C.<p>If you are a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/weirdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weirdo</span></a> like me, and enjoy reading <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> documents, particularly when written by judges or lawyers who have a real flair for writing, and if you are <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/weirder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weirder</span></a> and like following the legal and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> aspects of the USA's descent into <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> even though you are not <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USAnian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAnian</span></a> and do not live in the USA, then the ruling written by Justice William G. Young in the case about the administration violating the free speech rights of noncitizens legally in the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is an absolute corker.</p><p>The entire thing is good, but at 161 pages, it's a bit of a slog, particularly because it has to document the entire timeline of the case.</p><p>Instead, start reading at page 149.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.261.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.261.0.pdf</span></a></p><p>Why? The last dozen pages are explicitly laying out the legal and constitutional problems with Donald <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> himself. This text is something that should have been published months ago in the New York Times or The Atlantic or some other serious <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> outlet. That it takes a judge to write it is the ultimate indictment of the USA's mainstream <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>.</p><p>Elsewhere, he also calls out Congress and the fourth estate for their failures to rein in the aspiring dictator, though he has to tread carefully while doing it.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Atlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantic</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAtlantic</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MainstreamMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainstreamMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ruling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruling</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/invective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invective</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a></p>