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The attack on federal workers.

The Administrative Leave Act is a fork in the heart of the Fork in the Road program. It is unclear why the litigation and commentary fail to seize on this simple, dispositive law. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...

Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says Federal law prohibits coercing employees to quit.

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“Over the past week, we have witnessed an unprecedented assault on U.S. democracy. Over just a few days, Trump’s affinity for authoritarian rulers like Putin and Orban, his hatred of the law, [and] his army of cynics . . . has fueled a whirlwind of illegality.” open.substack.com/pub/randomly...

With the purge of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Inspectors General, and alignment of tech platforms with Trump, the chance of the EU courts and regulators sustaining frameworks that allow EU data to be transferred to the US is rapidly approaching zero. Nice job tech industry.

The EO on DOGE makes it a glorified IT task force by swapping it into the US Digital Service. It reads like a weak grasp for authority to make DOGE a real thing. But it gives DOGE the right to get all agency docs. So the plan is to hope no one notices when DOGE blows past limited USDS authorities.

Just asking can a military officer refuse an order of the President to invade another country? chatGPT: Yes, a military officer can refuse an order from the President to invade another country if they believe that the order is unlawful, particularly if it violates international law.

Trump, asked about the Special Counsel report in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, falsely said DOJ had recommended Biden for prosecution for retaining classified documents but for his frail memory. Another example of the damage done by the Hur Report 👇 open.substack.com/pub/randomly...

Just putting this out there again as the Trump sentencing proceeds in New York. Unfortunately, on this one he has strong arguments. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...

One of MAGA law’s legal weapons, about to get rolled out? Patel needs to be asked. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...

Don’t believe the hype 👇 apple.news/ArmSXGVcvT9u... open.substack.com/pub/randomly...

“By taking on the burden of trying to prove Mr. Mangione’s essentially political intent, prosecutors could amplify the criticisms of the American health care system that have made Mr. Mangione so alarmingly popular,” writes Mark Bederow, a former Manhattan assistant district attorney.

Inaugural cross-post from Substack on the legal / policy problems with the Musk / Ramaswamy DOGE scam. Spoiler: it isn’t about efficiency or fealty to Congress. open.substack.com/pub/randomly...