#checksandbalances — Public Fediverse posts
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About the recent visit of King Charles to the United States: "On his last state visit, Charles was in the shade of Diana’s radiance. On this one, he radiated an élan of his own — a class act, shining next to the boorish Trump":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/opinion/king-charles-america-visit-trump.html
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The move frees a trial judge to act on the #Trump admin’s pending request to dismiss Bannon’s conviction & indictment “in the interests of justice” [rewriting history].
The dismissal would be largely symbolic. #SteveBannon served a 4-month prison term after a #jury #convicted him of #contempt of #Congress in 2022. A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the conviction.
#SCOTUS #law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
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WTAF!?
#SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.
“Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-bannon-trump-4a4cf324096fc1bfed204d42b54d191e -
#FederalAgencies will be in charge of setting up #JobProtections for their own employees that accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the #law or wasting money [who decides what is waste?]. That would be a change from the past, when an #independent office known as the Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] handled #whistleblower disclosures from most civilian #FederalWorkers.
#Trump #law #labor #ScheduleF #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#FederalAgencies will be in charge of setting up #JobProtections for their own employees that accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the #law or wasting money [who decides what is waste?]. That would be a change from the past, when an #independent office known as the Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] handled #whistleblower disclosures from most civilian #FederalWorkers.
#Trump #law #labor #ScheduleF #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#FederalAgencies will be in charge of setting up #JobProtections for their own employees that accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the #law or wasting money [who decides what is waste?]. That would be a change from the past, when an #independent office known as the Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] handled #whistleblower disclosures from most civilian #FederalWorkers.
#Trump #law #labor #ScheduleF #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#FederalAgencies will be in charge of setting up #JobProtections for their own employees that accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the #law or wasting money [who decides what is waste?]. That would be a change from the past, when an #independent office known as the Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] handled #whistleblower disclosures from most civilian #FederalWorkers.
#Trump #law #labor #ScheduleF #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#FederalAgencies will be in charge of setting up #JobProtections for their own employees that accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the #law or wasting money [who decides what is waste?]. That would be a change from the past, when an #independent office known as the Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] handled #whistleblower disclosures from most civilian #FederalWorkers.
#Trump #law #labor #ScheduleF #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#Trump will have the power to select which government positions will lose their #JobProtections, according to the statement.
‼️The Trump admin is also changing how long-standing #legal #protections that prohibit #US #government agencies from retaliating against #whistleblowers will be enforced, according to the statement.
#law #labor #ScheduleF #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#Trump will have the power to select which government positions will lose their #JobProtections, according to the statement.
‼️The Trump admin is also changing how long-standing #legal #protections that prohibit #US #government agencies from retaliating against #whistleblowers will be enforced, according to the statement.
#law #labor #ScheduleF #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#Trump will have the power to select which government positions will lose their #JobProtections, according to the statement.
‼️The Trump admin is also changing how long-standing #legal #protections that prohibit #US #government agencies from retaliating against #whistleblowers will be enforced, according to the statement.
#law #labor #ScheduleF #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#Trump will have the power to select which government positions will lose their #JobProtections, according to the statement.
‼️The Trump admin is also changing how long-standing #legal #protections that prohibit #US #government agencies from retaliating against #whistleblowers will be enforced, according to the statement.
#law #labor #ScheduleF #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#Trump will have the power to select which government positions will lose their #JobProtections, according to the statement.
‼️The Trump admin is also changing how long-standing #legal #protections that prohibit #US #government agencies from retaliating against #whistleblowers will be enforced, according to the statement.
#law #labor #ScheduleF #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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The overhaul, released by the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], fulfills a campaign promise for #Trump to strip #JobProtections from #FederalWorkers that his team deems to be "influencing" #government policy. It is the biggest change to the rules governing the #CivilService in more than a century. Trump called the overhaul "#ScheduleF" during his first administration.
#law #democracy #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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The overhaul, released by the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], fulfills a campaign promise for #Trump to strip #JobProtections from #FederalWorkers that his team deems to be "influencing" #government policy. It is the biggest change to the rules governing the #CivilService in more than a century. Trump called the overhaul "#ScheduleF" during his first administration.
#law #democracy #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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The overhaul, released by the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], fulfills a campaign promise for #Trump to strip #JobProtections from #FederalWorkers that his team deems to be "influencing" #government policy. It is the biggest change to the rules governing the #CivilService in more than a century. Trump called the overhaul "#ScheduleF" during his first administration.
