Appeals Court Rejects Firing of Ethics Watchdog

Sunday, February 16, 2025

The D.C. Circuit panel voted, 2-1, against the president's bid to immediately remove Hampton Dellinger.

Posted by retort at 12:37 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

NEWS: The DC circuit in a late night opinion, has denied Trump's attempt to immediately remove ethics watchdog Hampton Dellinger.
The 2-1 panel said the court lacker authority to review a judge's order briefly blocking the firing. Could be SCOTUS-bound.
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/ ... [image or embed]
-- Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) February 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM

Comments

What's the traditional MAGA response to things like this?

Threaten the lives of families?

Starting before I can even finish this post.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-16 12:51 PM

Trump will respond by ignoring the ruling, and the GOP will support him. And voters will not care.

Rinse and repeat for the next 4 to 12 years.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-02-16 01:20 PM

DJT don' got no stinkin' Ethics.

I doubt he could define the word.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-16 01:37 PM

He can't immediately remove them, so remove them next week?

#4 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-02-16 01:51 PM

#4
You channeling Oliver Wendell Holmes?

(No, look him up yourself.)

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-16 02:02 PM

I seem to recall Bill Clinton brag about firing thousands of government employees.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-16 02:09 PM

www.aljazeera.com

Under Clinton, the government offered mass buyouts. But there's a key difference with what's happening under President Donald Trump: a bipartisan Congress overwhelmingly approved Clinton's programme following months of review.

Jeff talking out of his MAGA hiney again. Cue the surprise emoji

#7 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-16 02:13 PM

www.yahoo.com

But the buyouts offered by Clinton's NPR and Trump and Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are not the same. Clinton's buyout plan had overwhelming bipartisan support from Congress, and the law was signed after a review period. Meanwhile, Trump and Musk offered the buyouts just one week into Trump's term, with no review process.

Federal employee labor unions have sued, questioning the legality of the buyout, and a federal judge has temporarily blocked the offer in order to review the lawsuit.

#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-16 02:18 PM

I seem to recall Bill Clinton brag about firing thousands of government employees.

#6 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

We know how well you can "recall" things.

Clinton did not "fire" anyone. Nor did he threaten to fire anyone.

He offered a buyout that was overwhelmingly approved by a bipartisan Congress. The way it is supposed to be done.

Employees were offered the equivalent of $55,000 in today's dollars to resign. If they did not resign they were not threatened with being fired.

Thanks for reminding us how it should be done in a democracy that believes in due process for its Citizens.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-16 02:20 PM

I seem to recall Bill Clinton brag about firing thousands of government employees.
#6 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

No you don't.

What's funny is I was just reading about how this fake news is circulating amongst MAGAts.

You're a good dog.

*itch.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-16 02:22 PM

"But... But.... Bubba did it, too, Mommy!"

Pathetic. Yet not unexpected.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-16 02:23 PM

"I seem to recall ... "

Get your head examined.

#12 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-16 02:38 PM

We are one day closer to El Rey Dotardo II defying a federal judge, then defying a federal appeals court. Then what will SCOTUS do? Stand for the rule of law in the face of threat of force, or will they too knuckle under? If this goes the wrong way only cowards will walk the streets and freedom loving Americans will be in detention camps or ground under tank treads ...

#13 | Posted by catdog at 2025-02-16 03:59 PM

You expect the man who believes his word is law to have ethics?
How quaint.

L'tat, c'est moi
-Dotard XIV

#14 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-02-16 04:36 PM

Well add two more judges for the J6 thugs to pay a visit to.

#15 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-02-17 12:13 PM

How is it possible that so-called law and order Trump supporters would want him to be unilaterally able to fire the ethics watchdog? They are such lying hypocritical stupid sheep that it leaves the rest of us almost speechless.

#16 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-02-17 11:15 PM

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