Summary

Elon Musk called for the impeachment of federal judges after courts blocked his DOGE from laying off probationary (new) federal workers.

Judges ordered agencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees, ruling the firings unlawful. Musk claimed judicial resistance undermines democracy.

Musk has attacked judges on social media, calling them “corrupt” and “evil,” raising concerns among federal judges about their safety.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    Musk has no legal right to call for such. Just blowing hot air if it were any other legislature

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      I guarantee you he has signed no papers. His name won’t be in anything. In a court of law you’ll have trouble proving he actually ordered anything at all. He is welding all this power completely outside of literally any accountability and Trump , Congress, and Trump’s supporters are all fine with that.

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        So he says, “fire these people” and they just do it? If that’s how it’s been going that’s even worse than the madness I thought it was.

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          There’s a reason real cabinet members do things the way they do - those governance structures were designed to allow them to wield executive power but maintain checks and balances - secretaries have to be senate confirmed, and there are actual ways in which they issue orders. Musk is operating outside of all of that, and wielding Trump’s personal power. Most Americans just don’t care.

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        This, it’s actually why the courts haven’t come after him specifically, because on paper it’s been… some dementia ridden woman who’s name is being used to rubber stamp shit while she’s dying in a nursing home in Mexico.

        I’m barely exaggerating

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        Seems like it would be real easy if Elon tells you you’re fired just to respond with, “No thanks”

    • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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      Yeah this smells pretty hard of criminal contempt of court among other things

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    How ironic that the guy who was never elected for anything is whining about democracy. And “corrupt”? Corrupt might as well be Elon’s middle name.

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    Elon Musk is mad there’s a process in place to protect workers from being fired without reason? Color me shocked.

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    Small note for the summary: “probationary” in terms of government employees does not necessarily mean new, it means new in that role.

    So, someone who has been working for the government for 20 years and was just promoted to a senior position is a probationary employee.

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      Yeah this makes it just so much fucking dumber. That they would try to claim that it’s due to poor performance, when they are literally firing people who just got promoted.

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      I have a bunch of coworkers who were contractors in a position for about a decade, then transitioned over to GS employees doing the same job. They were classified as probationary due to being “new” to their positions and were put on notice.

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          Fetterman just took over Manchin’s position as Senate DINO. Schumer left his entire party high and dry at the last minute and out of nowhere to vote with Trump. That 2/3 vote may be a lot closer than you think.

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              Given that we’re seeing Democrats in both the House and Senate rolling over and playing dead, getting there may not be as difficult as one would expect. Last week, if you’d have said 10 democrats would join with Republicans to censure one of their own, or that Schumer would bail on his own party on a crucial vote at the last minute with no warning, people would have been skeptical. But here we are.

              And remember, it’s 2/3 of all members present. If a couple of these cowards just stay home, they make the GOP’s efforts significantly easier. And I could easily see a few of these cowards sit it out.

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      Sure it is, if they can get 2/3 of the Senate to vote to impeach. And if they manage that, I think it’s time to cut off some heads

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    Stop listening to an African Nazi who has no power over the country.

    For the strongest country in the world, Americas fucking weak.

    Send Musk back to Africa. Fuck sakes America.