• Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    The order is pretty blatantly illegal. There’s no real interpretation, just a straightforward law, passed very recently, that says you need to fire them in this way. So they’ll probably get their pay and get officially confirmed to be still employed eventually. Presumably the people who are inspectors general aren’t living paycheck to paycheck. The important thing is to not give Trump the additional power to just say illegal things and then everyone else just accepts them.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      Cool so what are they going to do, sue? Bring a gun?

      This is what people mean when they say “might equals right.” The person with the biggest army/most power, and the willingness to flex it, gets what they want, period.

      This is the system that we have now. This is not a new system. Very very old in fact. So luckily for you, there’s tons of shit to read about in order to educate yourself.