#appointmentsclause — Public Fediverse posts
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The #fisk of the #PamBondi statement on the #LindseyHalligan departure continues:
> Lindsey worked tirelessly to protect the more than six million residents of Eastern Virginia.
Rhetorical filler; legally irrelevant. There is no “worked hard” exception to the Appointments Clause.
> Democratic Senators weaponized the blue slip process,
That’s a curious description of a vote according to agreed-upon rules. #Bondi and #ToddBlanche also "voted" no on #Halligan because she doesn’t have the requisite experience to do the job. Doesn't this framing miss on pointing at #Trump ?
> making it impossible for Lindsey's term as United States Attorney to continue following the expiration of her 120-day appointment.
False framing. The Senators vote had nothing to do with her illegal appointment and did not make anything impossible. If Halligan had the credentials for the job, the judges of EDVA could have been asked to legally appoint her as Interim US Attorney following the law. But she was Trump’s pick so all blame lies with him and his reasons for picking her.
> Despite multiple, unnecessary legal obstacles placed in her path,
Reversal of cause and effect.
The “obstacles” were: the #AppointmentsClause of the US #Constitution 28 U.S.C. § 546, and binding judicial rulings. These were not placed in her path, she just ran into them.> Lindsey stepped forward at a critical juncture for our Nation
Trump created any problem here by removing Interim US Attorney #ErikSiebert, his own former pick, who was well under way to actually getting confirmed by the Senate just because #Siebert didn’t want to prosecute vindictively cases that he didn’t think could be won.
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Before the case was narrowed to the #AppointmentsClause issue, the lawsuit included a #religious objection to being required to cover pre-exposure #prophylaxis for #HIV. They claimed that such drugs "facilitate & encourage homosexual behavior, prostitution, sexual promiscuity & intravenous drug use."
#law #SCOTUS #medicine #HealthCare #ACA #insurance #PreventiveCare
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The case centers on whether the #USPSTF wields power to such an extent that members must be appointed by the #president & confirmed by the #Senate, as required by the #Constitution's #AppointmentsClause….
The task force is made up of #medical experts who serve 4yr terms on a volunteer basis. It reviews medical evidence & public feedback & issues recs about which #preventive services would be most effective for detecting illnesses early or addressing ailments before the condition worsens.
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The Framers Had a Plan to Protect Us From Elon Musk
“If Trump gets away with doing this, we’re going back to the 18th century.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/elon-musk-appointments-clause-doge/"Multiple challenges to #Musk & the actions of his #DOGE allege his vast authority violates the #AppointmentsClause, one of the #Constitutions key anti-corruption measures... which the framers crafted to prevent the kingly practice of handing #jobs & #authority to unaccountable allies"
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The states argued #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding #power only ofcls confirmed by the US #Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought the materials through…discovery.
#Chutkan said her order focused mainly on who at #DOGE was making cost-cutting decisions & how far they could go.
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim,” she wrote.
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However, per Ryan Goodman, while Judge #Chutkan denied temporary restraining order in New Mexico v #ElonMusk, she signaled that the plaintiffs have the better argument when this reaches the merits: #Musk is exercising power in violation of #AppointmentsClause.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463.29.0_1.pdf