Vance: "Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power"

Date

Feb 9, 2025

Kind

Rhetorical

Status

Rhetorical defiance

Source

nbcnews.com ↗

Court or forum

Vice President JD Vance, post on X

What happened

Vance posted that judges may not tell a general how to conduct an operation or command prosecutorial discretion, concluding "Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power," after Judge Engelmayer restricted DOGE's Treasury access.

Publisher

NBC News

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