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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does this toss a wrench in their plans?[/quote]

Only temporarily. It's for 2 weeks. The government has already appealed it. If the 9th Circuit doesn't stay it, the Supreme Court will, based on the other stays they've done.

But it is still progress. The more they are exposed for their lies and illegal actions, the better. The lie that these actions are performance-based. The lie that all these agencies chose to do this of their own free will. The actions taken to reorg and dismantle agencies without Congressional approval. The RIFs in the face of plenty of outstanding funding.

I work at an agency that is severely understaffed and leadership doesn't want to do RIFs because we will be unable to do our jobs - which are required by statute by the way. OMB is applying pressure to RIF anyway and clearly isn't going to take no for an answer. And then DOJ gets up in court and claims it's all voluntary and OMB is just making suggestions. Give me a freaking break. Look at what happened to the CPSC yesterday. Their leadership refused to RIF and OMB sent in DOGE to gut the place.

I am a lawyer and longtime government employee and I used to have such respect for DOJ and always thought, later in my career, I might apply to work there. No longer. Never ever. Those attorneys are either outright lying in their papers or they are submitting declarations that they know full well may be untrustworthy. I practice in court too and I would refuse to file rather than mislead the court. Making an argument is one thing, distorting and omitting facts is quite another. I knew some of these people - or thought I did -- and I am so, so disappointed and disillusioned.[/quote]

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