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.
No, come on now, don’t do that. Don’t sit here and claim you were just “asking for clarification”. We can all see the thread, we can all see how much snark you injected into that comment and the follow up replies. You weren’t just asking for clarification, you were belittling someone you thought did something “wrong”.
Please let me give you a bit of advice, if I may. Try and remember that pretty much everyone is suffering right now, and that a kind word goes a long way. Lead by example where possible, rather than trying to force people down a certain path. And try not to get too riled up if people don’t follow your lead, because not everyone will.
Okay, well you know what I was doing better than I was apparently because I sure didn’t think that’s what I was doing.
Amazing how often people on Lemmy tell me that I’m doing things I’m totally unaware that I’m even contemplating.
Everyone is a Flying Squid expert except Flying Squid, who knows nothing about Flying Squid.
I promise you you’ll have a much better time here when you realize that we’re not all out to get you, and are all actually on the same side. Treat people like that, and most will return the favor.
Yet another thing I did not know about myself. I had no idea I thought everyone was out to get me. Because for all 47 years of my life, it never once occurred to me that I thought everyone was out to get me and so I have lived all those 47 years as if I didn’t think everyone was out to get me.
So thank you for setting me straight and telling me that I need to live in fear because I actually believe something I had no idea that I believed.
Please tell me more.