A judge issued an order that did not rule on the merits of the lawsuit, but said that the head of the Office of Special Counsel should stay in his role through at least midnight on Thursday while the judge gets more detailed legal arguments about the case. - ThreadSky

nbcnews.com • 12 days ago

A judge issued an order that did not rule on the merits of the lawsuit, but said that the head of the Office of Special Counsel should stay in his role through at least midnight on Thursday while the judge gets more detailed legal arguments about the case.

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coloradobluegal.bsky.social•12 days ago

At least the judicial system is gathering facts before taking action. Yes, frustrating but the Constitutional way to proceed

lisajoy.bsky.social•12 days ago

There is only one reason to get rid of watch dogs; you intend to act unethically and don’t want to be called out for it.

powerfromspace1.bsky.social•12 days ago

👏👏👏

nifty456.bsky.social•11 days ago

Perhaps the Supreme Court should stand with federal courts to address the executive branch abuse of power to close a federal agencies & services without congressional approval - citing separation of powers. This is just shameful

jokawpa.bsky.social•12 days ago

And they immediately appealed it. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277297/gov.uscourts.dcd.277297.7.0.pdf

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•11 days ago

Remember a simpler time when America was so great that we all agreed on judicial review of Presidential actions?

https://www.hoover.org/research/obamas-unconstitutional-immigration-order

“Why is @BarackObama
constantly issuing executive orders that are major power grabs of authority?”

—Donald Trump 2012 (before felony fraud conviction)

memesbyseth.bsky.social•12 days ago

prollyrong.bsky.social•12 days ago

But Republicans suddenly believe a president can eliminate constitutional amendments by executive order so the next Democrat president will just eliminate the 2nd amendment. And Republicans will be okay with that. Right?