A federal judge appointed by Joe Biden has blocked the Trump Administration from severing ties with Anthropic, the AI company that tried to strong-arm the Pentagon into accepting its terms of service over the constitutional authority of the Commander-in-Chief, according to court documents. Judge Rita Lin ruled on Thursday that President Trump’s directive for federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s technology constitutes a First Amendment violation, as reported by legal analysts. She has temporarily stayed her own ruling for one week to give the Justice Department time to appeal, but the message is unmistakable: unelected judges continue to insert themselves between the President and his constitutional authority to protect national security.
And the conflict began last month when Anthropic refused to comply with the Pentagon’s demands to allow lawful use of its AI models for military operations, based on statements from defense officials. The company attempted to dictate terms to the Department of Defense, apparently believing that a woke tech company in San Francisco should have veto power over how America fights and wins wars. President Trump responded with characteristic clarity, directing every federal agency to immediately cease using Anthropic’s technology in a White House statement, where he declared that the United States will never allow a radical left, woke company to dictate how our great military operates.
The Pentagon has been straightforward about what it is actually requesting, as explained in official Pentagon briefings. The Department has no interest in using AI for mass surveillance of Americans or developing autonomous weapons without human involvement. But the narrative being peddled by leftists in the media is fake; what the Pentagon wants is simple and common-sense: the ability to use Anthropic’s model for all lawful purposes without a tech company second-guessing operational decisions that could put warfighters at risk.
Judge Lin’s order does not require the Pentagon to use Anthropic, which makes the ruling even more puzzling. She simply blocked the administration from cutting ties with a company that openly defied the military’s operational needs. This is judicial activism dressed up in constitutional language, and it represents yet another example of the resistance judiciary working to undermine the Trump Administration’s efforts to prioritize American security over Silicon Valley sensibilities.
When did tech billionaires decide they outrank the Commander-in-Chief? And when did federal judges start agreeing with them?
Providence watches over the bold.
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