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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another Trump failure.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-bid-dismantle-152410785.html[/quote]

From the article:

"A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of workers at the Department of Education, ruling that t[b]he announced terminations were a thinly veiled effort to dismantle the entire department without congressional approval."[/b]

Does the judge have the right to rule this way?
We still have a Department of Education.  We still have a Secretary of Education.
Does the executive branch not decide when to staff and destaff?[/quote]

Their entire argument seems to be that the Executive has to spend all the money Congress appropriates. But there is a long history of agencies returning unspent money to the Treasury. So this is probably a losing argument. The budget is a maximum, not a minimum. [/quote]

And their entire argument is 100% correct.  And you really can’t seem to just google impoundment. So here.  This is why they are right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Budget_and_Impoundment_Control_Act_of_1974?wprov=sfti1#[/quote]

This isn't impoundment though, so I don't know what your point is. This is about appropriate staffing levels. The fact that fewer staff spend less than more staff doesn't make this impoundment. This is something entirely new, and you don't have the judges to make your broad interpretation stick. [/quote]

Did the administration provide an analysis to support this reduced staffing level?[/quote]

It doesn't have to. If you think they should have to do so before hiring freezes/VERA/RIFs/RTO then call your Congresscritter. [/quote]

So a future President can reduce Department of Defense personnel to 0?[/quote]

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