Hi @verge,
the store 'rules' were ever #arbitrary and applied as fits the store owner's #business.

Trump's 'Unlawful' #Freeze Of #Wind #Projects Gets #Blocked

A Massachusetts #federal #judge Monday blocked President Donald Trump's #executiveorder indefinitely pausing permits for #windfarm projects, ruling that the order was #arbitrary and #capricious and #contrary to the #law. [via Law360]

#arbitrary : depending on will or discretion

- French: arbitraire

- German: arbiträr, willkürlich

- Italian: arbitrario

- Portuguese: arbitrário

- Spanish: arbitrario

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#Trump administration ended #ICE long-standing #requirement for #officers to complete detailed worksheets before making #immigration #arrests, shifting from targeted #enforcement to broad street sweeps; critics warn change increases #arbitrary stops, #racial #profiling risks, #legal liability for officers, while #WhiteHouse pressures ICE to ramp up mass #deportations despite court challenges. #DOJ #PamBondi #KashPatel #FBI no #justice no #peace #deportation #deport #immigrants #law #politics

A federal judge Friday ruled against the #Trump admin from ending temporary #legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from #Haiti & #Venezuela the right to live & work in the #US.

Chen said #DHS Secy [puppy dog killer] #KristiNoem’s actions in terminating & vacating 3 extensions granted by the previous admin exceeded her statutory #authority & were #arbitrary & #capricious.

#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-haiti-venezuela-judge-trump-administration-8519e669dada7e678531f21180cf8def?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-05-Breaking+News

Judge blocks effort to end protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States. The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco for the plaintiffs means 600,000 Venezuelans whose temporary protections expired in April or whose protections were about to expire Sept. 10 have status to stay and work in the United States. It also keeps protections for about 500,000 Haitians. Chen said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s actions in terminating and vacating three extensions granted by the previous administration exceeded her statutory authority and were arbitrary and capricious.

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That dangerous pair
#Arbitrary and Capricious
are at it again

These twins
roll rambunctious
riding the tsunami
of unpredictability
much to the chagrin
of the rigid controlling forces
who demand thought uniformity

Conflict in this contentious
flammable environment
is a friction certainty

#vss365 #poetry #poem #amwriting

Swirl, the haiku stork
Best stir for morning mind drops
#arbitrary prompts

#dailyhaikuprompt swirl stork
#vss365 #haiku #haikufeels

Feel free to label me
in any of the conventional ways

For I care not in the least
about your lazy designations

So go ahead and apply
your best #arbitrary tags

Just don't judge me
with outdated morality
lest I return fire
with sharp boulders
and shatter the lies
that comprise
your glass residence
of hypocrisy

#vss365 #poetry #poem #amwriting

#arbitrary : depending on will or discretion

- French: arbitraire

- German: arbiträr, willkürlich

- Italian: arbitrario

- Portuguese: arbitrário

- Spanish: arbitrario

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