A district judge tried to block President Trump (as usual) on his ban of transgenders in the military. But there was something odd in the footnotes of Judge Ana Reyes’ decision.
With a hat tip to Charlie Kirk, the Biden-nominated judge quoted that ridiculous musical “Hamilton” in her decision.
She wrote:
“In the self-evident truth that “all people are created equal” all means all. Nothing more. And certainly nothing less.” Ok course, the Declaration of Independence reads “all men are created equal.” But in the judge’s ruling, there’s a footnote to her formulation–“all people are created equal.” She wrote, “Women were included in the sequel with the passage of the 19th Amendment,” and then cites 2016’s Hamilton: an American Musical.
Apparently one of the raps in Hamilton rhymes “equal” with “sequel.” Got it.
But why is this birdbrain citing Hamilton of all things in her judicial ruling?
Meanwhile, an LGBT outlet The Advocate reports that the Trump administration sued to get her off the case. The Trump DOJ claimed that the judge, whom the Advocate reports to be a lesbian immigrant from Uruguay, was disrespectful of the religious beliefs of the DOJ lawyer:
“The Department of Justice has filed a complaint against U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, accusing her of bias and misconduct in hearing a case against the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender people.”At issue was an exchange with a DOJ lawyer in which Reyes appeared to mock his belief in Christianity. She said in the hearing:
“What do you think Jesus would say to telling a group of people that they are so worthless... that we’re not going to allow them into homeless shelters? Do you think Jesus would be like, ‘Sounds right to me’? Or do you think Jesus would say, ‘WTF? Of course, let them in’?”So Judge Reyes is imputing to Jesus liberal political beliefs.
Getting back to her decision and the Hamilton reference:
First of all, the “all men are created equal” in the 18th century, men was used to refer to just mankind. Now granted, it was kind of meant towards men specifically, but it’s just a note on language.
Second, note how infantile her thinking is: “People are equal. This is not equal.” It’s like a kindergarten teacher. Clearly this is the kind of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.
Charlie Kirk posted on X Tuesday:
“We either have a presidency or we have a rule by 677 gavel-wielding dictators. The Supreme Court must put these judges in place.”
More from her opinion:
“The President has the power—indeed the obligation—to ensure military readiness. At times, however, leaders have used concern for military readiness to deny marginalized persons the privilege of serving." So there’s that overtly partisan language discussing so-called marginalized persons.
Meanwhile Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X Wednesday:
“We are appealing this decision, and we will win."For the sake of principles if nothing else, let’s hope he’s right. After all, if judges can make all the decisions about policy, why do we even have elections?
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