Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters
arstechnica.com
We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told US.
  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Is there a legal difference? Like if they are quashed does that constrain the government in some way?

    • Ava@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      23 days ago

      I’m not a lawyer, but my guess is that this is more about publicly admonishing the DOJ lawyers to encourage them not to file them in the first place. There’s a difference between telling someone “No” and telling someone “Are you fucking kidding me with this stupid shit?”