Habba says judges should be ‘respecting’ Trump after her US attorney service ruled unlawful
the article discusses New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s recent legal and political challenges following a federal judge’s ruling that her appointment as acting U.S. Attorney was unlawful. Habba had been appointed as an interim U.S. Attorney for 120 days, but the senate did not confirm her nomination. Judge Matthew W. brann declared that Habba is not qualified to perform her duties in an acting capacity and disqualified her from ongoing cases,citing that her appointment bypassed the Senate’s confirmation role. The administration, unhappy with the ruling and state judges’ decision to appoint Habba’s deputy, planned a multi-step strategy to retain her position. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that they will appeal the decision, defending Habba’s work and criticizing what she called judicial activism. Habba herself expressed that judges should respect the president and refrain from political actions in their rulings. The situation highlights tensions over the constitutionality and authority of interim appointments of U.S. attorneys without full Senate or judicial approval.
Habba says judges should be ‘respecting’ Trump after her US attorney service ruled unlawful
New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba believes judges should be “respecting” the president after a judge declared that she could not carry out her duties.
A federal judge ruled earlier Thursday that Habba’s appointment as acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey was unlawful. She was appointed as the interim attorney for 120 days before a panel of judges decided to pass on continuing her tenure.
Habba had been put up for Senate confirmation, but the chamber did not act on her nomination.
“We will not fall to rogue judges; we will not fall to people trying to be political when they should just be doing their job: respecting the president,” Habba told Fox News.
Habba: We will not fall to rogue judges, we will not fall to people trying to be political when they should just be doing their job: respecting the president. pic.twitter.com/SmdpHU7q7X
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The judge in Habba’s case, Matthew W. Brann, had ruled that she is “not currently qualified to exercise the functions and duties of the office in an acting capacity, she must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases.” He noted that her appointment appeared to sidestep the Senate’s role in confirming key federal personnel.
“Trump Administration officials were not pleased with that appointment,” Brann noted of state judges’ decision to appoint Habba’s deputy, and they “conceived a multi-step maneuver” to keep her in place.
Attorney General Pam Bondi noted that the administration is going to appeal. “We will immediately appeal. @USAttyHabba is doing incredible work in New Jersey — and we will protect her position from activist judicial attacks,” she said in a post on X.
The judge in Habba’s case is a Republican nominated to the bench of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is the chief justice of the court.
JUDGE’S RULING AGAINST ALINA HABBA TEES UP CONSTITUTIONAL CLASH
Habba is one of several U.S. attorneys the administration has installed without seeking congressional or judicial approval.
In some cases, like Habba’s, the administration appoints people to U.S. attorneys’ offices as “interim” personnel for 120 days before changing their status to the “acting” attorney, which extends their time in office for 210 days.
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