2d ago

Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption

www.theguardian.com Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption

Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to office of special counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs

Summary

A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), citing a 1978 law that allows removal only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.”

Judge Amy Berman Jackson reinstated Dellinger pending a February 26 hearing.

Dellinger called his firing illegal, saying, “The effort to remove me has no factual nor legal basis – none.”

The White House argues the law is unconstitutional, challenging limits on presidential power over independent agencies.

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He's gonna try to get the judge fired next.
- After the Supreme Court sides with Trump, shit will get real nasty.
  
  I really hope blue states are making contingency plans.
  It seems like no one in the US is taking this serioseriously... Canada is literally making war preparations.
  
  Canada is not making war preparations.
- The domino effect, in the end America is left with no judges because they all got fired for supporting each other
  
  Almost. The Trump appointees will remain.
  
  Multiple judges who have blocked Trump actions are Trump appointees.
  
  Those judges aren't on the Supreme Court (where this will eventually end up). Its the same as a Republican doing a performative protest vote against GOP legislation that goes through anyway. They get to save some face, but at the end of the day no harm no foul.