Summary
The Trump administration is conducting mass firings of federal employees, citing “poor performance” and “misalignment with needs.”
Critics, including former officials and labor attorneys, argue the dismissals are unlawful and could result in significant financial liabilities for the government.
A federal judge denied unions’ attempts to block the firings. Many affected employees claim strong performance records and face severe personal and financial consequences.
The firings, linked Elon Musk, have sparked calls for congressional intervention over concerns of political motivations and government dysfunction.
This isn’t because the judge is being complicit, but rather they didn’t know if they possess the jurisdiction to do so. They suggested that it be put forward to the NLRB. However, Trumps administration has illegally fired the heads of the NLRB, reducing it below the legal number required for them to make a quorum. So that’s probably going to have to be figured out in a federal court before the NLRB does anything.
Everything is being dismantled because of our democracies inability to manage procedural doctrine. Death by paperwork is such a drab way for democracy to whimper out of existence. At least the Nazi had the Reichstag fire as a symbolic death of democracy. While were getting taken out because too many baby boomers judges are being too lackadaisical to do their jobs.