The top officials at the Department of Homeland Security don’t have any legal basis to be doing those jobs, a congressional watchdog said Friday, strengthening the foundation for legal challenges to the Trump officials’ decisions in office.
Maybe if they swap jobs?
Portland and DC protesters’ lawyers, start your engines!
”On Friday, the Government Accountability Office, the legislative watchdog office, told inquiring lawmakers that Wolf and Cuccinelli didn’t actually have a legal basis to hold those jobs.”
So, just like Trump?
So, invalid appointments.
Invalid acts therefrom?
ETA: surely unauthorized acts, yes?
BTW, But I want the Democrats to do me a favor, though.
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Asked if he’ll accept billions in postal funding if the Democrats will give him some of what he wants on other matters, Trump says, “Sure, if they give us what we want.”
File under: Mob Boss, Crossfile, Extortion.
I can’t figure out if Trump and Meadows (or whoever the COS at the time) decided that “they don’t need no stinking confirmations” on their own or if Moscow Mitch advises them to forget the confirmation process.
If I’m a Capitol Hill reporter, I’m asking that question of the august Senate leader until I get an answer. Of course the “And why not?” is the follow up question. And its follow up to is “Why are you letting him get away of ignoring the Constitution?”
If I ran this circus, things would be different!
" Acting DHS Sec. Wolf And Deputy Cuccinelli Aren’t Valid Office-Holders, GAO Finds"
So much winning.
Center of Biological Diversity Chief saying they’ll go to court to get DHS “Wall” actions in southern AZ invalidated.
Oh what a lovely scandal!
I dunno about Cooch, but Wolf’s landscaping job is still unfilled since he left.
I don’t think Cooch ever had a real job. Cooch is a mooch.
This is good news. Void every decision they’ve made back to the moment they started working.
And hold them personally liable for damage or harm.
Does this make the thugs that were abducting and beating people in Portland outright criminals?
All courtesy of the patented Susy Collins pivot.
File under: Quid Pro Quo. “a favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something.”
Thank you, Webster’s Dictionary.
You’re on to something here. Trump was and is INVALID
Speaks for itself.
IANAL, but doesn’t this finding vitiate any “color of office” defense?
They were just following orders.
Who knew the fruit from the poison tree could taste so sweet?