Musk Immediately Calls for Judges to Be Impeached After DOGE Rulings
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Federal agencies were ordered to reinstate tens of thousands of federal workers.

Summary

Elon Musk called for the impeachment of federal judges after courts blocked his DOGE from laying off probationary (new) federal workers.

Judges ordered agencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees, ruling the firings unlawful. Musk claimed judicial resistance undermines democracy.

Musk has attacked judges on social media, calling them “corrupt” and “evil,” raising concerns among federal judges about their safety.

    • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      182·
      6 hours ago

      Given that we’re seeing Democrats in both the House and Senate rolling over and playing dead, getting there may not be as difficult as one would expect. Last week, if you’d have said 10 democrats would join with Republicans to censure one of their own, or that Schumer would bail on his own party on a crucial vote at the last minute with no warning, people would have been skeptical. But here we are.

      And remember, it’s 2/3 of all members present. If a couple of these cowards just stay home, they make the GOP’s efforts significantly easier. And I could easily see a few of these cowards sit it out.

      • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
        3·
        6 hours ago

        House dems aren’t as much. The censure vote is stupid, sure, but censure is just paper with no teeth. House spending votes do matter and all House Dems minus 1 all voted against the bill Schumer wants to get through. They are fucking pissed at Schumer right now. They’re actively pressuring him (and publicly so) and starting primary efforts. State AGs are also pressuring Schumer not to go through with this

        Complete meltdown. Complete and utter meltdown on all text chains," said the member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer sensitive details of members’ internal conversations.

        A senior House Democrat said “people are furious” and that some rank-and-file members have floated the idea of angrily marching onto the Senate floor in protest.

        Others are talking openly about supporting primary challenges to senators who vote for the GOP spending bill

        […]

        “People are PISSED,” one House Democrat told Axios in a text message.

        Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.

        One lawmaker even vowed at the House Democratic retreat to “write a check tonight” supporting Ocasio-Cortez, said the senior House Democrat

        Another Democrat told Axios the ideation has gone a step further: “There is definitely a primary recruitment effort happening right now … not just Schumer, but for everyone who votes no.”

        […]

        Said one member: “Folks are still working the phones tonight with their senators. We have not given up.”

        https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

        If they do actually try and start impeachment against a judge, do keep the pressure on the senate to vote no, but don’t preemptively doom about it. It just makes people defeatest and stop fighting

        • grue@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 hours ago

          The censure vote is stupid, sure, but censure is just paper with no teeth.

          The fact that the supplication was performative just makes it all the more craven.

        • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          5 hours ago

          If they do actually try and start impeachment against a judge, do keep the pressure on the senate to vote no, but don’t preemptively doom about it. It just makes people defeatest and stop fighting

          This would be a lot easier to do if Democrats hadn’t spent the past 2 months crumbling like a house of cards at every opportunity the minute they feel even a hint of pressure. We’ve collectively said numerous times that “THIS” is going to be where Democrats hold the line and take a stand, only to watch them step aside and not even attempt to resist every single time.

          It’s like watching re-runs. You already know what the outcome is going to be, and if you see it enough times you can start reciting the script yourself.

          • earphone843@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            3 hours ago

            The democratic party has gone the way of many hit TV shows. They’re kept alive way past the point where they should have been taken out to pasture, but they just keep pumping out the same formulaic bullshit.

      • NJSpradlin@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 hours ago

        We also have to remember that they’re getting increasing pressure (death threats and bribes) to go along with the Republican destruction of democracy.

        Edit: also, Trump has already shown he’ll withhold funding for people who don’t support him and his agenda.