It is insanely obvious that Elon Musk is illegally exercising the powers of a principal officer of the United States in violation of the appointments clause - ThreadSky

bill-of-lefts.bsky.social • 9 hours ago

It is insanely obvious that Elon Musk is illegally exercising the powers of a principal officer of the United States in violation of the appointments clause

Reposted from Bradley P. Moss

I don’t know how many different ways to say that agency personnel don’t work for Elon. They don’t have to report to Elon. They report to their agency leadership, which reports to the President.

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williamchatnoir.bsky.social•4 hours ago

True but the email came from Office of personnel or whatever they call it

iamphoccer.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I believe you meant to say it is obvious Elon Musk is insane.

iamgodzilla.bsky.social•8 hours ago

He can't do this! It's illegal!

emmyjay.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Apparently the emails are coming from https://HR.gov

cfor11.bsky.social•5 hours ago

This can’t be official

starrfire71.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Big fan of Fear and Loathing,check them out:
https://closertotheedge.substack.com/p/elon-musks-doge-bros-have-breached?fbclid=IwY2xjawInJCVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRdOlGbP_UQULtd8134tmDIheBkxny3JyGG4hlZYzYQTWaSWx80nSiuAkw_aem_qzrZaK6eZ70SKl_LUbWoNg&triedRedirect=true

peacejunky.bsky.social•7 hours ago

perhaps all recipients of this msg should reply by saying, pls consider this a response to your unofficial and illegal demand that i report job details typically reserved for toddlers and preschoolers. i do my job far far more efficiently & transparently than you ever have or will.
(also, blow me.)

nestingpuffin.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Nah, he’s just informing X of what Trump ordered. 🤷‍♂️

zebrapenman.bsky.social•8 hours ago

What an appointments clause? Do laws even matter? Folks conceded defeat when they drained the reservoirs to fill the "half pipes" for the Orange Turd

minerva1.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Laws matter. That is why Musk is concocting schemes to get people to resign. Judges are blocking his firings.

mattielovessoup628.bsky.social•6 hours ago

All this is out in the open too. Serves to reason that Musk is obviously the person with the most to lose if Trump isn’t president for life.

publicuniversal.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Yep, he’s either a unconstitutionally installed dictator or a private citizen who’s engaged in oodles of illegal access to government systems.

publicuniversal.bsky.social•3 hours ago

And Trump has even more reason now to stay in power as long as possible

wabsnazsm.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Time for the courts to rein him in. Enough is enough.

every1panic.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It's a game of chicken that will require judges to exercise real courage and not half assed wrist slaps

voiello.bsky.social•8 hours ago

And using drugs.

princessthor.bsky.social•7 hours ago

But he was given full power on twotter this morning by the Russian nazi reality TV guy who successfully overthrew the US gvmt and siezed full power. I'm not 100% sure, but pretty sure, nazi Russians don't believe in "appointment clauses".

mmgrover.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Use this template from the Trump White House, circa 2021 - “[Federal employee name] worked from early in the morning until late in the evening. He made many calls and had many meetings."

martindev4.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Cool. Well, the Constitution framers erred by giving only one branch an enforcement mechanism.

philologon.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Trump has suspended the Constitution. He's just letting us figure it out.

So everyone hurry up and realize it.

brianpodolsky.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Seriously though, who’s going to stop him? Who is able to?

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•7 hours ago

#DOGE-Hoax

“Trump says Pentagon spending should be halved…”

But:

“Defense Department to redirect funds internally…”

So:

NO PENTAGON CUTS

“GOP Budget adds $25 trillion in debt”

#GOP-Great-Betrayal

“Trump's net approval rating…down 13 points.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3321724/fiscal-hawks-house-budget-plan-could-add-25-trillion-in-debt-over-next-decade/#google_vignette

thefred.bsky.social•7 hours ago

There's not even an officer that has these powers. Only the president.

bobisjim.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Could people file a police report at their local pd for harassment?

I mean it's basically a private citizen abusing access to a govt system to harass govt employees

mocena.bsky.social•3 hours ago

You could but I don’t think anything would happen.

kitncaboodle.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I see we've reached the "print out your lines of code" page of the Musk playbook.

jonemac1938.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Reply . Elon, how did you make over a billion pounds without weekly work reports? No federal worker, no matter how hard they grind, will ever earn that much. Maybe productivity isn’t the real factor in financial success?”

neg68.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Many of those receiving the follow up email likely had security clearance far above anyone in DOGE and it would be illegal for them to detail anything

xvf17.bsky.social•4 hours ago

OTOH, his New Year’s resolution to violate the Constitution at least daily seems to be going well…..

juleswinnfeild.bsky.social•7 hours ago

While @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is selling his book about democracy 🙃

tpt1.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The only response. NUTS!

fishfvch.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Absolutely perfect

seaewenext2sday.bsky.social•7 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/seaewenext2sday.bsky.social/post/3liscxjr62k2o

disneymom2twins.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I'm hoping every single person ignore it. Even the oligarchs can't run everything all by themselves. Power in numbers- people numbers.

famousmortimer.bsky.social•8 hours ago

look democratic leadership is just keeping their powder dry. stopping repeated blatant violations of the constitution would be falling for the little stuff. you gotta wait and only swing at the right pitches. like what about if they come after democratic leadership

dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social•3 hours ago

And that he's doing it very stupidly

vomax2k.bsky.social•4 hours ago

So let me get the Republican theory straight: it is unconstitutional for Congress to delegate rule-making authority to agencies created through legislation, but the president can go golfing and let an unappointed ketamine fiend do whatever he wants in his name?

shriketron.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Exactly, Chevron should apply here.

But noting this also isn't an Agency created by Legislation.

So an Agency that doesn't really exist, exercising powers an Agency shouldn't have.

Rs are better at this than Dems.