Judge rages at Trump lawyers about 'Schrödinger's golf course'

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 9, 2026 · 3m

The Cat Was Never the PointPower, Not PhysicsA federal judge had to mock the Trump administration’s lawyers for claiming there was no decision yet on East Potomac Park, even as Trump himself had already said the decision was made. That contradiction is the story. The administration is trying to keep the legal consequences of a decision while denying that the decision exists.The Decision Was Trump’sThe actual institutional power sits with Trump and the administration he controls. Not with park users, not with D.C. residents, and not with environmental groups trying to defend a century-old…