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So the IGs didn't make a strong argument...
And they waited 3 weeks to do it. The judge making them take the slower route seems reasonable.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that when we're dealing with unprecedented attacks on democracy maybe people are slow moving at figuring out how they can legally fight back and perhaps it took them that long to put together a legal argument.
Lawyers don't always instantly know the way to fight back or what the best legal route to take is. Maybe they had to consult a bunch of other lawyers over the course of two weeks and then a week to draw up the paperwork?
The courts take for fucking ever, so of all people you'd think they'd understand that legal stuff isn't a fast moving process.
Part of the judge's issue was that the court has bigger attacks to deal with than Trump firing these guys faster than he was supposed to.
That isn't actual a legal argument. If a certain recourse is legal, then it is legal no matter how busy the courts may be.
A court saying they are too busy to enforce the law is declaring themselves useless.
Damage is being done every single day this continues, but the judge berated and threatened those asking for the law to be enforced, because they are busy
She declined to fast track the case like the IGs wanted. It will still be handled in due time. Trump fired the IGs without the required 30 day noticed, and if they were reinstated there'd be nothing to stop him from firing them properly, so fast tracking the case wouldn't really accomplish much.
Justice delayed is justice denied
She said she was too busy to sanction the lawyer who wasted her time. Not too busy to enforce the law.