They have 72 hours to bend the knee. I assume that they will bend the knee.
Nope.
Denied.
The Court has denied Trumpy's latest unconstitutional authoritarian power grab. Like it has denied his attempt to illegal fire federal workers. It's no wonder he wants to gut the judiciary too.
"Presidents may set policy priorities for the executive branch, and agency heads may implement them. This much is undisputed," wrote Judge Susan Illston in her order in U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California.
"But Congress creates federal agencies, funds them, and gives them duties that " by statute " they must carry out," Illston wrote.
"Agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates, and a President may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress."
My brain is old; and I never really figured out how (or why) to use semi colons.
So I usually don't bother!