#law #democracy #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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The overhaul, released by the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], fulfills a campaign promise for #Trump to strip #JobProtections from #FederalWorkers that his team deems to be "influencing" #government policy. It is the biggest change to the rules governing the #CivilService in more than a century. Trump called the overhaul "#ScheduleF" during his first administration.
#law #democracy #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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The overhaul, released by the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], fulfills a campaign promise for #Trump to strip #JobProtections from #FederalWorkers that his team deems to be "influencing" #government policy. It is the biggest change to the rules governing the #CivilService in more than a century. Trump called the overhaul "#ScheduleF" during his first administration.
#law #democracy #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
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#Trump tightens control over 50,000 #FederalWorkers
The Trump admin on Thursday finalized its overhaul of the #US government's #CivilService system, according to a #government statement, giving the #president the power to hire & fire an estimated 50,000 career #federal employees.
#law #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #ScheduleF #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-expand-his-control-over-federal-workers-2026-02-05/ -
#Trump tightens control over 50,000 #FederalWorkers
The Trump admin on Thursday finalized its overhaul of the #US government's #CivilService system, according to a #government statement, giving the #president the power to hire & fire an estimated 50,000 career #federal employees.
#law #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #ScheduleF #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-expand-his-control-over-federal-workers-2026-02-05/ -
#Trump tightens control over 50,000 #FederalWorkers
The Trump admin on Thursday finalized its overhaul of the #US government's #CivilService system, according to a #government statement, giving the #president the power to hire & fire an estimated 50,000 career #federal employees.
#law #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #ScheduleF #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-expand-his-control-over-federal-workers-2026-02-05/ -
#Trump tightens control over 50,000 #FederalWorkers
The Trump admin on Thursday finalized its overhaul of the #US government's #CivilService system, according to a #government statement, giving the #president the power to hire & fire an estimated 50,000 career #federal employees.
#law #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #ScheduleF #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-expand-his-control-over-federal-workers-2026-02-05/ -
#Trump tightens control over 50,000 #FederalWorkers
The Trump admin on Thursday finalized its overhaul of the #US government's #CivilService system, according to a #government statement, giving the #president the power to hire & fire an estimated 50,000 career #federal employees.
#law #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #ScheduleF #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-expand-his-control-over-federal-workers-2026-02-05/ -
CW: USPol, Trump
Oh, and I didn't even get to the checks & balances part of the discussion.
Very briefly: the legislative branch is completely uninterested in fulfilling their duties. The hardcore MAGAs in Congress are cheering the administration on, heavy Team Fascism vibes there. The more traditional conservatives there and in the Senate are content to sit back and let it happen. The Democratic opposition are largely too timid to stand up and say anything, much less do anything to stop it. The funding crises, the impoundments - these are *right* in their wheelhouse, and ... crickets.
The judicial branch... some of it is trying to continue to run the Sane Constitutional Republic program and hold the administration to account, but it's mostly lower-court judges. At the top, the rot is pretty severe. The Supreme Court has whiffed on *many* cases, going back several years, indicating that the conservative majority is largely happy to produce ad hoc and post hoc justifications, completely against precedent and even black-letter law, to enable this administration to do exactly what it wants, the law and the Constitution be damned.
#legislative #LegislativeBranch #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #judicial #SupremeCourt #USSupremeCourt #immunity #precedent #StareDecesis
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Regarding this #SpecialGovernmentEmployee shit:
#AdolphMusk is still breaking the law in ways that indicate a #coup.
U.S. #Lawyers! Or #lawstudents! Why can't some special branch of U.S. law enforcement show up at Elon's house and say 'You're under arrest'?
Since Trump LITERALLY said on camera that his mistress #ElonMuskrat does nothing without his o.k., then Trump signed off on stuff that overrides the constitution, U.S. law, and eliminates #checksandbalances. #Project2025 be damned. How is he not arrested too?
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Trump Judge Effectively Names Himself President | Terry A. Doughty says he gets to decide who the FBI, DHS, HHS, and the Justice Department can talk to.
https://prospect.org/justice/2023-07-06-trump-judge-effectively-names-himself-president/
#TrumpJudge #PresidentialPower #ExecutiveBranch #GovernmentOversight #JudicialAuthority #ChecksAndBalances #Politics #News