“I am having trouble understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this order is constitutional,” Judge Coughenour told a Justice Department lawyer defending Trump’s directive. “It just boggles my mind.”
Pete Hegseth cleared a procedural hurdle Thursday to advance his confirmation to lead the Defense Department for a final Senate vote, setting up a high-stakes showdown.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, told the court he could not remember in his more than 40 years on the bench seeing a case so “blatantly unconstitutional.”
Agencies should aim for a 30-day deadline to implement Trump’s return-to-office executive order, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.