Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired employees at VA, Defense Department and other agencies
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired employees at VA, Defense Department and other agencies
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A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce, calling the effort a “sham.”
The preliminary injunction issued from the bench Thursday by US District Judge William Alsup requires the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior and Treasury to rehire the employees. The judge said that he might extend the order to cover other federal agencies at a later time
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Or what?
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They'll write a very strongly worded email!
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Oh they'll do a heck of a lot more than that, buster! You better believe he's getting a hand-written letter in angry red ink along with a petition with dozens of signatures! They'll get it notarized and send it via certified mail. Believe you me, he will feel their bureaucratic wrath!
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This is exactly what needs to happen. Every government fundamentally runs on the voluntary cooperation of the people involved. Every government is susceptible to a breakdown of that cooperation. "Or what?" is not the biting political analysis you think it is.
But I'll spell it out. The administration will comply with the order or they'll be found in contempt. If they're found to be in contempt, they'll either comply with the remedies, or we'll have ourselves a proper constitutional breakdown.
The point is that it's all on the record, black and white, in public. If things really go wrong it is critically important that every media outlet, and every civic institution can point to these public facts so that it is abundantly clear that the administration has become lawless.
It would be much worse if the courts were already so submissive to the will of the executive that they won't even rule against them. Then maga would get to continue doing what they're doing with a pretense of legitimacy, and it would be many times harder to muster public resistance.
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Without consequences, there is no law.
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OK, so I’m no expert but this is what was explained to me:
First, they’ll be in contempt of the court. If they keep disobeying, the US Marshal is sent out. If the US Marshal fails, then the US Military steps in.
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Here's a fun theory about why we've been inundated with superhero movies for the past 30 years:
By always portraying supernaturally powerful beings as the sole arbiters of righteous action, it makes all us normies feel like we don't have what it takes to stop bad guys. We need a benevolent bat or iron man with insane tech advantage or mutants or orphaned altruistic aliens to do the dirty work for us. So we've been pacified and made to believe we can't save ourselves, but don't worry, superbatironxman will be here any minute to enforce those judge's orders with extreme prejudice...
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This is why I liked Civil War. It gave a really ambiguous look at the different sides. Very interesting.
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That idea has been pushed to us for a lot longer than 30 years of superhero movies. Think about all those books about a lost prince/princess. Someone finding out that they were born special and they have a natural right to lead the people.
Shit, just the idea that most religions push that people are helpless and need a strong leader to follow. Don't worry about the troubles on earth for your reward awaits you when you are dead.
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We had divine right to rule in Europe for a long time, total shitshow.
In paganism the king was chosen to rule for a year and if things didn't go well he was sacrificed and his blood and body parts put around the territory to protect and bring good luck.
I personally think we should bring that back - accountability.
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