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US | Elon Musk's DOGE leadership likely violates constitution's appointments clause, judge says (techcrunch.com)

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Elon Musk’s role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency is likely a violation of the United States constitution’s appointments clause, a federal judge wrote Tuesday.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293.73.0.pdf

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[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 27 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I wish the absolute corpse that is congress would do something

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 14 points 20 hours ago

They're doing plenty! They're approving Trump's appointments and authorizing his spending bills.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago

They are busy impeaching judges that are ruling against Trump.