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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is just an empty threat. That’s why they can just “hint”.

There are laws saying the contrary. Even the Supreme Court will reject an obvious violation of the law. [/quote]

Are you sure about that? Laws don't seem to matter, even to the SC these days  [/quote]

DP. The Republican party is not a monolith, and a significant part of it (certainly the richest part) wants things like contract law to exist. These are the same people who want a weak-but-functional bureaucracy. They are in tension with weirdos like Vought who want to burn it all down. It's not a foregone conclusion that SCOTUS sides with the firebrands - for example, they have been careful about preserving the Fed. Saying things like "laws don't matter" or "courts always side with Trump" is overly simplistic.

Even without the 2019 law protecting backpay, furloughed feds are owed backpay. You hired somebody at an annual salary, then you sent them home but told them to remain on standby in case they were needed in excepted status, to monitor the news in order to anticipate return to normalcy, and to continue to follow all federal ethics rules which are quite restrictive: you owe them for their availability. I don't think that's necessarily a losing argument at SCOTUS just because Vought hates feds. [/quote]

I can see SC agreeing to not pay the federal workers, if the general sentiment is that federal workers are worthless. But I also agree that the health insurance companies that are owed premiums will not agree to not receiving them.[/quote]

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