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John Roberts stood in front of the firing squad.
His voice had a slight quaver. "Dammit, I don't like it, but the president has every right to order my death— it's the only way to have a true unitary executive."
And to the staccato of gunfire Roberts died with a serene smile on his face; he knew that he did his duty to the end.
What does that mean "temporarily"!? How do you temporarily fire someone?
My guess is that it isn't the firing that's temporary, it's the permission. As in, the President can do that as long as it's Trump, but it stops being allowed if a Democrat gets in office.
(That's probably not what they'll claim it means, but I bet that's how it'll work in practice.)
It means Trump can fire the Chair, at least until the decision. If it goes against him, the Chair is reinstated. It's a stupid decision since Trump doesn't apparently have the legal authority to do it in the first place, but it's similar to an injunction where the court decides that until a final ruling is made, it's in the government's interest to allow the act to continue.
at least until the decision.
Exactly. Now watch them not actually make the decision, allowing Trump de-facto dictatorial power while the issue officially remains in legal limbo.
A valid point, and kind of what I expect. The Gilead Faction of the USSC hasn't really been cagey about their plans.
Fuck your for making me read the article to grab a quote!
Roberts issued the temporary, administrative stay because he handles emergency appeals arising from the nation’s capital by default.
His order contained no explanation, as is typical, and it does not necessarily indicate how the court will decide the case. Roberts ordered Slaughter’s lawyers to respond in writing by next Monday.
It sounds like "Trump has the temporary power to fire whoever, but no one after that!"
Furlough?
It means the chair is fired but the law suit over the firing will continue and if they win the lawsuit they will be reinstated otherwise they stay fired.
Im assuming basically saying something along the line of "this one time you're allowed to fire someone, but next time you have to go through the proper channels"
It means the chair is fired but the law suit over the firing will continue and if they win the lawsuit they will be reinstated otherwise they stay fired.
I'm expecting that the corrupt and compromised Supreme Court is going to refuse to hear anything more on all of these "temporary" rulings they're issuing, which will effectively make them permanent.
Yeah, but it also gives him the convenient ability to undo that ruling If a Democrat were ever to be elected, which, granted, is looking less and less likely.
The ruling means that the chair is fired but the law suit over the firing will continue and if they win the lawsuit they will be reinstated otherwise they stay fired.
That means they effectively allowed the firing. It's not like people can stand around indefinitely waiting for the courts nor can the agency.
Its letting Trump get what he wants without actually needing to make a real judgment on the legality. At this point the law seems to barely mean anything.
Right, but in reference to "undoing the ruling" later, there is a misconception of what this ruling is. It's quite common for a higher court to either enjoin or not enjoin something while a lawsuit over that thing makes its way through the courts. That's all this is. It's not the end of her fight, her case will move forward. And the Trump admin has already lost cases like this. It sucks for her personally, and we all agree the ruling should have been that she will stay in her position until the suit has been ruled on, but it's not at all an unusual legal maneuver.
This has been the playbook of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court to undermine our democracy. Lower courts have consistently been applying injunctions/stays that would minimize disruptions and/or infringements on rights, then the Supreme Court overturn those injunctions/stays without providing a reason (cause usually there isn't a good one). This gives the administration the win becuase by the time the law might catch up the damage is done.
A great example is the administration's attempt to kill certain agencies. The executive does not have the power to do so, but by waiting around and kneecaping the agencies, the administration gets what it wants.
Whats more obvious is that the court is obviously afraid to come out and provide reasoning for its decisions. It's all closed door-like rulings because there isn't much good legal reasoning or defense.
~~John Roberts temporarily allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner~~
Crooked judge sides with Trump again.
John Roberts is a cowardly traitor and I wish death upon him. Everyday I wake and hope that some hopeless person has finally figured out a way to do him and all those like him. This Conservative SCOTUS majority deserves the messiest and most painful of ends.
[They receive] checks and [their bank] balances [go up].
Congratulations on the new RV, Roberts!
And so we know for certain who owns who.