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Elon Musk’s role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency is likely a violation of the United States constitution’s appointments clause, a federal judge wrote Tuesday.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293.73.0.pdf

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[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Judges do be saying a lot of shit lately. Still waiting for that to translate in to any consequences.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago

Judges make rulings. People have to enforce those rulings. Wonder if you can get one of these federal judges to deputize people when the regular enforcers won't do their job.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago

I can’t even remember the name of the lady they tried to trick us into believing was the appointed head. Never seen her face and no one, especially Apartheid nepo nazi, seems to be reporting to her.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 26 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I wish the absolute corpse that is congress would do something

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 13 points 15 hours ago

They're doing plenty! They're approving Trump's appointments and authorizing his spending bills.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

They are busy impeaching judges that are ruling against Trump.