{"id":130620,"date":"2025-08-15T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/15\/washington-dc-pushes-back-against-presidents-attempt-at-military-takeover\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:35:00","slug":"washington-dc-pushes-back-against-presidents-attempt-at-military-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/15\/washington-dc-pushes-back-against-presidents-attempt-at-military-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington DC Pushes Back Against President\u2019s Attempt At Military Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

The motto \u201cTaxation Without Representation\u201d could soon have a whole new meaning. If it were up to Trump, Washinton D.C. wouldn\u2019t even be represented by its own police force. The federal takeover of local police power is an extreme action that should only be invoked with good cause, and the city is pushing back against Trump\u2019s power grab. Bloomberg Law<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Washington DC is asking a federal court to immediately block the Trump administration\u2019s effort to take over the city\u2019s police force, saying that the move is illegal and risks public safety.
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The complaint, which was filed in Washington federal court, alleged that Trump exceeded the authority granted by Congress in taking those steps. City officials also asked a judge Friday to block the federal government from assuming control of the metropolitan police force or issuing any further orders. A hearing on the issue is set for 2 pm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The truth of the matter is that DC crime is going \u201cup\u201d in the same way that prices were supposed to go down since Trump\u2019s first day in office<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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MSNBC puts the actual crime statistics on the screen, and Trump lies and invents imaginary stats about crime surging. pic.twitter.com\/bcipVFcLTd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It is worth saying that someone on Trump\u2019s team has enough sense to back up some of his hyperbole on the White House website<\/a> that\u2019s complete with a polemic tone, red scare and gratuitous comparisons to places with Muslim sounding names:<\/p>\n

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Snopes recently fact checked the claim that violent crime in Washington D.C. was at an all time low and found it to be true<\/a>. What I will say in the spirit complete transparency is that I hold a degree in law, not statistical analysis. That said, I do know that it\u2019s a little like textualism in that, if you set your mind to it, you can brush away good faith analysis and use a pool of data to walk away with whatever biases or justifications you were looking to find:<\/p>\n

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Questions of statistical interpretation aside, who needs woke nonsense like \u201cdata\u201d when you can invoke personal anecdotes? The administration\u2019s given reason for putting the former reality TV star in control of the police force is because of \u201c[an] emergency that has arisen in our nation\u2019s capital as a result of failed leadership.\u201d A little reading between the lines lands you on some recent ball busting. Remember Big Balls \u2014 the kid Elon Musk hired as part of the effiency chainsawing that saved less than 5% of what they purported to<\/a>? He got his ass beat in an alleged car jacking and Trump is trying to use it as a basis for a state of exception:<\/p>\n

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Will be interesting to read history books of the future explain how the President federalized American cities because a kid named Big Balls was allegedly car jacked. pic.twitter.com\/sjFUx4CTaJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

To stay informed on the content of the hearing, make sure to keep tabs on Kyle Cheney\u2019s coverage of the emergency bid:<\/p>\n

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AND WE’RE UNDERWAY: Judge Reyes has taken the bench to consider DC’s emergency bid to block Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Washington DC Sues Trump, Calling Police Takeover Illegal (3) <\/a>[Bloomberg Law]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Washington DC Pushes Back Against President\u2019s Attempt At Military Takeover<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The motto \u201cTaxation Without Representation\u201d could soon have a whole new meaning. If it were up to Trump, Washinton D.C. wouldn\u2019t even be represented by its own police force. The federal takeover of local police power is an extreme action that should only be invoked with good cause, and the city is pushing back against Trump\u2019s power grab. Bloomberg Law<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Washington DC is asking a federal court to immediately block the Trump administration\u2019s effort to take over the city\u2019s police force, saying that the move is illegal and risks public safety.
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The complaint, which was filed in Washington federal court, alleged that Trump exceeded the authority granted by Congress in taking those steps. City officials also asked a judge Friday to block the federal government from assuming control of the metropolitan police force or issuing any further orders. A hearing on the issue is set for 2 pm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The truth of the matter is that DC crime is going \u201cup\u201d in the same way that prices were supposed to go down since Trump\u2019s first day in office<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is worth saying that someone on Trump\u2019s team has enough sense to back up some of his hyperbole on the White House website<\/a> that\u2019s complete with a polemic tone, red scare and gratuitous comparisons to places with Muslim sounding names:<\/p>\n

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Snopes recently fact checked the claim that violent crime in Washington D.C. was at an all time low and found it to be true<\/a>. What I will say in the spirit complete transparency is that I hold a degree in law, not statistical analysis. That said, I do know that it\u2019s a little like textualism in that, if you set your mind to it, you can brush away good faith analysis and use a pool of data to walk away with whatever biases or justifications you were looking to find:<\/p>\n