Bondi-Vought memo tells agencies to work around the Jenner injunction

Date

Apr 1, 2025

Kind

Rhetorical

Status

Rhetorical defiance

Source

pbs.org ↗

Court or forum

Jenner & Block v. DOJ, D.D.C., Judge John Bates

What happened

Bondi and Vought wrote to agency heads describing Bates as an "unelected district court judge" who had "invaded the policy-making and free speech prerogatives of the executive branch," and said agencies remained free "to decide with whom to work.".

Publisher

PBS NewsHour