If there is no administrator of DOGE, how can Musk be the “acting” administrator of DOGE? Isn’t that how Republicans usually get around having to have Senate confirm their people?
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A glimpse into the power hierarchy of current Executive branch of our government. The more we learn, the more we see how glaringly unconstitutional DOGE is.
Where are the pitchforks to stop this coup? GOP is complicit.
AFAIK the admin won’t need confirmation regardless. But speaking loosely, they don’t want to name Musk because that makes the lawsuits tractable — as it stands, it’s hard to stop DOGE legally because they don’t really exist beyond an ephemeral “orders of the president”
So DOGE is only *acting* like a Constitutionally created agency, therefore a Congressional vote to create it was never necessary. Like a ghost gun of sabotage, it was created illegally, has no serial number/doesn’t officially exist, but it can effectively do damage.
How long before SCOTUS approves?
More explicitly: they have repeatedly claimed Musk is just a powerless *advisor*, and you can’t sue an advisor in their official capacity — they’re not responsible for any final decision.
… and why is USDS hiring at a time when government is supposed to be getting smaller? I guess that IS DOGE but still sort of disguised as USDS? They’re hiring loyalists to the new regime? DOGEbags are sketchy AF.
Agree. But not sure that the head of the U.S. Digital Service was a senate confirmed position. I think the bigger issue is that DOJ lawyers have disclaimed Musk being the head of DOGE. They refuse to say who is.
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Where are the pitchforks to stop this coup? GOP is complicit.
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3liyz42b4jk2l
because it isn't a 'who'.
How long before SCOTUS approves?
US GOVT entity.
No one elected Musk and the Senate did not confirm anything called DOGE.
https://usds.gov/
Just confused about the “publicly” renaming but leaving USDS . gov website unchanged.
https://bsky.app/profile/andreachalupa.bsky.social/post/3lizfci3vy224
I refuse to acknowledge doge as anything legal unless & until it’s proven to be so.