Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 22-May-2025 07:38:30 JST Nonilex

   A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that #Trump broke the #law when he fired members of an independent #CivilLiberties #watchdog without cause in Jan, ordering the reinstatement of those challenging their removals in court.

   In a 71-ph opinion, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the Federal District Court for #DC said that Trump’s dismissal of Democratic-selected members to the 5-person Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board was illegal.

   #oversight #ExecutiveOverreach
   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/civil-liberties-oversight-board-trump-firings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=4C05E15D-0416-4286-90E4-7744A759AC85

   • Embed this notice
     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 22-May-2025 07:38:27 JST Nonilex

     in reply to

     The judge issued a permanent #injunction ordering the govt to let the 2 board members challenging their dismissals, Travis LeBlanc & Edward W. Felten, immediately return to work.

     In a statement, Mr. LeBlanc celebrated the outcome:

     “The court’s decision is a win for #privacy, a win for #CivilLiberties, a win for #independent agencies & a win for the rule of #law. I look forward to promptly returning to the agency & continuing my service to the nation.”

     #Trump #AbuseOfPower #SeparationOfPowers

   • Embed this notice
     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 22-May-2025 07:38:28 JST Nonilex

     in reply to

     “That responsibility is incompatible with at-will removal by the president, because such unfettered authority would make the board & its members beholden to the very authority it is supposed to oversee on behalf of #Congress & the American people,” wrote Judge Walton, an appointee of President George W. Bush.

     #law #Trump #AbuseOfPower #oversight #ExecutiveOverreach #SeparationOfPowers

     Steve's Place repeated this.
   • Embed this notice
     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 22-May-2025 07:38:29 JST Nonilex

     in reply to

     Lawmakers, the judge wrote, clearly intended to shield board members from arbitrary removal by a president before their terms were up. He noted that #Congress created the bipartisan panel to oversee government counterterrorism actions & policies on the recommendation of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

     https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277733/gov.uscourts.dcd.277733.24.0.pdf

     #law #Trump #AbuseOfPower #oversight #ExecutiveOverreach #SeparationOfPowers