hold plaintiffs hostage” that way. Judges have not yet ruled on government requests to require a bond in some of the other lawsuits against the regime.

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