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   dogzilla (dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 09:45:57 JST dogzilla

   Spare me the performative outrage over Chuck “Surrender Monkey” Schumer and *do* something.

   I say we call for a one-day work stoppage on Tax Day, April 15. Take a personal day, call in sick, whatever, just don’t work that day, no matter what your job is.

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     Groink (groink@techhub.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 04:06:55 JST Groink

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     • Flash Mob Of One

     @dogzilla @FlashMobOfOne I suppose my disagreement lies in that the executive branch cannot unilaterally close down the courts in a government shutdown (as I understand it).

     Normal judiciary shit definitely becomes more difficult during this period, but my take is that I see a 30-day shutdown preferable to having the Senate "legitimize" items in the CR, which gives the courts a harder time in the long run.

     I also think that the government shutdown will impact the ability of the various agencies to effectively litigate cases. Which I'm ok with since they are the defendants in these cases. Private practices possibly gain some leverage in this because they can keep working during that period.

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     dogzilla (dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 04:06:57 JST dogzilla

     • Flash Mob Of One

     @FlashMobOfOne I listened to Schumer explain himself - I think he’s actually right. Basically he’s saying a government shutdown gives Trump legal and unilateral control over the government, effectively rendering all lawsuits to reinstate people moot. And the Courts themselves would be subject to his whim - he could simply close any court that disagreed with him. A shutdown would be Trump’s Reichstag Fire.

     I think I was wrong and Schumer’s right on this.