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Elon Musk called for the impeachment of federal judges after courts blocked his DOGE from laying off probationary (new) federal workers.

Judges ordered agencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees, ruling the firings unlawful. Musk claimed judicial resistance undermines democracy.

Musk has attacked judges on social media, calling them “corrupt” and “evil,” raising concerns among federal judges about their safety.

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    5 months ago

    How ironic that the guy who was never elected for anything is whining about democracy. And “corrupt”? Corrupt might as well be Elon’s middle name.

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      5 months ago

      Fortunately, there seems to be a growing resentment about that with the GOP electorate for this very issue. We’ll have to see if it’s enough to help tip the scales.

      • ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 months ago

        We’ll have to see if it’s enough to help tip the scales.

        If Trump and Musk have their way, November 2024 was the last time they will be using scales.

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      5 months ago

      I guarantee you he has signed no papers. His name won’t be in anything. In a court of law you’ll have trouble proving he actually ordered anything at all. He is welding all this power completely outside of literally any accountability and Trump , Congress, and Trump’s supporters are all fine with that.

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        5 months ago

        So he says, “fire these people” and they just do it? If that’s how it’s been going that’s even worse than the madness I thought it was.