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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.

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[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

Well he's just an unelected advisor so he can't call for shit

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 32 points 16 hours ago

I call for Trump and Musk to be jailed

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

That’s why he bought the president.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 14 hours ago

How hasn't Musk been arrested for being a dick?

[–] Kimmy@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (3 children)
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 8 points 15 hours ago

Drawn and quartered, with Tesla vehicles.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 12 points 18 hours ago

Whatever happened to that Pence gallows they set up?

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 0 points 14 hours ago

One of those is not like the others...

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

They don't have the votes to convict unless Schumer caves on that too.

[–] missandry351@lemmings.world 61 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Why isn’t he in jail yet?

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 12 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

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.

"fire these people" "no" "you're fired" "ok now you fire these people" "ok"

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

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.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] bobzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 6 points 16 hours ago

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

Probably can't find anyone with the balls to enforce the judgement

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

Yeah this smells pretty hard of criminal contempt of court among other things

Because he's a billionaire. Rules for thee but not for me.

[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 265 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] upandup@sh.itjust.works 71 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

Fortunately, there seems to be a growing resentment about that with the GOP electorate for this very issue. We’ll have to see if it’s enough to help tip the scales.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

We’ll have to see if it’s enough to help tip the scales.

If Trump and Musk have their way, November 2024 was the last time they will be using scales.

[–] upandup@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It’s debatable whether scales were used even then. But I get what you’re saying.

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[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 136 points 1 day ago
[–] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 154 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Respect the judiciary or leave the country.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 113 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] WasteWizard@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (5 children)

He was already pissed when they built the Tesla plant in Germany. Strong unions and worker rights and environmental protections. All the things he so heavily dislikes, the Muppet.

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[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 2 days ago

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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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Musk = POS Nazi.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (5 children)
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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's not how that works.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (13 children)
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